Mr David Savill's Recognition (6)

Winner of the Debut Novel Award, Lectures Plurielle, France
2016 - 2016

Recognition Type	Awards and prizes (external)
Description	The Lectures Plurielle Festival in France selects one debut novel from every European country to be read in France over the period of a year. Readers select their favourite debut novel read in that year. My debut novel They Are Trying To Break Your Heart was selected as a festival winner.

Short Listed for The Desmond Elliot Prize
2016 - 2016

Recognition Type	Awards and prizes (external)
Description	From 2008 to 2022 The Desmond Elliot Prize was the UK's only major prize for the debut novel. My novel, They Are Trying to Break Your Heart, was chosen by judges for the short-list in 2016.

Scoping An Innovation Network Leader
2024 - 2025

Recognition Type	Internal funding award
Description	Received funding from The University of Salford to develop a research innovation network around literacy and literary work in the city of Salford.
Affiliated Organisations	The University of Salford
Research Centres/Groups	English Research Centre
Org Units	School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies

LTEC Scholarship Award
2024 - 2025

Recognition Type	Internal funding award
Description	Funded to research attitudes, motivations and behaviours towards reading in the context of a decline in the activity of reading for pleasure in our community. This survey work takes place in communities around the city of Salford, with particular attention to older teens and new parents - both demographics where reading for pleasure has been identified as a challenge by national statistics.
Affiliated Organisations	The University of Salford
Research Centres/Groups	English Research Centre

Public Participation Research Award
2024 - 2025

Recognition Type	Internal funding award
Description	Researching attitudes to reading motivations, attitudes and behaviours and asking what are the main barriers to reading among particular demographics in the city of Salford.
Affiliated Organisations	The University of Salford
Research Centres/Groups	English Research Centre
Org Units	School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies

Senior Fellow of Higher Education
2023

Recognition Type	Professional association (e.g. president, fellow or member of a society or discipline network)