ECSA-llence Awards
Students across Edinburgh College have nominated their lecturers, LDTs, support staff and class reps across 5 Award Categories. The shortlisting panel has come back and are excited to announce the shortlist for our Annual ECSA-llence Awards.
We are at that time of year where we want to recognise the excellent learning and teaching practices taking place at Edinburgh College. The ECSA-llence Awards recognise all that extraordinary work happening in all corners of the College, even when we are working from home.
As the ECSA-llence Awards are truly student-led, all nominations came directly from students and we were pleased to receive almost 400 nominations. The shortlisting panel consisted of current and incoming ECSA Presidents, Carla Ford & Jordan Wyllie as well as student staff.
ECSA-llence Awards 2020 Shortlist:
Feedback Award
Prompt, clever or useful ways of delivering feedback to you about your work, learning or even your progress through college.
Roisin Ayre – Social Sciences
Clara Bloomfield – Performing Arts
Graham McGirk – Broadcast Media
Scott Johnston – Performing Arts
Teaching from Home Award
This award is for someone who has shown they are ahead of the curve and someone who has made studying from home work well through different methods and means.
Samuel Docherty – Broadcast Media
Robert McCahill - Broadcast Media
Wendy Sandeman – ESOL
Taylor Wilson – Music and Sound Production
Guiding Hand Award
This award recognises support staff such as LDTs, student services or library staff. This award recognises the community and support element that is so crucial to college life.
Anna Dijker – Student Experience (Student Funding)
Gill Laird – Learning Development
Catherine McCormack – Student Experience (Learner Support)
Sharon Pearson – Student Experience (Student Funding)
Class Rep of the Year Award
This is for the Rep who has gone above and beyond to help their classmates and leads their class in a representative way to ensure excellent learning and teaching.
Jenny Duncan – NC Acting and Performance
Holly Eunson – SWAP Access to Life Sciences Secondary Education
Christiana McDove – HNC Social Sciences
Joaquin Zelnick – HNC Cybersecurity
Outstanding Lecturer of the Year Award
This award is for those lecturers who truly go the extra mile for their students. They combine innovative teaching, excellent support for students and personify the best of the college.
Christine Hutcheson – Engineering (Science)
Sarah Lynch – Enterprise & Commerce (Law)
Heather Quinn – Hair and Beauty
Billie Walker – Social Sciences
As these are not normal times, the winners of the ECSA-llence Awards 2020 will be announced slightly differently. Winners will be contacted directly to be included in our Award results video. The winners will be revealed in the Awards video on Thursday 21st May.
Make sure you’re following us on social media to keep updated: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at ECSAonline.
The full list of nominees can be found below:
Abbie Meinart Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Adam Wilson Access and Continuing Education
Adelle Smillie Hair Beauty & Complementary Therapy
Andrew Lawson Engineering
Annmarie Hunter Childhood Practice and SVQ Provision
Christopher Turnbull Access and Continuing Education
Frances Moore Access and Continuing Education
George Glen Art and Design
George Mason Computing
Iris Stepputat Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Jess Abrams Music & Sound Production
Julia Stark Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Kara Tait Learning Support
Karolina Smoter Professional Development
Keith Harper Health & Social Care
Ken Shirley ESOL and English Language Teacher Training
Liz Speirs Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Lynn Reid Health & Social Care
Margaret Burgess Performing Arts
Mark Walker Professional Development
Mostafa Gamal Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Nina Boyd Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Piotr Liniewski Computing
Polly Phillips Access and Continuing Education
Samuel Docherty Broadcast Media
Stephen Cassidy Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Taylor Wilson Music & Sound Production
William Hadden Engineering
Anne Patrick Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Billie Walker Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Clara Bloomfield Performing Arts
Glen McBeth Art and Design
Graham McGirk Broadcast Media
Jennie Temple Art and Design
Kevin Scally Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Laura Bryan Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Leandro Ferraccioli Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Lynsey Watson Enterprise and Commerce
