Two Oxford lecturers have been nominated for a national award which has a £50,000 prize.

Dr Mark Moloney, who specialises in organic chemistry at Oxford University, and Margaret Price, of Oxford Brookes' business school, are among 86 entrants in the 2001 National Teaching Fellowship Scheme.

They were nominated by their universities because they are highly rated by students. Twenty winners will be chosen on June 6 and the awards will be presented in London in July.