Associate Fellowship HEA 

Department of Politics GTA Teaching Award 2025

The GTA Teaching Award is intended to recognize and reward the dedication and important contribution that Graduate Teaching Assistants make to teaching and learning in the Department of Politics and International Relations. The GTA Teaching Award recognizes the accomplishment of GTAs who have demonstrated excellence and creativity in their teaching and commitment to student learning.

I received the following feedback from nominees: 

• "Grace has supported me immensely through my Research Design project which I was struggling to comprehend. Even when I was dealing with things at home and couldn’t attend some of the seminars, she was always extremely responsive when I needed her assistance and I could not be more grateful"

• "Incredibly kind and knowledgeable. Always cares about her students and knows how to explain things in clear and understandable language!"

• "Every seminar was well prepared and very engaging. Every week Grace was very helpful in guiding our focus and understanding of the readings and the lectures, as well as our exam preparations. She always provided a good balance of advice and feedback whilst also encouraging us to think for ourselves and develop our own lines of argument"

• "Lovely seminar teacher, really hardworking and I really appreciated her during research design"

• "She’s incredibly engaging and interactive. Best seminars I’ve had at uni"

• "Was able to provide engaging and enjoyable seminars as well as provide really good help for my summative when i was struggling"

• "Engaging seminars"

• "She has been really helpful across both semesters teaching interesting modules. Her feedback is always really amazing"

• "Great seminar leader"

• "Providing constructive and detailed guidance with my seminar work"

• "She is a wonderful teacher "