King's Professor receives prestigious National Teaching Fellowship

Professor Dommett is an award-winning educator at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN). The National Teaching Fellowship recognises her work on harnessing digital tools and skills training in higher education. She has helped optimise the use of tools, such as lecture capture, to create an inclusive higher education experience for students, and advocated for the development and implementation of digital skills training to help students navigate their higher education, enhance their employability and improve student wellbeing and outcomes.

Over her 20-year career, Professor Dommett has taught thousands of students in-person and online. She delivers teaching through a range of formats and constructs authentic assessments such as blogs, learning journals and website creation. She also conducts research into educational practices and student experience to support innovative practice in neuroscience and psychology education.

She joined King's in 2015 to develop the Psychology BSc, the first undergraduate programme at the IoPPN, for which she is currently Deputy Director. Her work over the last eight years has been instrumental in positioning the programme as one of the top in the UK.

I am honoured to have been nominated by King's and to have been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship. It is the culmination of two decades of work in digital education and I hope I can continue this journey with colleagues and students to ensure high quality innovative education.

Professor Eleanor Dommett, Professor of Neuroscience at King's IoPPN

Through a long-standing collaboration with the King's Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning, Professor Dommett has advocated for the development of university-wide training in digital skills for all new students, which has now been completed by thousands of students.

She devised and leads a Technology Enhanced Learning-buddy system in which academic staff are partnered up for digital support. She also developed a Graduate Attributes programme for all undergraduate Psychology students at King's, designed to support students in transitioning into university and subsequently post-graduation.

In the last decade, she has received several accolades for her teaching, including a King's Teaching Excellence Award in 2014 and an Advance HE Senior Fellowship in 2016, followed by Principal Fellowship in 2019.

We are delighted that Professor Dommett has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship. She has not only been instrumental in shaping our Psychology BSc into one of the UK's top psychology undergraduate programmes, but has also led university-wide initiatives to optimise digital tools and skills training which continue to benefit students and staff. We are incredibly proud of her achievements and excited to see her continued impact on education at the IoPPN and King's.

Professor Matthew Hotopf, IoPPN Executive Dean

The National Teaching Fellowship is an extremely prestigious award and we're proud to celebrate Professor Dommett's well-deserved achievement. Her use of digital technologies means more students can better engage with their studies, and will graduate with important skills for the rest of their careers. Changes like this make education accessible, something we should all be striving for.

Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor & President of King's College London

Professor Dommett was nominated by King's for the fellowship. She joins 54 individuals from across UK Higher Education institutions to become National Teaching Fellows in 2024.

Achieving a National Teaching Fellowship is widely recognised in higher education within the UK as well as internationally as a mark of high-quality teaching. The scheme is run on an annual basis by Advanced HE, and seeks to celebrate educators from across the UK who demonstrate excellence across a range of categories.

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