Dr Martin Ruehl - Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages

Описание: Cambridge University has produced a series of films about five of this year’s Pilkington Prize winners. These films go behind the scenes to show Cambridge teaching in action as well as inviting winners to explain their passion for teaching and reveal some of their trade secrets. The films feature Lecturer in German Thought, Martin Ruehl; Physics Lecturer Lisa Jardine-Wright; Sociologist Mónica Moreno Figueroa; Zoologist Andrew Balmford; and Design Engineer James Moultrie.

Dr Martin Ruehl - Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages

Dr Martin Ruehl is a fantastic, inspiring teacher who effortlessly combines mastery of his subject with a gift for explaining it lucidly. He lectures ex tempore, circulating round the classroom and giving many opportunities for students to ask and answer questions. The highly interactive teaching style Martin adopts has allowed him to make his teaching accessible to all students, and thus to share his own obvious passion for the subject.

In addition to his deep erudition, Martin has deep enthusiasm for teaching, and a commitment to meeting the needs of his students. As a Director of Studies, Martin takes exceptional care in introducing undergraduates to the Cambridge system when they first arrive, sacrificing much of his private time to do so. In his College, he has innovated a series of weekly film evenings in which first-year students introduce, screen and then discuss foreign-language films. This is not only a very good bonding experience; it also introduces the students to cinema as an object of academic research and scholarly debate.

Martin also engages tirelessly in widening participation, having represented the College, and the University, at countless open days, school visits and outreach events. He has redeveloped the open day materials and the way schools are contacted to ensure that as many pupils from as many backgrounds as possible have access to them, and helped demystify the admissions process for applicants by leading the development of a series of videos promoting the study of Modern Languages at Cambridge, the most popular of which is a re-enactment of an admissions interview.