Marianthy Yiannopoulos Computing
Mark Walker Professional Development
Mike Cowley Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Neil Russell Art and Design
Rocio Banyuls-Bertomeu Music & Sound Production
Roisin Ayre Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Scott Johnston Performing Arts
Shirley McCue Computing
Soleye Sotannde Built Environment
Ali Izatt Professional Development
Alla Norrie Learning Support
Andrew Newell Enterprise and Commerce
Angela Mbivii Kelly Professional Development
Anna Dijker Student Funding
Carla Ford Edinburgh College Student Association
Catherine McCormack Learning Support
Clara White Professional Development
Colin Millar Professional Development
Donna Petrie Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Gillian Laird Professional Development
Graham Skirving Construction
Karolina Smoter Professional Development
Katie Thom Professional Development
Kristian Tutton Sport & Fitness
Lisa Lam Professional Development
Lorraine Kelly Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Lynsay McGill Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Marianthy Yiannopoulos Computing
Paul Gilchrist Professional Development
Robbie Carruthers Access and Continuing Education
Sharon Pearson Student Funding
Simon Swanston Sport & Fitness
Stewart Paterson Professional Development
Tonia Todd Art and Design
Valery MacKinnon Learning Support
Abraham Hernandez Cases
Alistair Stewart
Anja Davel
Annija Dārta Griguča
Caitlin Harper
Charlotte Louise Robertson
Christiana McDove
Corey Watt
Emily Robertson
Ermando Canga
Frankie Hanner
Gwen Fitzpatrick
Holly Eunson
Imogen Harris
Jacob Davie
Jenny Duncan
Joaquin
Joaquin Zelnick
Joseph Cox
Julie Muir
Lidicie
Mark Reilly
Paige Morgan
Patryk bulski
Rowena
Shannon Fagan
Sheryl Weir
Adam Conway Enterprise and Commerce
Alan McCredie Broadcast Media
Amanda McNally Performing Arts
Andrew Newell Enterprise and Commerce
Angie Thomson Childhood Practice and SVQ Provision
Anna Ross Sport & Fitness
Anne Knox ESOL and English Language Teacher Training
Anne Patrick Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Becky Galbraith Sport & Fitness
Beverley Christy Enterprise and Commerce
Billie Walker Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Brian Alexander Engineering
Carol Lee Hair Beauty & Complementary Therapy
Caroline Clements Health & Social Care
Caroline McGregor Engineering
Carron Pickett Enterprise and Commerce
Catherine Walton Professional Development
Christine Hancox
Christine Hutcheson Built Environment
Christopher Hamilton Art and Design
Claire Duncan Hair Beauty & Complementary Therapy
Claire Waugh Enterprise and Commerce
Clara Bloomfield Performing Arts
Colette Woods Art and Design
Colin Briggs Computing
Colin Walker Engineering
Craig Walkingshaw Sport & Fitness
David Cochrane Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
David Grinly Broadcast Media
Deborah McVittie Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Del Williams Sport & Fitness
Donald Milne Engineering
Donna Petrie Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Donny Gluckstein Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Duncan Munro Childhood Practice and SVQ Provision
Fiona Gray Childhood Practice and SVQ Provision
Fiona Stewart Health & Social Care
Fiona Weir Hair Beauty & Complementary Therapy
Fraser Mansell Broadcast Media
Gary Willis Performing Arts
Gavin Boyd Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Gayle Hislop Hair Beauty & Complementary Therapy
Gemma Kay Sport & Fitness
Gill Bain Enterprise and Commerce
Gillian Laird Professional Development
Glen McBeth Art and Design
Heather Quinn Hair Beauty & Complementary Therapy
Helen Evans Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Hunia Arshad Built Environment
Ian Records Built Environment
Jacek Kwiatkowski Computing
James Henry Built Environment
Jamie Barton Access and Continuing Education
Jane Stevenson Childhood Practice and SVQ Provision
Jennifer Caine Professional Development
Jennifer Kelly Hair Beauty & Complementary Therapy
Jennifer Mulholland Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Jo Fraser Built Environment
Joanne Carmichael Performing Arts
Joanne Mitchell Engineering
John Maguire
John Ogden Enterprise and Commerce
Jon Lee Broadcast Media
Juan Valeron Dominguez Computing
Judith Gardner Jones Plint Music & Sound Production
June Ferguson Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Katie Dellal Art and Design
Kelli Noble Health & Social Care
Kieran Lydon Engineering
Kirsty Brown Hair Beauty & Complementary Therapy
Laura Armstrong Childhood Practice and SVQ Provision
Laura Davis Hair Beauty & Complementary Therapy
Lawrence Nowosad Art and Design
