The Bristol Teaching Awards are designed to “recognise members of staff who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching, the provision of support for students and education more generally.” Professor Coggon  and Dr Quick’s prize was a Students’ Award for Outstanding Supervision of Research Students. Their contribution was described in the following terms:

“The research environment provided by the award winner is outstanding; they provide the supportive environment and opportunities that help their students develop and excel as researchers. Their approach fosters ambition; and their encouragement and belief instils a confidence in their students to achieve things they would not otherwise have attempted.

As one nomination extolled: ‘a PGR student could not ask for better support and advice – it has been absolutely first class.’”

Professor Coggon, who attended the award ceremony, said:

“Oliver and I are delighted and honoured to be awarded this prestigious prize. We are proud to work in an institution that fosters and promotes the very best in research excellence.

Research students at Bristol produce work whose significance and reach is truly global. It’s a privilege to support the ambitions and goals of our postgraduate researchers, to see their ideas develop and grow, to include such talented scholars in our research culture, and to see them go on to disseminate their ideas on the international stage.”