Celia Bonner
At a time of economic downturn and increasing political unrest across several countries, many students have found themselves in unprecedented financial difficulties. Celia has managed to forge strong and supportive relations with many embassies and other external sponsors whilst also providing strong support to many individual students who have found themselves in financial difficulty; Consistently embodies ‘going the extra mile’ and is forward thinking and extremely committed to excellent customer service; Established effective collaborations with the Scottish University Credit Control Group and the work from this has had benefits across the sector.

Catherine Court
Catherine has worked tirelessly for the Business School since taking on the Faculty Manager role in 2012. People-oriented, she manages a large team from different parts of SBS and does so in a very collaborative way. She has also selflessly put in significant levels of additional effort during the stressful periods of accreditation submission; Excellent leader who is highly respected, always highly professional and inspiring to colleagues; She played a key role in leading the reaccreditation of SBS’s triple accredited status; Always thinking ahead and preparing the team for the next challenge and uses her vast knowledge of Strathclyde to support and further the aims of colleagues and the wider faculty.

Dr Graham Connelly
Graham continues to inspire colleagues around him, embodying the University Values both at work and beyond. Within the department it is widely said that Graham is one of the few people who genuinely “walks the talk”, his actions matching (or often out-stripping) the rhetoric about supporting people, compassion and collaboration; Founding member of the University’s Buttle Quality Mark Group – significant role in establishing Strathclyde as a sector leading institution for supporting care leavers; Key role in establishing the new Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice; His drive in support of the work of CELCIS is a great example of knowledge exchange that leads to measurable results with positive impact.

Heather Lawrence
Lead on several significant projects including PGR studentships (80% reduction in process time), MBA Debtor control and International Recruitment; Instrumental in bringing people together to work successfully on University wide projects and sharing the benefits and findings widely across the organisation; Co-authored the widely acclaimed guide to Evidencing the Benefits of Business Process Improvement in Higher Education.

Ian Houson
Ian Houson joined CMAC in 2013. He has a PhD in Chemistry from Oxford and significant industrial experience in research, innovation and development within a manufacturing environment. As CMAC Technical Project Manager he provides leadership and acts as a champion, envoy and broker between industry, funders and on a portfolio of technical projects. Outstanding example of working collaboratively between academia and industry/ business; His work with Bayer has been tireless to ensure their full integration into CMAC and makes managing a complex portfolio look easy; Leads and develops the Technical Committee, does outreach and is dedicated to the development of others including supporting apprentices; Leads the InnovateUk and EPSRC project with several SMEs and Astra Zeneca – the output of this was recognised through a shortlisting for an IChemE Global Innovation Award.

Jim Kennedy
Jim Kennedy has attended more Graduation ceremonies, University Days and University events than any other Strathclyder. Jim joined the University as a teenager in 1972, working with the Audio-Visual Unit. In the intervening 40 plus years his reassuring behind the scenes presence at all major University events has ensured their smooth running; AV world has rapidly changed and Jim always ensured that Strathclyde was at the forefront of AV technology; Turned his hand to many weird and wonderful projects in his time including guiding a Dalek around the campus for schools’ Christmas Lecture; One tricky project involving a projection screen was resolved by Jim spending the weekend welding in his own garage!

Kat Hannah
Kat is a great example of someone who embodies the Strathclyde Values. She is naturally people-orientated and is always very helpful and supportive. She manages differences of opinion in a constructive and collaborative manner; is energetic and positive when communicating with others and is known as someone who 'gets things done'; Eager, helpful and responsive; Well connected and spots connections, common interests and opportunities for collaboration and mutual benefit; Promotes the University through positive and proactive internal and external communications and ensures we are positioned well in response to press coverage and promotion of the University in the media; Nothing is ever a problem in spite of a busy workload. She responds to requests for additional and unexpected support with true professionalism and enthusiasm and never seems phased; Exceptionally collegiate and helpful colleague who is a true pleasure to work with.

Lesley Nixon
Lesley is a true Strathclyder, she is committed to the University and in supporting students to the successful completion of their studies and beyond. Lesley started working at Strathclyde in 1993 and has been the Senior Student Adviser in SBS since 2009; Known for her considerate and personable approach – adviser to students, parents, external stakeholders and handles admissions as well; Has shown great innovation and collaboration in developing systems and processes for SBS; Represents University at many events including Scottish School Curriculum, recruitments fairs nationally and internationally and is a model of good practice in supporting students with problems and issues; Is a great ambassador for the faculty and University and exemplifies the values in all her work and interactions.

Mary McAuley
Mary is a leading example of someone who embodies the Strathclyde values of being people oriented and collaborative. In addition to being extremely good at her job, Mary is a friendly and open person who goes out of her way to help others; Leading example of someone who is truly people oriented and collaborative as well as a great colleague who is warm, friendly and welcoming to others; Friend, colleague and mentor to generations of students and staff and goes beyond the call of duty to help resolve problems for others; Has supported 10 Heads of Department and handles many complex and sophisticated problems with efficiency and is totally reliable; One of very few people proficient in specialised math software and pioneered the use of Remark Software enabling marking of multiple choice papers using a photocopier.

Thomas Newlands
As one of the first people that visitors may meet as they enter the McCance Building, Thomas always has a welcoming smile, which provides an important first impression to any visitors; Thomas is a constant and reassuring figure for people who come into and work within the McCance Building – he is very welcoming and always gives a great first impression to visitors, staff and students alike; He goes out of his way to accommodate last minute requests and is always willing to help in any way he can – nothing is too much trouble is the message you get from him; Every day he demonstrates his people oriented values with his consistent manner and dedication to his role and responsibilities always with a positive and friendly approach; He is solution focused and will go well out of his way to help anyone – he is one of those people who is unassuming in going about his work but without whom the University could not function.

