Undervisningsprisen 2025: Nominate your lecturers now

If you have a lecturer or a team of lecturers that you find especially inspiring or engaging, you can now shine a light on their work by nominating them for Undervisningsprisen 2025.

The award is founded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science that wishes to recognize the great importance of the lecturers and examples of excellent teaching.

Read more about Undervisningsprisen here(in Danish): Undervisningsprisen | ufm.dk

You can nominate a single lecturer, or you can choose to nominate a team of lecturers as a whole.

The deadline is December 2nd, 2024 at 12 pm (noon).

How to nominate

1. Read the criteria below and think about whether your lecturer or team of lecturers fit the description
2. Write down your reasons why this particular lecturer or team of lecturers should win the award. Use the six criteria as a starting point and write a short description of 25-30 lines
3. Send your description in an email with the subject “Undervisningspris” to aaretsunderviser@cphbusiness.dk before December 2nd, 2024 at 12 pm (noon)

What happens next?

One lecturer or a team of lecturers from Cphbusiness will be selected as the winner of the local award.

The winner from Cphbusiness will compete against winners from all business academies in Denmark to become the final winner, who will be announced during fall 2025.

Only single lecturers are allowed to compete nationally. If a team of lecturers win at Cphbusiness, a local jury will select a single lecturer as the Cphbusiness candidate.

The final winner will receive 200,000 kroner in personal cash prize and 300,000 kroner which can be used for developing activities that support a good and engaging teaching environment at the higher education institutions.

Criteria

Undervisningsprisen is awarded on basis of these six criteria:

1. The lecturer makes an extraordinary contribution to achieving great commitment, critical reflection and a high academic level among the students
2. The lecturer conveys difficult material in an inspiring way and gives constructive feedback to the students
3. The lecturer plays a significant role in the renewal and quality development of the teaching, e.g. through the introduction of new teaching methods, new technology or the inclusion of new research-based knowledge for the benefit of the students
4. The lecturer shares experiences with and involves colleagues and feedback from the students in the development of their own teaching
5. The lecturer supports relevance in the teaching, e.g. through the inclusion of experiences from practice and inspiration from external parties
6. The lecturer focuses on the individual students personal development towards becoming innovative and ready for business life

The lecturer must be employed at Cphbusiness.

We look forward to seeing your nomination.