Language tutor rewarded for teaching excellence

Canolfan Bedwyr’s Head Language Tutor has received a prestigious award for excellence in teaching.

During a degree ceremony held on 15 July, Eleri Hughes received a Bangor University Teaching Fellowship for her innovative work in providing language skills support to students, enabling them to study their subjects through the medium of Welsh with confidence.

The Teaching Fellowships are awarded each year to promote, reward and celebrate excellence in teaching that support and enhance the Bangor student experience.

Commenting on the award, Eleri said: “I was a student at Bangor University studying for a degree in Welsh when Bedwyr Lewis Jones was a professor here. I am now the head of the Language Improvement Unit at Canolfan Bedwyr helping students and staff to develop their skills to discuss their subjects in Welsh with clarity and confidence. Being made a Teaching Fellow of the University for work that gives me so much pleasure is a truly great honour.”

Each recipient of the Bangor University Teaching Fellowship is given the formal title Bangor University Teaching Fellow, and each Fellow is invited to join the Academy of Teaching Fellows.

Publication date: 21 July 2015