We are thrilled to announce that the Synthetic Anatomy teaching team has been honoured with the FoLSM Staff Award 2024 – Outstanding Biosciences Education Contribution at King’s College London.
This prestigious award recognises the team’s leadership in reimagining anatomy education. Through their interdisciplinary module, students don’t just learn about anatomical structures — they design and build them. Using digital modelling, speculative design, and 3D printing, students explore future-oriented anatomical possibilities and engage deeply with complex biological form and function.
What makes the module truly exceptional is how it embeds reflective practice and creativity into assessment. Rather than focusing on traditional exams or reports, students maintain digital Padlets to document their creative journey, sketch ideas, and reflect on their successes and failures. They then present their prototypes during group table-displays and participate in critique sessions that mirror practices in art and design studios.
The Synthetic Anatomy team’s award is a recognition of more than just technical excellence. It celebrates their commitment to holistic, student-centred learning, where creativity and science intersect. Their work has inspired pedagogical innovation across the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, and has made a visible impact on how anatomy can be taught—and imagined.
Congratulations to Mandeep Gill Sagoo, Ameneh Rhode, Marian Wingate, Elizabeth Wilson, and the wider Synthetic Anatomy team for this outstanding achievement. Their dedication is helping to shape the future of biosciences education at King’s.