The Teaching Awards is organised by the Students' Association and gathers positive feedback about learning, teaching and academic support at Glasgow Caledonian University and can be used to further improve the learning experience.

 

The Teaching Awards are a chance for GCU students to thank and promote outstanding teaching and non-teaching staff members who have made a positive impact on their learning experience.

 

The Awards

There are six different Teaching Awards you can nominate GCU staff members for:

• Terrific Teaching
• Fantastic Feedback
• Cutting-edge Curriculum
• Super Support (teaching staff)
• Super Support (non-teaching staff)
• Sensational Supervision*

*Please note only Research Students (PhD, MPhil, ect...) studying during the 2024-25 academic year are eligible to nominate staff members for this award. 

In addition to the above awards, every teaching staff member who is long-listed for an award and who is a member of one of GCU’s three academic schools will be automatically considered for their Inspirational Individual award for that school.

You can find out more information about the criteria for each of these awards here!

 

Nominations Process

Nominating a GCU staff member for a Teaching Award is easy!  All you need to do is click on the below link and complete our online nominations form.  Any GCU student can nominate as many staff members as you like for as many awards you like.

It’s really important that you take the time complete each nomination fully and that you explain exactly why the person you are nominating deserves the award that you are nominating them for.  The longlisting and shortlisting panel members make decisions based upon the reasons why someone has been nominated rather than how many times they have been nominated.

 

Every GCU student who submits a nomination will be invited to attend our annual Teaching Awards Ceremony where the winners of each award will be announced.

 

Nominations for the Teaching Awards open noon (12:00) Thursday 30th January 2025.

 

Nominations for the Teaching Awards close noon (12:00) Thursday 10th April 2025.

 

 

Longlisting and Shortlisting Process

 

The winners for each award are decided by students through a long-listing and short-listing process. During both the longlisting and shortlisting process the nominations for each nominee are reviewed and ranked against the set criteria for the award they have been nominated for.

Each nomination is considered by the longlisting panel that consists of a member of Students' Association staff and a Full Time Officer who decide which nominations are presented to the shortlisting panel.

 

The shortlisting panel that consists of an academic rep from each school, a GCU staff member and a member of Students' Association staff. The shortlisting panel decides the final nominees and the winner.

 

 

Reward & Recognition

 

Every GCU Staff member who receives a nomination will get one of our prized Teaching Awards mugs as well as a congratulatory email including the anonymised comments from the nominations they have received.

 

 

Also every GCU Staff member who receives a nomination will be invited to attend our annual Teaching Awards Ceremony where the winners of each award will be announced. The Teaching Awards Ceremony will be taking place on Thursday 15th May 2025 [date to be confirmed].

 

During the summer all the comments collected from the Teaching Awards nominations will be analysed and shared with the relevant Associate Dean - Learning Teaching & Quality (ADLTQ).

 

You can find out more information about past winners here!