Senior Lecturer
Department of Management, Marketing and Information Systems

Lecturer I
Department of Management, Marketing and Information Systems

Background

The Selection Sub-Committees/Committee will consider each nomination from the Faculty/School according to the following criteria. Specifically, the Committees will look for the following behavioural traits, evidence-based materials, and/or achievements of colleagues in the past five years for consideration of the Award.

Selection Criteria

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Genuine care and concern for student performance and development and be responsive to their feedback, devoting time to meet with students outside classrooms for discussion and counseling; careful design and marking of student assignments and receiving good feedback from students.

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Adoption of learner-centred approaches, ability to engage/inspire/impact on students and demonstration of superior acumen in teaching, which may include a good understanding of pedagogy, understanding how students learn and adopting suitable teaching and assessment approaches that can achieve better student learning outcomes; being able to interact with students and engage them in learning with enthusiasm; inspiring and supporting students, with respect for their diverse learning needs, to build confidence and capability (including critical thinking, analytical skills, values, etc.) and outstanding classroom (in face-to-face, virtual or hybrid settings).

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Course/programme/curriculum design that can reflect a command of the field, which may include demonstrating up-to-date knowledge of the field of study in the design of the curriculum and student learning resources (e.g. textbooks, e-learning resources) and adopting complementary research-informed teaching practices; and developing appropriate student learning outcomes and adopting innovative approaches to teaching and assessment which can facilitate students’ achievement of the learning outcomes etc., at/within an institutional , inter-international or sector-wide level.

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Past/present achievement(s) and leadership in teaching and potential scholarly contribution to and impact on the development of effective teaching practice within the nominee(s)’ own institution and/or in other institutions, which may include demonstrating educational research and innovations in the field of study; and demonstrating leadership in the promotion of teaching excellence within the university and/or in other institutions. In case of early career faculty nominations, the focus shall be on the nominees’ potential of leadership in teaching as well as their past achievements. In case of team nominations, the impact of the collaborative work of the team on the development of effective teaching practice will also be considered.

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For all awards in teaching, the Selection Sub-Committee/Committee would look for contributions which go beyond classroom teaching, such as provision of service/experiential learning opportunities to students, internationalisation of students’ learning experience, use of eLearning technologies, contribution to the development of teaching and learning such as participation in projects supported by internal and external teaching grants and conferences, and other initiatives that are in line with the University’s strategic goals.

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Demonstration of collaborative work as an advantage, supported with detailed information about the impact of outcomes/outputs of collaborative work.

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Proof of enhancement of student learning through the collaborative work of the team.

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High quality of scholarly work as evidenced by peer reviews, citations, awards, honours and/or prizes.

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High quality of scholarly work is making an important impact and contribution to the relevant academic discipline or profession, which is widely recognized in the field.

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Recognition as an expert in the field as evidenced by invitations to be keynote speakers in important international conferences, and/or member of the editorial board for refereed journal publications or a member of the review panel for other forms of quality scholarly output.

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Independent research leadership leading to initiation and development of creative ideas, discovery of new frontier, and/or enrichment of the related disciplines.

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Contribution to high-impact scholarly work leading to significant breakthrough and/or enrichment of the related disciplines.

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Demonstrated growing maturity in scholarly work with emerging standing in the international scene.

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Recognition of scholarly work as evidenced by attainment of research grants from prestigious bodies, peer reviews, citations, etc. which may vary across different disciplines.

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An outstanding track record in research supervision that leads to the ability to recruit and attract quality postgraduate candidates locally and internationally

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Demonstration of enthusiasm for supporting students’ personal, professional and career development, including but not limited to navigating students over difficulties in the process, provision of opportunities to students by engaging them in academic discourse, and for them to gain independence in publications, in winning prizes and awards, and/or preparing presentations at prestigious conferences, as well as giving guidance on career path

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Evidence of leadership in research training including but not limited to the dissemination of good practice in supervising research students.

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Dedication and commitment to serve the Department/Faculty/School/University through taking up various academic and administrative leadership positions, with a view to helping the University grow and develop and prosper.

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Active involvement in consultancy work, public service, professional community, and the community at large which help to raise the academic standing of the University. Paid consultancies/services would normally be excluded from award consideration.

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Frequent invitations to provide services to other academic institutions/professional bodies which resulted in collaborations and exchanges between the University with other academic institutions and the wider community.

The Selection Sub-Committees/Committee have the discretion in refining the selection criteria for the respective Awards taking into account the uniqueness of different academic disciplines and making regular reference to the criteria set up by UGC awarding bodies.