Shortlisted candidates Teacher Awards 2025 announced

Utrecht University has awarded the Teacher Awards since 1994, to encourage academic lecturers to continuously improve their teaching and to show them appreciation. The Teacher Awards consist of the Teacher Talent Award, for lectures who have recently started, and the Outstanding Teacher Award, for lecturers with upwards of five years teaching experience. This year with a festive milestone as the Teacher Awards have been celebrated for 30 years. Every year, study associations in Utrecht can nominate a lecturer for these prizes and this year, no fewer than 29 have been nominated.

The jury, comprising of Utrecht lecturers and students, has shortlisted three nominees for the Outstanding Teacher Award and three nominees for the Teacher Talent Award from the submitted lecturers. Criteria include the educational vision of the lecturer, the creation of student interaction and the students’ learning experience.

The shortlist (in alphabetical order):

Outstanding Teacher Award:

Teacher Talent Award:

The winners (one in each category) will be chosen from this nominee shortlist. To decide, the jury will speak with the study associations that nominated the lecturer. The announcement of the winners will take place during the OnderwijsFestival on Thursday 6 March 2025 in the University Hall (Academiegebouw). Are you also curious to know who will receive this year’s awards?

Jury

The jury consists of Gery Nijenhuis (chair), Alexei Karas, Serena Di Palma, Sebastiaan Steenman, Niels Bovenschen, Annemarie Spruijt, Margot van den Berg, Gerard van der Ree, Gerrit Verweij, Emilie Kuiper (student member) en Doortje Koldeweij (student member). The jury is supported by Anouk Rademaker (Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning).