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The awards ceremony for our Excellence Awards 2025 was held on Wednesday 28 May in the Horizon Suite at Sighthill Campus. We are delighted to be able to announce this year's fantastic winners:

Best Lecturer in Applied Sciences:

  • Winner - Pat White 
  • Honourable Mentions - Fiona McQueen, Amy Dillon 

Best Lecturer in Arts & Creative Industries :

  • Winner - David Wotton 
  • Honourable Mentions - Gemma Skelding, Kate Davidson 

Best Lecturer in Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment:

  • Winner - Sean McKeown 
  • Honourable Mentions - Bill Buchanan, Chrysoula Pantsi 

Best Lecturer in Health & Social Care:

  • Winner - Margaret Moran 
  • Honourable Mentions: Jenny Patterson, Jacqueline Taylor 

Best Lecturer in The Business School:

  • Winner - Melina Doargajudhur 
  • Honourable Mentions - Elaine Mercer-Jones, Jane Wilkinson 

Best Research Supervisor:

  • Winner - Sukanlaya Sawang 
  • Honourable Mentions - Richard Macfarlane, Rory MacLean 

Best University Team, Service or Department: 

  • Winner - Enjoy Catering Staff 
  • Honourable Mentions - Wellbeing & Inclusion, Placements Team

Exceptional Academic Support: 

  • Winner - Georgina Lucas 
  • Honourable Mentions - Sam Abdulla, Gavin Urie 

Exceptional Non-Academic Support:

  • Winner - David Archibald 
  • Honourable Mentions - Felix Jarvis, Kathryn Rezai 

Exceptional Learning Experience: 

  • Winner - Johnson Zhang
  • Honourable Mentions - Iain Davie, Giacomo Russo 

Innovative Assessment or Feedback:

  • Winner - Sukanlaya Sawang 
  • Honourable Mentions - Anna Du, Fiona Kerr 

Significant Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

  • Winner - Jane Wilkinson 
  • Honourable Mentions - Anna Du, Fiona McQueen 

Significant Commitment to Sustainability:

  • Winner - Hock Tan
  • Honourable Mentions - Chrysoula Pantsi, Sukanlaya Sawang 

Best School 

  • Winner: School of Applied Sciences 

Outstanding Contribution to Student Experience:

  • Winner: Pamela Calabrese 

Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you for the amazing work you are doing for Edinburgh Napier University students!

Many thanks also to all the students who took the time to make over 600 nominations for this year's awards!

You can watch the recording of the full ceremony on youtube.

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