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Nomination period

The nomination period is from 28 April until 29 May, 2026. During this period, all UvA students and employees can nominate an individual lecturer, subject, educational project or team for the UvA Education Awards. 

For each nomination, you will be asked to explain why you are nominating this lecturer. This gives the jury a good understanding of how the lecturer creates a positive learning environment. Furthermore, your motivation will determine the category in which the lecturer will be placed.  Your motivation also determines in which category the nominee will be placed. The categories are explained at the bottom of this page.

Jury 

The candidates will be assessed by a jury. The jury is composed of committed UvA staff and students with expertise in higher education. There is a jury for the individual awards and a jury for the team awards (course, project, education team).

What happens to your nomination?

After the nomination period, a top 6 list will be compiled for each faculty for individual and team awards. The lecturers and teams from this top 6 will be invited to apply for the award. They do this by:

• providing a response to the nominations
• expressing their vision on education
• providing an example of their teaching
• For the team awards, a syllabus must also be submitted.

The jury then assesses these submissions on the basis of pre-established assessment criteria.

Assessment criteria

Individual awards (teachers)

The jury for individual awards will assess the candidates based on established criteria that are based on the educational vision. The jury will consider, among other things:
• Clarity of choices: Does the teacher provide clear insight into the educational choices made?
• Educational vision: Does the teacher demonstrate a compelling vision of education?
• Activating education: To what extent does the teacher effectively use activating teaching methods? To what extent are students actively involved in the education process?
• Inclusive education: How accessible is education for students with different backgrounds and talents? To what extent does the teacher ensure equal opportunities in their own teaching?

Team awards (subject, project, education team)

The jury for the team awards assesses candidates based on established criteria that are based on the educational vision. The jury pays attention to, among other things:
• Clarity of choices: Does the team provide clear insight into the choices made and the underlying educational vision?
• Educational vision: Does the team demonstrate a convincing vision on education?
• Collaboration: To what extent does collaboration take place outside the subject itself (for example, with other disciplines or social partners)? To what extent does this collaboration contribute mutually to increasing knowledge and/or solving complex issues?
• Innovation: How innovative is the education offered? To what extent does this innovation have the potential to contribute to a strong learning environment?

The different categories help the jury to make careful decisions based on clear, predefined criteria.

Award ceremony

The UvA Education Awards will be presented during the UvA Education Day on 29 October 2026.

Organisation

The UvA Education Awards 2026 are organized by a project group of Teaching & Learning Centre (TLC Central).