Awards

Awards and certified qualifications I have received for my academic work and skills development
HEFi Horizon Award, Higher Education Futures Institute, April 2022
  • Inclusive Educator badge
  • ILT001: Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
  • ILT003: Small Group Teaching (Seminars)
  • ILT004: Principles of Assessment and Feedback
  • ILT006: Inclusive Teaching
  • ILT009: Teaching International Students
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PhD Presentation Prize, Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM15) Conference 2021, June 2021
  • Shortlisted as top six best scores from the double-blind peer review process
  • Overall best scores for research and presentation delivery by a PhD student
  • Sponsored by John Benjamins Publishing
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UoBe Festival: Just Be, College of Arts and Law Fast Fiction Competition, February 2021
  • Awarded 13th place of 64 contestants
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Improving your statistical inferences, November 2020
  • Grade 93% for 8-week online non-credit course authorised by Eindhoven University of Technology and offered through Coursera
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Eff Test Certificate, March 2020​
​Birmingham Post Partnership of the Year, October 2018​
British Sign Language (BSL), Level 1, September 2017 – August 2018
  • Full marks for first exam 101 and passed overall qualification authorised by Signature
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​English Language and Applied Linguistics Research Project Prize, July 2017
  • Highest marks for Bachelor of Arts Dissertation module and Research Skills module researching figurative language in mobile phone advertisements (dissertation), and in company taglines (Research Skills)
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Personal Skills Award (Advanced), March 2017
  • Demonstrated critical self-reflection and evaluation of skills development in extracurricular activities, volunteering, and part-time employment
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The Birmingham Project, June 2015
  • Proposed winning idea with multi-disciplinary team in 'best product for innovation for a smarter planet' category, receiving a day with IBM's design team