Arqus is organising the Teaching Excellence Award for the fifth time. This award is intended to recognise teachers who are particularly innovative in their teaching practice. Teaching initiatives and projects carried out from the start of the 2024/2025 academic year are eligible for the Arqus Teaching Excellence Award.
The following criteria should be met for nomination
- Student-centred teaching: Consistent application of student-centred approaches that address the diverse needs of learners and promote inclusive educational practices.
- Assessment that promotes student learning: Consistent use of assessment strategies and feedback methods that support learning and development by encouraging reflection on and facilitating dialogue about learning processes.
- Research-based teaching and learning approaches: Use of research-based didactic approaches to improve learning outcomes.
- Integration of international perspective: incorporating an international perspective to enrich the learning experience and promote intercultural understanding.
- Transferability and adaptability: developing teaching initiatives that are transferable and adaptable to other educational contexts and promote the scalability and sustainability of the initiative.
- Relevance and impact: teacher reflection on the relevance and impact of the project on student learning to demonstrate the importance of the project in improving teaching and learning practices.
Nominations can be submitted until 15 January 2026. The award ceremony will take place at the Arqus Annual Conference in Maynooth (8 and 9 July 2026).
All further information about the award and the nomination process can be found at this link.
By the way: In April 2025, Silvia Kober was able to bring the Arqus Teaching Excellence Award to Graz. We asked her for an interview after the award ceremony: