Reminder: Compete for the UU Team Award
Do you and your team work together to improve education? Or do you know a team that has delivered an exceptional performance? Compete for the UU Team Award.
This year, the first UU Team Award will be awarded to a team that has made an extraordinary impact on our education. The team that wins this award may submit a nomination for the Dutch Education award on behalf of UU/ This award is an appreciation for education teams that deliver a special performance in education. Nominated teams have a chance of winning an amount of €1.2 million, €800,000 or €500,000 (total €2.5 million).
In 2021, the Mixed Classroom team from Urban Futures Studio won the second prize of the Dutch Higher Education Award. In 2022 UCR’s project Going Glocal competed, but unfortunately did not make it through to the final round. In 2023 the team of The New Utrecht School has submitted a nomination. For next year, there are new chances to win the prize!
For 2024, UU may again submit one nomination for a successful education team that has made an outstanding or exceptional contribution to the renewal and/or improvement of higher education in the past four years. This year’s selection of the nomination will be done through awarding the UU Team Award.
Requirements and procedure
An education team can be nominated and compete for the UU Team Award with the following profile:
- The education team consists of a minimum of two and a maximum of ten people.
- The education team consists of members with various roles, such as lecturers, relevant education director, educational researchers, hybrid lecturers, PhD students, student assistants, etc.
- The main applicant (team leader) is employed by a Dutch-funded secondary vocational education institution or higher education institution.
- The special achievements of the Education Team that form the basis for the nomination have not previously been rewarded with this premium.
A jury, supported by the Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning (CAT) will select the team that wins the team award, which will then be nominated by the Rector. For this purpose, the following procedure has been established:
- By 12:00 noon on 19 April at the latest, teams wishing to be considered for the Education Award can be sent to cat@uu.nl , described in no more than 300 words. The description should in any case include a description of the team, the special achievement and impact. Use the format.
- By 17 May 2023, the jury will select two to four initiatives that are considered the most promising. These teams are requested to further develop their initiative in a maximum of 2 A4.
- By 12:00 noon on 14 June 2023, the selected teams will send in their further developed initiative;
- During the Teaching & Learning Inspiration Days (3 July – 5 July) the winners of the UU Team Award will be announced;
- The winning team of the UU Team Award will be supported by the CAT in writing its definitive nomination, which must be submitted to OCW by the team in December or January.