Associate Professor awarded national recognition for leading excellence in allergy teaching
Medicine Associate Professor Dr Judith Holloway has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to education with a National Teaching Fellowship.
Judith was one of three University of Southampton academics who gained the prestigious awards from the Higher Education Academy for the quality of their teaching methods.
Judith is passionate about giving doctors, nurses and dietitians the knowledge and skills to save lives and implement best practice, and has transformed the understanding of allergy through her extraordinarily successful MSc in Allergy at the University.
Her impact on the course has been so great that it has been awarded World Allergy Organisation Centre of Excellence status, and has received endorsement from the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Having nearly died from her allergies a significant number of times, Judith made it her mission to use her experiences to inspire and educate a new generation of allergy experts.
She said: “My lifelong experience as a patient with allergies that affect both mine and my family’s quality of life, has driven my passion to be involved in research and education in allergy. I give my students the knowledge and skills to enable them to save lives and improve the quality of life for thousands of people living with allergy worldwide.
“It’s such an honour to receive this award. I love being able to parcel my knowledge in such a way that my students - GPs, nurses, consultants and dietitians - can use that knowledge and make use of it for their clinical practice.”
Judith uses innovative approaches to put across complex subjects such as memorable analogies, recognisable backgrounds, and meaningful, real-word assessment techniques, enabling her students to understand, process and progress through their course, changing the way they practise in their careers.
On her successful nomination as National Teaching Fellow, Professor Alex Neill, Vice-President (Education) stated: “Judith’s passion for advancing allergy care across the globe is boundless. Her vision to create education that is fit-for-purpose through her ability to translate complex concepts into accessible ideas, to promote authentic assessment, to work with colleagues and students to disseminate ideas nationally and internationally, and to lead with a passion and vision that promotes collaborative practice, are second to none.”
The other two University academics to receive National Teaching Fellowships were Professorial Fellow David Read, from Chemistry, and Lecturer in Mental Health James Wilson, from Health Sciences.
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