2024-25 Principal's Teaching Excellence Award Information

Principal's Teaching Excellence Award 2024-25

Principal's Teaching Excellence Award was open to individual educators and teaching teams, who were invited to share an example of teaching or assessment practice. The application format was as follows:

Case study title
Background: Describe the context of your / the project team's approach to enhance teaching and learning (150 words)
Project overview: Provide a description of the project and either briefly describe your role as an individual, and if applicable, the role of all other stakeholders involved in the project; or briefly describe the roles of all named above. (150 words)
Purpose of the project: Give a rationale for your / the project team's teaching approach or new initiative (150 words)
Dissemination: Provide details of how your / the project team's new teaching approach or solution has been / will be disseminated with colleagues and students within and beyond the University. Is the approach transferable to other disciplines? (150 words)
Key learning points: Identify the key learnings points - what have you / the project team learned from this initiative and how has it further enhanced you / the project team's practice? (150 words)
Evaluation: Explain how you have / the project team has evaluated the impact or influence of your initiative (150 words)

All submitted case studies were reviewed by the Dean for Student Support & Experience, along with Senior Educators from across the Institution. The PTEA Panel selected one case study for the Principal's Teaching Excellence Award and three case studies were selected for commendation. The winner of the award contributed to the Annual Academic Development Symposium 2025.

Those shortlisted for the PTEA accolade were invited to the wider university Excellence Awards ceremony dinner held on Thursday 17 April 2025.

Selection criteria: The Dean for Student Support & Experience, along with Senior Educators from across the Institution, meet to review all case studies and agree the winner and up to three commendations. Submissions are considered on the basis of the applicants' ability to:

• clearly describe the context of the approach to enhance teaching and learning.

• clearly describe the project and the roles of all involved.

• provide the reason for the teaching approach/new initiative.

• demonstrate how the new teaching approach/solution has been/will be disseminated with colleagues and students within and beyond the University.

• identify the key learnings points.

• explain how the impact of the initiative has been evaluated.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Staff can apply at any stage of their career and may be employed on any type of contractual arrangement; for example, part-time, full-time or non-permanent (fixed-term). Staff must be teaching and/or supporting student learning, including for instance teaching, research and/or learning support.
The application process is confidential.

In particular, we would like to encourage applications from staff at an early stage of their career.
Information session: An information session for the 2024-25 Principal's Teaching Excellence Award was held on 27 November 2024. You can find the slides and a recording of the session below.

PTEA info session - general slides

PTEA info session - Derek Scott's slides