Partnership Awards 2025
The 2025 FBS Partnership Awards ceremony was recently held in the LUU Refectory,aspart of the Leeds Partnership Awards
The awards, which are part of the Leeds Partnership Awards, celebrate the outstanding contribution of students and staff to university life, teaching and research. We are proud to recognise just how well the community work in partnership and support each other, with lots of wonderful stories of people going above and beyond, to make the faculty a truly special place to study and work.
Huge congratulations to our FBS Global Community, who went on to win the University level Global Impact Award. Read more about the university level awards here.
We are proud to announce our 2025 faculty winners…
Academic Personal Tutor of the Year
Alex Holmes (BMS), Anna Riach (Biol) & Chi Trinh (MCB)
Contribution to Student Experience Award
Arkar Myo Myat (student, also nominated at University level) & Alex Holmes (staff)
Culture
FBS Postdoctoral researchers supporting Early Career Researchers
Early Career Researcher of the Year
Jennifer Miles
Equality & Inclusion
Emma Wroblewski & Helen Griffiths
Feedback & Assessment
Victoria Easton & Erica Wilson
Global Impact
FBS Global Community (also winners at University level), Tan Wei Qi & Arkar Myo Myat
Impact
Ben Storey (internal impact) & Sylvie Allen (external impact)
Innovation
Lisa Bilella & Jane Thorn
International Collaboration
Josephina Sampson
Mentorship
Sarah Astill (BMS, also nominated at University level), Elton Zeqiraj (MCB) & Seb Stroud (Biol)
Outreach Activity
Hannah Campbell
Postgraduate Researcher of the Year
Jelizaveta Pavljuk (also nominated at University level)
Professional Services Staff Member/ Team of the Year
Katie Baxter, Max Ragan & Rebecca Pearson
Research Group of the Year
The Gamper Lab
Special Recognition
Faye Revill & Clare Tweedy
Student Academic Rep of the Year
Morgan Jones, Laura Ghilardi & Jonathan Richardson
Student of the Year
Latifa Ismoilova (Biol) & Caitlin Yuille (BMS)
Teacher/ Supervisor of the Year
Stephen Muench (BMS, also nominated at University level), Chris Randall (MCB) & Beth Dyson (Biol)
Technician of the Year
Janet Tingle, Jill Daniel & Jordan Liburd
Wellbeing
FBS Student Support Team, Faye Priestley, Grace Roberts & Ian and Indie
Finally, a very special thank you to Claire Smith for doing an excellent job of hosting, and her team who made the magic happen.
