Teaching Excellence Award webinar series
What does award-winning teaching look like in practice? The new “Arqus Teaching Excellence Award Webinar Series” will bring together teaching staff, educational support professionals and didactic experts from across Europe to explore innovative approaches to teaching and learning in higher education.
The online series will feature recipients of the Arqus Teaching Excellence Award from different editions between 2021 and 2026. In each 60-minute session, two award winners will present their teaching projects, share methodologies and good practices, and engage in discussion with participants through interactive Q&A breakout rooms.
Reflecting the diversity of Arqus, the webinar topics will cover a wide range of disciplines, pedagogical approaches and educational objectives, showcasing inspiring examples of excellence and innovation in university teaching.
The webinars aim to provide participants with practical ideas and transferable experiences to enrich teaching, learning and assessment practices in their own contexts.
Brian McKenzie – Maynooth University
Course: Universal Critical Skills/Data Literacy for Arts Students
Arqus Teaching Excellence Award Winner 2024
The session will present innovative approaches to strengthening data literacy and critical skills among Arts students through interdisciplinary and inclusive teaching practices.
Claudia Padovani – University of Padua
Course: Communication practices diversity and inclusion
Arqus Teaching Excellence Award Winner 2025
In her presentation, Claudia Padovani will give insights int the course “Communication practices diversity and inclusion”, which has been offered at the University of Padua since 2020, as a compulsory course in the English curricula of the Communication Strategy degree. The course offers opportunities to explore the intersection of media, communication, and democratic principles such as access, inclusion, participation, pluralism, and equality.
Students gain awareness of current debates concerning global communications – including news media, traditional and digital, ICT and digital platforms and their social implications in relation to the needs and capacities of different social groups, including women and LGBTQI+ communities, ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples. Through interactive learning, group projects, and international collaborations, students develop transversal skills, including public speaking, intercultural communication, and critical analysis.
More Informations about ARQUS and registration to this webinar, you can find here