We’re delighted to announce that this year we received a total of 12 submissions for the Developing Excellent Practice Awards, recognising and celebrating outstanding staff development individuals or teams.
The SDF Developing Excellent Practice Award reflects the 2024 Festival of Learning and Development’s overarching theme of Transform, Empower and Balance: Moving towards an adaptive mindset in times of disruption.
We’re excited to highlight our award-winners below, along with our finalists, and extend a big thank you to all institutions for their submissions.
Gold: University of Liverpool – The Prosper PI Network
Silver: University of Warwick – Operational Coaching Skills for Managers
Bronze: Leeds Beckett University – ‘Beyond the poster on a wall’: Connecting Colleagues to our University Values
Additional thanks to our finalists:
Durham University: SharePoint Training (Best practice, Use it Safely)le Institution approach
Imperial College London: A net that works – A collaborate approach supporting new academics to become excellent leaders
Congratulations to all the amazing nominations.
De Montfort University: BIM in Leicester 2025 conference(s) and BIM in Series Charity
De Montfort University: Architecture Plus
King’s College London: Developing a Thriving Staff Community at King’s
Southampton University: Career & Skills Development Map
Ravensbourne University London: Creating an impactful Teaching and Learning ecosystem around the PGCert provision
University of Warwick: University of Warwick Internal Coaching Scheme (ICS)
The University of Huddersfield: Women Advancing Together – a leadership programme for women
More details of all nominations can be found here, with the full winners announcement here.