Hat-trick of teaching awards for Chemistry
Posted on 4 May 2006
Dr Andrew Parsons is the third member of the University's Department of Chemistry to win the RSC's Higher Education Teaching Award - the others were current Head of Chemistry, Professor Paul Walton in 2000 and Dr David Smith in 2004.
I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to receive this award
Dr Andrew Parsons
The award is open to all those with a role in teaching chemistry, including non-chemists or industrialists.
Dr Parsons, who specialises in organic chemistry, has worked at the University of York since 1993 and is the department's undergraduate admissions tutor. He said, "I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to receive this award".
Professor Walton added, "The award of this national prize is a real testament to Andrew's tremendous teaching ability. His unwavering enthusiasm for teaching and his commitment to students' welfare are shining examples of the excellence in teaching that the department is known for".
As a condition of winning the award Dr Parsons has to give five lecture presentations at universities throughout the UK and Ireland in the next year.
Dr Parsons will be presented with the award at a ceremony in Glasgow in November
Notes to editors:
- The Department of Chemistry at the University of York has an excellent reputation for teaching and research. In the last Research Assessment Exercise the department was awarded a 5 rating. It is led by Royal Society of Chemistry prize-winners in all three branches of physical, organic and inorganic chemistry. It has 46 members of academic staff, more than 380 undergraduate students, 150 graduates and 90 research fellows.
- For further information on the Royal Society of Chemistry visit www.rsc.org