Isobel Scott
Selector for Chemistry who deals with people in an exemplary fashion always takes time to discuss with them one to one and explain everything clearly; Has fabulous patience and good humour and tremendous fun to work with; Dedicated to ensuring students have excellent experience and ensures the postgraduate school runs smoothly; Consistently innovative in ideas to improve the processes and procedures and enhance the student experience; Her contribution was paramount to some of the best scores for chemistry in the PRES survey 2014.

Gerard Drinkwater
His consistently excellent work in the electronics workshop shows a high degree of innovation and care; Consistent excellent work in electronics workshops, delivers many improvements in efficiency and ideas; Unfailingly helpful in every circumstance. Makes light of problems and is modest and unassuming about his immense technical expertise and knowledge; His first thought is always how he can help staff and students in the best possible way and has developed many creative and innovative solutions – too many to mention. He is at the heart of the success of the Physics Department.

Professor Atilla Incecik
Although he is so busy like other academics he always finds time for everyone who needs his assistance. We all know that when we have anything to ask him, we can reach him easily, and he inspires everyone in the Department with his never ending energy; Described as one of the most people-oriented people in the University – quite an accolade in itself; He is full of wonderful ideas and although extremely busy he always finds time for anyone and everyone who need his assistance; He is approachable and easy going in his approach and has a real interest in helping his colleagues, peers and students to be successful; He goes way beyond call of duty even sorting out a colleagues flat and doing their shopping for them when they had an accident that left them immobile.

Light Duty Handypersons
The success of the recycling system is due to the staff commitment, they monitor the system and ensure the infrastructure operates in accordance with procedures. They have very effectively implemented the waste and recycling throughout the university campus buildings; The monthly recycling figures are now over 90% and much of this is due to the efforts of this team in ensuring the process works smoothly.

Cleaning Team
Back in August 2015 the University's cleaning team won the Best Practise Award at the annual British Association for Cleaning in Higher Education (BACHE) awards in recognition of the team's work associated with our waste separation and recycling initiative; The team are committed to creating a clean and welcoming campus for staff and student alike and are the people who get up at ridiculous times of the morning to keep the buildings and areas up to scratch.

Conference Team
Outstanding support in planning, preparation and delivery of the EURO2015 event by the Conference Team and wider support from other professional service areas including IT and Estates; First class customer service is at the heart of the C&E Team culture. This drives their approach to all aspects of their work, always striving to give the very best on behalf of the University; The C&E Team and colleagues last year delivered 320 revenue-generating events and welcomed 24,200 delegates; The pinnacle of the C&E Team's achievements in the past year was the coordination of the Royal opening of TIC by Her Majesty The Queen.

HaSS Research and Knowledge Exchange Support Team
Highly collaborative and supportive to staff across the faculty; Critical role in establishing the online Spanish course in modern languages; They demonstrate innovation and boldness in supporting, guiding and managing bids for research funding within the faculty; Common themes from all nominators: they go the extra mile and are consistent in their excellent support; they are knowledgeable and helpful and always responsive.

Library in a Box
The Mzuzu University in Malawi lost their library in a fire in January 2016. This cross university team of volunteers worked together in their own time to gather 5000 books and create a website developed to keep friends and colleagues in Malawi up to date; Idea of Library in a Box was born after they realised that they could provide more than simply the books but shelving, library trolleys and other office furniture; Funds for the container transport were raised by Strathclyde staff and weekends were spent dismantling and packing furniture and shelving. Support was also provided by the wider Strathclyde family; Jethro Binks son Ian gave his time to support this hugely worthwhile project; They have received a letter from the Deputy High Commissioner of Malawi thanking them for their efforts.

Ross Priory Team
The Team includes housekeeping, administration, marketing, grounds, catering and management; Consistent outstanding contribution to keeping Ross Priory looking beautiful and also creating a friendly, relaxed atmosphere for guests and visitors; Weddings, events, meetings, and private parties are all given the Ross Priory personal touch and attention to detail that they are becoming synonymous for.

Widening Access Team
They have taken a bold and creative approach to delivering a diverse range of innovative activities, events and programmes; Highly successful innovative national conference on widening access and social mobility placing Strathclyde at the heart of widening access policy and practice; Presented at 12 national conferences and delivered outreach activities to over 1800 pupils; Delivered an ambitious project to provide credit rated summer programmes for S4-S6 pupils and secured funding from SCQF; Tailored open day sessions for over 300 applicants and wider support for finance, study skills, internationalisation and pre entry.

MOOC Team
Highest social engagement of any FutureLearn MOOC - 43,000 enrolments in total; Highlighted as an example of sharing good practice; Providing cost effective learning in a time of austerity and shrinking public services; Innovative feature of the MOOC is the use of dramatic 'storytelling', "Billy's story"; The specialised content, the technical support and the innovative learning approaches have made this a great success story.

Mobile App Team
Developed app to provide users with access to information when they need from any location; App launched Sep 2015 and features include StrathLife, Campus maps, news and events, class timetables and library search functions; Team were extremely collaborative in their approach which required significant cross team working and cooperation; Outcomes have improved communication between University and students and provided easy access to critical information; Exemplary example of listening to student needs and responding appropriately whilst supporting our drive to enhance the student experience through technology.