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Prof Ken Siddle honoured with major University teaching prize

The contribution to university teaching made by Professor Ken Siddle, Director of Graduate Education at the MRL, has been recognized by the award of a 2009 Pilkington Teaching Prize. 

The contribution to university teaching made by Professor Ken Siddle, Director of Graduate Education at the MRL, has been recognized by the award of a 2009 Pilkington Teaching Prize.

The Pilkington Teaching Prizes were established in 1994 with the aim of ensuring that the University’s very best teaching talents are given proper recognition.

Prof Siddle is a dedicated teacher and innovator who is widely respected for his knowledge of and enthusiasm for both graduate education and research. The prize is awarded in recognition of his tireless efforts to organize graduate education programmes, which have contributed to the creation of the Graduate School of Life Sciences and the development of a more coherent structure for post-graduate education throughout the University and especially in the School of Clinical Medicine. 

Within the MRL Prof Siddle has been particularly influential in establishing our two 4-year integrated graduate training programmes in molecular mechanisms of metabolic and cardiovascular disease, which are supported by the Wellcome Trust and the MRC.