Responsible unit: Office of the President

Contact: Ulf Nyman

Since 1992, as part of Stockholm University’s efforts to promote pedagogical development, pedagogically gifted teachers have been awarded a prize that is handed over at the annual conferment and installation ceremony. The prize of SEK 50,000 is paid to the award winner’s department/equivalent and is to be used for his/her professional development.

The prize goes to teachers who fulfil the criterion of furthering the students’ learning through excellent pedagogy, well-acknowledged interest and involvement in the development of teaching as well as outstanding teaching skills in their subject.

Who can nominate and who can be nominated?

All employees and students at Stockholm University can nominate candidates for the Award for Good Teaching. Eligible for the award are those employed at the university in a teaching capacity. Normally, a teacher can only be awarded the prize once.

Preparation process

The prize is administered by the Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching (CeUL), which is responsible for informing about the prize and for inviting nominations with a deadline by the middle of March. The nominations are subsequently sent to CeUL where the documents are anonymized. The nominations are examined by a preparation group, which is appointed by the CeUL’s Board of Directors and consists of experts in higher education pedagogy and students. The preparation group, under the leadership of the Director of the Centre, then presents a shortlist of about 10 candidates. All candidates shall come from different departments/equivalent.

CeUL then ensures that information about the shorlist together with the nominations are forwarded to the respective department/equivalent. No information shall be released about the identity of the nominators. The department/equivalent in collaboration with student representatives is then asked to write a motivation on the candidate from the
department/equivalent. The nominees shall neither participate in nor be informed about the process of writing a motivation.

The CeUL’s Board of Directors chooses the 5-8 top candidates from the list, based on the nominations and the departments’/equivalent letters of motivation.

Decision and announcement

In June, the President makes a decision of a final choice of 1-5 award winners after consultation with the Deputy Vice Presidents, and the names of the winners are announced on the university website.