The Excellence Awards 2026 Awards Ceremony was held on Thursday 28 May in the Horizon Suite at Sighthill Campus. We are delighted to be able to announce this year's incredible winners:
Best Lecturer - School of Applied Sciences
- Winner: Pete Laird
- Honourable Mention: Shane Horgan
- Honourable Mention: Abigail Cunningham
Best Lecturer - School of Arts & Creative Industries
- Winner: Damien Swarbrick
- Honourable Mention: Katherine Aske
- Honourable Mention: John Hails
Best Lecturer - School of Computing, Engineering & The Built Environment
- Winner: Ingi Helgason
- Honourable Mention: Nadine Abu-Shaaban
- Honourable Mention: Temidayo Osunsanmi
Best Lecturer - School of Health & Social Care
- Winner: Jacqueline Taylor
- Honourable Mention: Shirley Ching
- Honourable Mention: Avril Montgomery
Best Lecturer - The Business School
- Winner: Melina Doargajudhur
- Honourable Mention: Rob Clucas
- Honourable Mention: Tim Burrows
Best Research Supervisor
- Winner: Ashkan Sami
- Honourable Mention: Pauline Miller Judd
- Honourable Mention: Jason Gilchrist
Best University Team, Service or Department
- Winner: Wellbeing & Inclusion
- Honourable Mention: Global Online
- Honourable Mention: JKCC Service Desk
Exceptional Academic Support
- Winner: Alex McIntyre
- Honourable Mention: James McDougall
- Honourable Mention: Mike Hinchliffe
Exceptional Non-Academic Support
- Winner: Gail Forrester
- Honourable Mention: Susan Meldrum
- Honourable Mention: Callum Ferguson
- Honourable Mention: Angus Mackenzie
Exceptional Learning Experience
- Winner: Elaine Mercer-Jones
- Honourable Mention: Maggie Anderson
- Honourable Mention: Scott Lyall
Innovative Assessment or Feedback
- Winner: Leslie Dodd
- Honourable Mention: Sarah Artt
Significant Commitment to EDI
- Winner: Clare Taylor
- Honourable Mention: Isam Wadhaj
- Honourable Mention: Kirsten Macleod
Significant Commitment to Sustainability
Best School
- Winner: The Business School
Outstanding Contribution to Student Experience
Congratulations and gratitude to all of the winners for the fantastic work they are doing for Edinburgh Napier University students! Thanks also to all the students who took the time to make nominations.
You can watch the recording of the full ceremony on youtube.
