Teaching excellence

We believe that the best learning experiences happen when all of us are actively engaged in working together.

In the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC), we see the relationship between students and staff as one of partnership.

For us, this means students working alongside staff in the classroom, in the world-leading research that underpins our teaching, in the development of learning and teaching policy, and ultimately in building and maintaining a thriving academic community.

Our aim is to foster independent learning, personal development and, ultimately, a transformational student experience.

Eleoma receiving her teaching award — Dr Eleoma Bodammer (centre) receiving her award for Best Assessment Feedback in the Students' Association Teaching Awards 2018

Your teachers

The teachers you’ll meet at LLC are also highly research-active, passing on the same passion and world-class expertise that gained us excellent results in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF).

You’ll see many of them giving public lectures, talks and workshops throughout the year, particularly during the Edinburgh summer festivals, publishing articles and books, and commenting or being interviewed in the media.

Many of our highly-skilled language teaching staff are native speakers, with lived experience of the cultures we teach in the classroom and which our languages students enjoy on the year aboard.

We have an excellent track record in the Students’ Association Teaching Awards, the University’s annual celebration of excellence in teaching, research supervision, tutoring and support, nominated and judged by current students.

Year	Team member	Award	Level
2023	Anja Tröger	Teacher of the Year - College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	Runner-up
2023	Véronique Desnain	Outstanding Commitment to Social Justice and Sustainability	Runner-up
2022	Fumiko Narumi-Munro	Teacher of the Year - College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	Runner-up
2021	Neill Martin	Supervisor of the Year	Winner
2020	Jane McKie	Ian Campbell Award for Teaching in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	Winner
2019	Fumiko Narumi-Munro	Best Implementer of Student Feedback	Winner
2019	Sakie Chiba-Mooney	Best Implementer of Student Feedback	Runner-up
2019	Katherine Inglis	Best Practice in Inclusive Learning and Teaching	Runner-up
2018	Sakie Chiba-Mooney	Best Implementer of Student Feedback	Winner
2018	Katherine Inglis	Best Practice in Inclusive Learning and Teaching	Winner
2018	Eleoma Bodammer	Best Assessment Feedback	Winner
2017	Carlos Soler Montes	Best Feedback	Winner
2017	Sarah Dunnigan	Best Research or Dissertation Supervisor	Winner
2016	Marwa Mouazen	Ian Campbell Award for Teaching in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	Winner

Your input

To achieve our partnership goals, we rely on an active, empowered student body and a sound system of student representation.

Student input is an important factor in all our quality control procedures, and there are a number of ways in which you, as a student, can make your voice heard and help us further improve the quality of our courses and services.

Please do consider helping us through questionnaires, participation in staff-student liaison committees, and representation on School committees, such as our Board of Studies and Quality Assurance committee.

You can find out more about student representation on the LLC Student Information Hub. You will need your student log in to access the site.

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