Criteria

Lecturers who have demonstrated significant involvement with their teaching and their students, have provided excellent teaching and/or have shown extraordinary commitment to curriculum development and educational innovation can be nominated for the Lecturer of the Year Award.

A Lecturer of the Year must satisfy the following criteria with regard to students, teaching and testing. Internationalization and the interwovenness of teaching and research also play a role in this respect.

Students:

• are inspired and involved in the field and the degree programme
• are encouraged to think about and apply the subject material in assignments and research
• are supervised enthusiastically and effectively during course units, placements and research training

Teaching:

• challenges, stimulates students’ curiosity, activates, is student-oriented and interactive
• is designed in an effective and stimulating way, well organized and has a clear position within the degree programme and the field
• fits within the historical, philosophical and ethical context

Tests:

• dovetail with the learning outcomes and modes of instruction in terms of content, form and assessment
• are transparent, for example by using clear assessment criteria and mock exams
• are marked in good time, and the results are accompanied by clear feedback

The Lecturer of the Year must:

• learn from his/her students and actively use their feedback to adapt his/her teaching
• be a subject expert, not afraid to experiment and contribute to educational innovation
• contribute to realizing the aims of the degree programme, faculty and University.