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CATE Winners 2025
CATE Winners 2025
Engaged Learning at Sheffield School of
Architecture (ELSSA)
Engaged Learning at Sheffield School of
Architecture (ELSSA)
University of Sheffield
ELSSA at the University of Sheffield transforms architecture education through engaged learning. Students collaborate with communities on real projects, building vital skills in leadership, communication, and problem-solving. This comprehensive programme of curricular and extra-curricular ‘Liveness’ creates confident, socially conscious architects, impacting both professional practice and global higher education.
Contact: Tim Herrick | t.herrick@sheffield.ac.uk
Learning Development
Learning Development
University of Northampton
The Learning Development team at University of Northampton, led by Sheryl Mansfield, is a diverse, research-informed team. They champion inclusive, student-focused learning, build strong academic partnerships, and foster belonging through active pedagogy—contributing across the university and sector as innovative collaborators and advocates for accessible education.
Contact: Sheryl Mansfield | sheryl.mansfield@northampton.ac.uk
Queen Mary, University of London
The Queen Mary Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) Group is a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary team that fosters communities of practice to enhance PLTL locally (i.e. within QMUL), nationally (across a growing number of UK universities), and around the world (through leadership roles in the Peer-Led Team Learning International Society).
Contact: Tony Faulkner | a.faulkner@qmul.ac.uk
Early Years Community Research Centre
Early Years Community Research Centre
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam’s Early Years Community Research Centre, in partnership with Save the Children UK, uses trauma-informed practice to support children, families, and students. The multidisciplinary team fosters inclusive, relationship-based learning. Over the last four years 400 students have engaged in real-world projects, creating lasting community impact and transformative educational experiences.
Contact: Sally Pearse | s.pearse@shu.ac.uk
UHI Library Practitioner’s Group
UHI Library Practitioner’s Group
University of the Highlands and Islands
The UHI Library Practitioner’s Group is a geographically dispersed library service supporting students and staff throughout the Highland and Islands, Moray and Perthshire. Operating without traditional hierarchy, the team delivers excellent, student-centred services through shared systems, dual roles, and innovative technology, exemplifying how collaboration can overcome barriers to achieve significant impact.
Contact: Richard Hughes | Richard.g.hughes@uhi.ac.uk
Nottingham Advantage Award Team
Nottingham Advantage Award Team
University of Nottingham
The Nottingham Advantage Award Team leads an institution wide employability award supporting 1,000+ students annually. Through cross-campus collaboration, authentic assessment, and employer partnerships, the team fosters personal development, inclusivity, and intercultural learning. The team has enhanced graduate outcomes, supported staff development, and is recognised for its strategic impact.
Contact: Sarah Durke | sarah.durke@nottingham.ac.uk
We are Chemistry
We are Chemistry
University of Warwick
The 'We are Chemistry' team is a student-staff partnership at Warwick, established in 2022. Using their "high-value, low-risk" approach, they transformed student experience through initiatives including peer support, curriculum design, and accessibility tools. Their impact extends beyond Chemistry, influencing Warwick's institution-wide Belonging Framework and inspiring partnerships across UK, US, and Australian universities.
Contact: Tom Ritchie | Tom.ritchie@warwick.ac.uk
MaKE: Making at King's Engineering
MaKE: Making at King's Engineering
King's College London
The Making at King’s Engineering team delivers an innovative, inclusive education built around creativity, collaboration, and real-world problem-solving. Their ‘create-first’ approach combines interdisciplinary teaching, authentic projects, co-designed spaces, and strong industry partnerships to prepare students as socially responsible, adaptable engineers ready to tackle global challenges.
