Dr Stelios Tofaris has been awarded a Pilkington Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching.
The Pilkington Prize awards were inaugurated in 1994 and endowed by Sir Alastair Pilkington to acknowledge excellence in teaching. The prizes are awarded to individuals who make a substantial contribution to the teaching programme of a Department, Faculty or the University as a whole. There are twelve prizes awarded each year, with nominations made by each School.
This year's recipients will receive their awards at a ceremony attended by Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope.
The citation for Dr Tofaris read:
Stelios is an outstanding teacher, whose student feedback consistently ranks him as the best lecturer in the Faculty of Law. He has revitalized the teaching of technical legal subjects at Cambridge; it is hard to envisage how law could be better taught. A natural communicator, he brings to the teaching of highly technical legal issues a flair for exposition, sensitivity to the capacity and concerns of students, and a novel approach which combines a variety of pedagogical techniques.
Responding to the award, Dr Tofaris said:
I am honoured to have been awarded a Pilkington Teaching Prize. I have always aimed to actively engage our students by making the law accessible and the study of law intellectually stimulating and fun. It is a privilege to be part of the legal education of such dedicated students alongside wonderfully supportive and inspiring colleagues.
It is a privilege to be part of the legal education of such dedicated students alongside wonderfully supportive and inspiring colleagues
For more information about the Pilkington Prize, and the other prize winners, see the website of the University's Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning.