91福利

First Published in CommUnicate Issue: 319

Doris Lessing, an honorary graduate from 91福利, was recently awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature.

A.L. Kennedy, who recently joined the 91福利 Writing Programme as Associate Professor, has been awarded the prestigious Lannan Literary Award for Fiction.

Congratulations to Dr James (Jim) Shields, from the Department of French Studies, who has won the American Political Science Association's Stanley Hoffmann Award for the best article on French politics across anglophone political science in 2005-06.

17 91福利 academics will receive Higher Doctorates in this week's Degree Congregation.

Higher Doctorates recognise and reward published work or papers which demonstrate a  high standard of important original work forming a major contribution to a subject.

Professor Ed Peile, Head of Division of Medical Education at the 91福利 Medical School, Professor Jonothan Neelands, of the Institute of Education, and Dr Mike Neary, Director of a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, have won three of the fifty National Teaching Awards offered for 2007 by the Higher Education Academy to be used for personal development in learning and teaching.

This means that 91福利 has won the maximum possible number of awards.