Purpose of award
The purpose of the College Teaching Awards is to acknowledge specific efforts and achievements in teaching and learning by the recipients, appropriate to the current stage of their careers. Such work should show clear alignment with UCD's education strategy. This award will financially support the recipient to further develop this work by involvement with similar teaching activities nationally and internationally.
Award Details:
The award consists of a €1000 travel bursary funded by each college to attend agreed teaching and learning events. Up to one award per college will be made.
Submission Deadline
See the Awards and Grants Calendar for application dates.
Adjudication criteria:
Applications will be assessed using the following criteria:
1. Level of specific achievements
2. a. Level to which teaching philosophy has been developed
b. Level to which pedagogy underpinning the teaching philosophy has been applied successfully
3. Level to which feedback has been used to inform the applicant's teaching practice.
On-line applications and nominations will be judged by an adjudication panel.
Frequently Asked Questions
Click here for frequently asked questions for President's and College Teaching Award applicants.
Guidelines for Nominators
Both applications and nominations must be submitted by the College Teaching Award Submission Date therefore, nominators and applicants should discuss and review the application well in advance. Nominators should forward their statement of support to tl@ucd.ie
Each nominator should submit a short statement (maximum 500 words) in support of the application. The statement should explain why the applicant should receive a college teaching award and outline the uniqueness of nominee’s Teaching & Learning contribution at school / college level. Nominators may highlight the extent to which the applicant has used feedback to inform their teaching practice and the degree of alignment between the applicant’s work and the priorities of the Education Strategy.
The nominating statement should advance the nominee’s claims for excellence and support these claims by drawing on evidence from different sources. Evidence may be cited to:
- support the applicant’s teaching achievements to date and their potential for further achievement in teaching & learning
- highlight the impact and/or uniqueness of the applicant’s contribution to Teaching & Learning at school and college level.
- highlight the value of the applicant’s stated contribution to developing excellence in a number of teaching activities, which indicatively could include: curriculum development, design and review; assessment; student engagement etc.
Adjudication panel:
Mr Feargal Murphy, Vice-principal Teaching & Learning College of Arts & Celtic Studies
Dr Ann Bourke, Vice-principal Teaching & Learning College of Business & Law
Dr Amanda Gibney, Vice-principal Teaching & Learning College of Engineering, Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Dr Barbara Dooley, Vice-principal Teaching & Learning College of Human Sciences
Dr Declan Patton, Vice-principal Teaching & Learning College of Life Sciences
Dr Brian Bowe, Head of Learning Development, College of Engineering and Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology
Dr Ciara O’Farrell, Senior Academic Developer, Centre for Academic Practice and eLearning, Trinity College Dublin
Canvassing adjudication panel members will result in disqualification of applications.
