Dr Basel Halak, a renowned leader in Electronics and Electrical Engineering education, has been awarded a prestigious UK National Teaching Fellowship.
Dr Basel Halek (on the right of picture)
Dr Halak has made an outstanding contribution through the development and delivery of courses on secure embedded systems, which inspired many students to pursue a career in this field. He consistently shares his expertise and experiences in the pursuit of enhancing electronic engineering education across the globe to students from all backgrounds and privileges.
“I am honoured to receive this prestigious fellowship, and very grateful to my students and colleagues, from around the globe, who have given me their support in pursuit of this Fellowship,” said Dr Halak.
“The emphasis in achieving this award was based on my work on building an inclusive learning environment that allows students from all background to achieve their maximum potential, as well as on devising new learning resources and pedagogic approaches to keep up with fast-paced developments in the field of electronics engineering,” Dr Halak explained.
Our President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark E Smith, said:
“I would like to warmly congratulate Dr Halak on winning this National Teaching Fellowship, which follows his success in 2016 of winning a Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Award. He can be very proud of this national recognition. External validation of the high quality of our teachers is provided through the award of this National Fellowship, giving strong evidence of Southampton delivering on being a dual excellence university.”
Dr Halak joins an excellent group of colleagues at Southampton who have also received National Teaching Fellowships, including Sally Curtis and Scott Border (Medicine), Simon Kemp (Geography and Environmental Science), Judith Holloway (Medicine), James Wilson (Health Sciences), David Read (Chemistry) and Mike Wald (Electronics and Computer Science).
