He has also been the recipient of teaching awards, best paper awards, and grants from the Ford and Sloan Foundations.

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As host for the teaching awards - the annual teachers' Oscars - he's been looking back at his own school days in the 1970s.

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Ms Shuter, who had been in post since 2002, was named head teacher of the year at the 2007 Teaching Awards and appointed CBE in June 2010.

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The Teaching Awards 2010 UK ceremony will be held on Sunday 31 October at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London and is broadcast on BBC2 at 6pm.

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And we are of course recognizing the folks in this room with awards for excellence in teaching and mentoring.

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"More than 250 higher education institutions entered the Guardian University Awards across 10 different categories, so to win the Teaching Excellence award and be shortlisted in the Community category too is a great achievement for our staff and students, " Prof Purcell said.

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