Awards – Prof Tim Thompson

Necessity is the mother of invention

by tjuthompsonHealthcare Sector, News & Updates March 28, 2023March 28, 2023No Comments

I like to think that I know something about innovating. After all, I used to work for Woolworths, a company which, when faced with the rapidly changing high street sector, quickly pivoted – oh no, hold on. Hmmm. Okay, so. After all, I used to work for Blockbusters, a company which, when faced with a …

Global Teaching Excellence Awards

by tjuthompsonHE Sector, Learning & Teaching September 5, 2017January 16, 2024No Comments

Last night a team from Teesside headed down to the bright lights of the big city for the inaugural Higher Education Academy and Times Higher prize-giving for the Global Teaching Excellence Awards. The awards were devised to allow institutions to demonstrate their continued and innovative commitment to teaching excellence for their students. And unlike awards …