Department of Criminology recognises Jessica Williamson and Oliver Hulmes as ’TAs of the Year’

The Department of Criminology recognises two Teaching Assistants as TAs of the Year. Jessica Williamson has received the 'TA of the Year Award' and Oliver Hulmes the 'First-Year TA Award'. Each year, the Department of Criminology of The University of Manchester recognises two Teaching Assistants as TA of the Year Awards. The Department rewards the 'TA of the Year Award' to a TA with an excellent performance during the last academic year, while the 'First-Year TA Award' is given to first-year TAs with an exceptional performance. The judging panel has received numerous nominations for many of our TAs, but finally decided to recognise Jessica Williamson as TA of the Year Award, and Oliver Hulmes as First-Year TA Award. Jessica Williamson is a third-year PhD candidate at the Department of Criminology whose research uses auto-ethnography to study harm reduction and private policing at UK music festivals. Jessica has demonstrated a consistent high performance in her teaching over three years, having taught in units such as Drugs and Society, Explaining Crime and Deviance, and Criminological Research Methods.