Teaching Awards 2022
Teaching Awards 2021-2022
John Hazel, Lifetime Achievement:
In the words of one of his nominators: “John has been a fount of knowledge, encouragement and good humour – a wonderful example, particularly for the PGCE students and NQTs who attend ARLT in the summer. He is a very kind and generous teacher, giving his time to help those just starting out, as well as those, like myself, who have been doing it for years, and need a fresh way of approaching a topic. His knowledge of authors and texts is unsurpassed, and he shares his knowledge extremely generously. Following a long and celebrated career, at the age of 89, he still holds sessions at Summer Schools and teaches for the U3A. I can think of no better candidate for a Lifetime Achievement Award.”
Alex Winch (The Henley College), Outstanding New Teacher:
Alex has worked tirelessly since the beginning of his teaching career to create a wealth of resources for his Ancient History and Classical Civilisation students, provide extension activities, support an Ancient Languages and Archaeology enrichment programme, and his commitment to Classics is particularly commendable, as he taught some classes on a voluntary basis in order to keep Classical Civilisation flourishing at The Henley College.
Laura Jenkinson-Brown (Churcher’s College & Greek Myth Comix), Innovative Pedagogy:
In the words of her nominators: ‘Laura is dearly loved in the online Classics community for her kindness and generosity, and her outstanding creativity as an illustrator and educator. Many Classics teachers today started out by going to her for advice and resources and her generosity of spirit is also exemplified by the act of sharing her entire archive of GCSE Classical Civilisation resources for free online. These have been accessed by over 200 users and she has tirelessly provided support to them, having identified that home-educated students are under supported by traditional schemes.’
Stephanie Hamman and Eden Girls’ School Coventry, Making Classics more inclusive:
Stephanie and the team at this inner city, Muslim faith-based girls’ secondary school in Coventry have brought the ancient world to a new audience and promoted a tremendous sense of curiosity, pride, and self-esteem amongst disadvantaged students by introducing weekly Classics lessons in year 7-11 and ensuring that pupils can study GCSE Classical Civilisation.
George Connor (Monifieth High School), Outstanding state sector initiative:
A former English teacher, George’s passion for the ancient world, his tenacity and perseverance led him to introduce and make Classics available to over 250 pupils at Monifieth High School in Scotland in the form of certificated classes at National 5 and Higher as well as embedding Classical subjects in the Broad General Education phase. He has also assisted over a dozen other schools to set up their own Classics courses, undertaken outreach work with SQA and Classics For All Scotland, and he is the founder of the Working Classicists initiative which seeks to broaden access to Classics at all levels.
Danny Pucknell (Cardiff and Vale College), Promoting the study of the ancient world in schools/FE:
In 2019, Danny recognised that no state schools or colleges in his local area offered Classics at GCSE or A Level and felt that this placed Welsh students at a disadvantage in the discipline – he therefore sought to put Classical Civilisation on the curriculum at Cardiff and Vale College, which has a large and extremely diverse cohort with students attending from all over South Wales, many from disadvantaged areas. He has taken a leading role in the relaunched Welsh Classics for All Hub and shares his knowledge and enthusiasm with terrific energy and commitment.
