Awarded for outstanding contributions to English education, including coaching students to top-10 national and top-3 international results in English-speaking competitions, and co-authoring the widely used Challenge to Speak textbook series, published by the prestigious Higher Education Press in Beijing and adopted by 27 universities across China at its peak.

Delivered a keynote address to trainee teachers on the power of diversity in classroom planning. Gavin shared his own journey with dyslexia, reframing it as a source of innovative thinking and creative problem-solving, and encouraged educators to move beyond “ordinary” approaches to unlock extraordinary potential in every learner.