Academy tunes in to celebrate teaching fellows

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Those selected include Jude Carroll, principal lecturer at 바카라사이트 Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, Oxford Brookes, and author of A Handbook for Deterring Student Plagiarism in Higher Education, and Stuart Lee, a lecturer in 바카라사이트 English faculty at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, whose medieval lectures have been in 바카라사이트 top ten higher education downloads in iTunes for 바카라사이트 past three years.

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Each winner receives an award of ?10,000. The awards will be presented in London on 23 September.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com