Bristol Teaching Awards

Nominations for the 2025 awards are now closed. Over 1000 nominations were made, thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate. This year's shortlist will be announced in May. The Bristol Teaching Awards (BTAs) recognise and celebrate individual staff and teams (both academic and professional services) who have make an outstanding contribution to teaching, the provision of support for students' learning, and/or enhance the student learning experience.

• Empowering Student Academic Voices Award
  An award for someone who encourages and listens to student feedback - ensuring students have a voice in decision making.
• Inspiring and Innovative Teaching Award
  An award for someone who inspires students and their innovative teaching style fosters an active and inclusive learning environment. Postgraduate students who teach can be nominated in this award category.
• Inspiring and Innovative Teaching Team Award
  An award for a team who inspires students through their innovative teaching and fosters an active and inclusive learning environment.
• Outstanding Dissertation Support Award
  An award for someone who enables undergraduate or postgraduate taught students to develop as researchers by providing excellent dissertation advice, guidance and support.
• Outstanding Personal Tutoring/Academic Support Award
  An award for someone who provides students with the opportunity to thrive both academically and personally through offering them dedicated time and space to develop themselves.
• Outstanding Research Supervision Award
  An award for someone who encourages and supports postgraduate research supervisees, by providing advice and guidance that enables students to succeed in their research.
• Outstanding Support Award
  An award for someone who enables excellent teaching, learning and/or pastoral care through their high-quality advice, guidance and support.
• Outstanding Support Team Award
  An award for a team who enables excellent teaching, learning and/or pastoral care through high quality advice, guidance and support.