Contact: Francesco Ciriello | franceso.ciriello@klc.ac.uk
Transformative Education Through Connected Partnerships: The Law Employability Innovation Team (LEIT)
Transformative Education Through Connected Partnerships: The Law Employability Innovation Team (LEIT)
Teeside University
The Law Employability Innovation Team (LEIT) is a dynamic, student-focused group transforming legal education through inclusive, embedded employability initiatives and effective partnership working. They empower students to build confidence, develop professional skills, and explore diverse career paths, while delivering meaningful impact through community engagement and industry collaboration in the Tees Valley and beyond.
Contact: Angela King | a.king@tees.ac.uk
MedRace
MedRace
University of Leicester
MedRACE, a student-staff initiative at Leicester Medical School, tackles racial inequity through inclusive education and structural change. Rooted in lived experience, it empowers students as equal partners. From NHS collaborations to curriculum change, MedRACE is changing medical education through advocacy, training, and a commitment to lasting inclusion.
Contact: Kate Williams | kate.williams@leicester.ac.uk
Carbon Literacy at Manchester Met
Carbon Literacy at Manchester Met
Manchester Metropolitan University
The Carbon Literacy at Manchester Met (CL@McrMet) team leads a pioneering and award-winning Carbon Literacy programme that empowers students and staff to take climate action. Through collaboration, co-creation, partnership, and global outreach, they foster transformative education and sustainability across disciplines, institutions, and communities.
Contact: Rachel Dunk | r.dunk@mmu.ac.uk
E.P.I.C. (Education and Pharmaceutical Industry Collaboration)
E.P.I.C. (Education and Pharmaceutical Industry Collaboration)
University of Leeds
The E.P.I.C. (Education and Pharmaceutical Industry Collaboration) team, a partnership between the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds and Labcorp, has transformed biopharmaceutical science education by embedding industry expertise into curriculum design, enhancing student employability, and addressing national skills gaps through a pioneering academic-industry collaboration.
Contact: Chris Randall | c.p.randall@leeds.ac.uk
MyWorld Skills and Training Team
MyWorld Skills and Training Team
University of Bristol
The MyWorld Skills and Training Team’s goal is to develop a diverse creative technologies talent pipeline by providing innovative technical and transferable skills training needed by the local creative tech sector. Through co-design, they have developed their courses to engage learners from different backgrounds and different points in their careers.
Contact: Kirsten Cater | kirsten.cater@bristol.ac.uk
Bridge to Success
Bridge to Success
University of East Anglia
Bridge to Success is a cross-disciplinary team at UEA transforming student transitions through a co-created, award-winning pre-arrival module. Combining academic, technological and student expertise, the team fosters belonging and preparedness, with sector-wide impact through national dissemination, institutional adoption and a growing global community of inclusive education practitioners.
Contact: Becky Lewis | becky.lewis@uea.ac.uk
MySuccess Modules: Building the Foundations of Academic and Social Success
MySuccess Modules: Building the Foundations of Academic and Social Success
Abertay University
MySuccess Modules form a core part of the 1st year curriculum at Abertay University. The team brings together professionals from student development services, academics, students, and the student association. The coherent suite of microcredentials focus on building the foundations for academic and social success.
Contact: Jake Hogan | j.hogan@abertay.ac.uk
Decolonising the Curriculum Team
Decolonising the Curriculum Team
University of Reading
This multi-disciplinary team at the University of Reading supported staff to decolonise curricula through guidance, training, and collaboration with students. Their work raised awareness, influenced teaching and learning approaches, and fostered systemic change that is improving equity, belonging, and the student experience across the University, especially for underrepresented students.
Contact: Allán Laville | allan.laville@reading.ac.uk
PGCert Medical and Health Education Programme Team
PGCert Medical and Health Education Programme Team
University of Manchester
This team of doctors, nurses, allied healthcare professionals, scientists and e-learning specialists successfully combined real-world clinical and scientific experience to develop a pioneering Medical and Health Education programme. They support hundreds of healthcare educators across six continents, many who are now assisting their colleagues to deliver high-quality, student-centred teaching.
Contact: Jessica Grundy | Jessica.grundy@manchester.ac.uk
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