Leandro Ferraccioli Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Leisa Poole Sport & Fitness
Lennie Lawson Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Leon Hill Art and Design
Liam Dodds Student Services
Liz McCafferty Performing Arts
Lynn McCraw Access and Continuing Education
Lynn Reid Health & Social Care
Lynne Hogarth Sport & Fitness
Lynsay McGill Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Lynsey Watson Enterprise and Commerce
Mandy Purdie Professional Cookery & Hospitality
Marianthy Yiannopoulos Computing
Mike Cowley Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Neil Russell Art and Design
Nick Bell Computing
Nicki Laing Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Nicki Van De Kerkhof Childhood Practice and SVQ Provision
Paul Binning Music & Sound Production
Peter Smith Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Richard Evans Computing
Richie Harrison Music & Sound Production
Robbie Carruthers Access and Continuing Education
Robert McCahill Broadcast Media
Robert Vass Engineering
Rocio Banyuls-Bertomeu Music & Sound Production
Rose McKendry Health & Social Care
Rosemarie Peebles Childhood Practice and SVQ Provision
Roslyn Gaunt Broadcast Media
Ryan Mahoney Sport & Fitness
Sacha Geeson Access and Continuing Education
Sara Taylor Enterprise and Commerce
Sarah Lynch Enterprise and Commerce
Sarah MacFarlane Travel Tourism Modern Languages Retail and Events
Sarah MacLeod-Bonnar Professional Cookery & Hospitality
Scott Hannah Music & Sound Production
Scott Hislen Sport & Fitness
Scott Inglis Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Scott Johnston Performing Arts
Scott McDonald Sport & Fitness
Sean McDonagh Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Shirley McCue Computing
Shona Coyle Enterprise and Commerce
Simon Oliphant Sport & Fitness
Steph Martin Morin
Stephen Welsh Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Steven Frampton Engineering
Veronica Davies Professional Cookery & Hospitality
Victoria Anderson Professional Cookery & Hospitality
Walter McCrorie Broadcast Media
Wendy Sandeman ESOL and English Language Teacher Training
Zdenka Caldwell Social Sciences & Integrated Curriculum Services
Every year we host the ECSA-llence Awards to recognise the ECSA-llent work done across all parts of Edinburgh College.
Staff and students constantly work to improve the learning and teaching experience at Edinburgh College and we want to recognise the dedication and extraordinary work we witness on a daily basis! The ECSA-llence Awards are purely student led and all nominations come from students so this is your chance to nominate.
Do you have a lecturer that goes above and beyond the call of duty? Or someone who submit constructive and useful feedback on assessments? Is their method of teaching innovative?
Did a support staff member help you stay on at college? Or do you have a Class Rep that's an inspiration to yourself and/or others?
The award categories are listed below and it only takes a couple of minutes to submit your nomination!
On the nomination form you need to include a supporting statement, this is what the shorlisting panel will use to make their decision so please include as much information as possible. The shortlisting panel will consist of the current full time student officers as well as the newly elected officers.
You can submit as many nominations as you like, but please keep them to one person at a time.
You can find the 2019 Winners here
Award Categories
Award Categories
Feedback Award
Prompt, clever or useful ways of delivering feedback to you about your work, learning or even your progress through college. ECSA wants to know who does it and why does it help you learn?
Teaching from Home Award
We want to recognise the lecturers that have really shown they are ahead of the curve at a time where everything has been turned a little on its head. This award is for someone who has made studying from home work well through different methods and means.
Guiding Hand Award
This award is open to support staff such as LDTs, student services, or librarians who may have been involved in supporting you. Whether it’s with college work, mentoring you or helping sort something out with college so you could be here, this is award recognises the community and support element that is so crucial to college life.
Class Rep of the Year Award
We all know that one student who leads a study group in their spare time or goes out of their way to help classmates – this one is for them!
Outstanding Lecturer of the Year Award
This award is for those lecturers who go truly above and beyond for their students. They'll combine innovative teaching, excellent support for students, and personify the best of the college.