TWO Lancaster based lecturers have been nominated for a £50,000 national award.

Dr Susan Bloxham, deputy director of the Centre for the Development of Learning and Teaching at St Martin's College and Dr Michael Winstanley, senior lecturer in history at Lancaster University are among 82 lecturers nominated for a National Teaching Fellowship.

20 winners will be decided in May and prizes will be handed over at a high profile ceremony in July.