PhD supervision has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my career at King’s and I’ve been lucky to work with all my postgraduate students. The chance to accompany a project from its conceptual beginnings, support the gradual emergence of an overarching thesis, and keep faith as it takes flight is both a privilege and a responsibility, especially when working in a minor discipline in the contemporary Humanities.
Dr Áine McMurty
17 December 2024
King's Supervisory Excellence Awards 2024
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 King’s Supervisory Excellence Awards.
King's Doctoral College awarded the prizes at a celebration event on Thursday 12 December.
The Supervisory Excellence Award faculty winners were chosen from over 200 nominations from doctoral students and staff across King's College London.
Reflecting the high calibre of nominees many faculties opted to share their award between two outstanding supervisors or in the case of the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy an excellent supervisory team.
The 2024 faculty winners are:
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities - Dr Áine McMurty & Dr Carlo Nicolai
- Dickson Poon School of Law - Dr Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli & Dr Nicola Palmer
- King's Business School - Dr Andreana Drencheva & Professor David Aikman
- Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy - Professor Meg Maguire & Dr Emma Towers (as a supervisory team)
- Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences - Professor Eugene Lim & Dr Grigorios Loukides
- Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine - Professor Lucy Chappell
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience - Professor Gemma Modinos & Dr Devin Terhune
- Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences - Professor Jennifer Gallagher
- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care - Professor Matthew Maddocks
Each faculty winner will receive £1000 for their own professional development, which is shared if two winners are selected.
The overall Supervisory Excellence Award Winner 2024 is:
Dr Áine McMurty, Reader in German, who was nominated for the award by students and staff in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities for her continued dedication to doctoral students.
On reflection about her excellent supervisory practice Dr McMurty said,
Professor Rebecca Oakey, Dean for Doctoral Studies said,
Dr Áine McMurty was selected by the King’s Doctoral College judging panel from all of our faculty winners for going above and beyond her role as supervisor. The nominations received highlighted how she has built a profound sense of community in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
Professor Rebecca Oakey
Dr Áine McMurty has supported students personally and through regularly organising career development events, workshops, summer schools and conferences, she also played an instrumental role in practically implementing the delivery of a joint PhD programme.
King's Doctoral College runs the annual Supervisory Excellence Awards to recognise and celebrate the role that doctoral supervisors play in King's College London's outstanding research culture and the success of its doctoral students. The high quality of nominations we received this year reflects the hard work and dedication that our supervisors offer to doctoral students.
Dr Nigel Eady, Director of Research Talent
These awards acknowledge the excellent level of supervision provided at King's and promote and disseminate best practice in supervision. The awards have been run annually since 2006.
King's Doctoral College continue to consider how we can best support supervisors and their professional development, which is one of the key reasons that we are one of five core university partners in the Research Supervision Next Generation Research Project.
The winners of the King's Doctoral Support Awards, Dr Lucien Heurtier, Professor Helen Fisher and Boma Campbell also received their awards during the celebration event in recognition of the support doctoral students receive from staff outside of their supervisory team.
Congratulations to all our award winners and nominees.
