NAIRTL National Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2012
Teaching and research are both central to the role of academic staff, and excellence in teaching and in creative and scholarly work go hand in hand. The NAIRTL National Awards Programme aims to acknowledge and reward academic staff who are successful in uniting these two roles. The awards are intended to raise the profile of teaching and learning through recognition and celebration of teachers who make an outstanding impact on the student learning experience.
Five awards of €5,000 each will be made in 2012 and nominations are invited from members of senior management in higher education institutions in relation to individuals or groups of staff members. All categories of staff (professor, senior lecturer, lecturer, assistant lecturer, full-time, part-time etc) are eligible for nomination and applicants should not self-nominate.
UCD Staff Member Winner of National Teaching Award in 2009
In 2009, Dr Amanda Gibney from the UCD School of Architecture, Landscape and Civil Engineering was honoured with a NAIRTL National Award for her innovative development of the Masters of Engineering programme (Structural Engineering with Architecture), combined with her impressive record as an leader of educational innovation in UCD.
Internal Nomination Process
- College principals/heads of schools/heads of subjects are invited to submit their nominations to aine.galvin@ucd.ie by close of business on Wednesday 14th March 2012.
- For each nomination made, a written statement from the nominee or team outlining the basis for the nomination must be included. (1,000 words maximum). Nominators and nominees should pay close attention to the selection criteria specified by NAIRTL at www.nairtl.ie/awards
- The Registrar will convene a panel to agree UCD's nominations (up to 3 are invited by NAIRTL from each institution), giving consideration to the nominations received. Nominators will be informed of the outcome of this process.
- Once the UCD nominations have been identified, two testimonials from peers and the CV of the nominee will need to be prepared (in consultation with each nominee) and submitted to NAIRTL by the submission deadline of 2nd April 2012.
The deadline for internal UCD nominations is Wednesday 14th March.
Further details on NAIRTL awards can be found at www.nairtl.ie/awards
If you require any further information on this process, please contact:
Aine Galvin
Director of UCD Teaching & Learning
aine.galvin@ucd.ie
Phone +353-1-716-2153