WATE 2024 Judging Process
About the judging process
- At each stage of the judging process there will be equal representation of students and staff.
- The Faculty Awards judges will be drawn from the relevant Faculty plus representatives from interdisciplinary backgrounds and professional services.
- The Collaborative and Community & Culture Awards will include representatives from all Faculties and will also include professional services staff.
- Scoring rubrics will be developed and refined by the judging panels.
- A calibration exercise will be held before judging begins to ensure consistency.
The dates for the different stages of the judging process are below. If you would like to sign up to be a judge, please follow these links:
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Stage one
The stage one judges will work in pairs (one staff/one student) to score nominees for each award using the stage one rubric.
The stage one judges will come together at a panel meeting to decide which nominees are shortlisted to progress to stage two.
Key dates
Introductory meeting
. Video Link will be shared
Calibration meetings
Faculty of Arts Faculty: 19 February 2024
Faculty of Social Sciences: 19 February 2024
Collaborative Award: – 20 February 2024
Postgraduates who teach: – 20 February 2024
Faculty of SEM: 21 February 2024
Community & Culture: 21 February 2024
Judging period
19 February - 22 March 2024
Panel meetings
Collaborative Award: 18 March 2024
Postgraduates who teach: 18 March 2024
Faculty of Arts Faculty: 19 March 2024
Faculty of Social Sciences: 19 March 2024
Faculty of SEM: 21 March 2024
Community & Culture: 21 March 2024
Stage two
The stage two judges will individually score the statements submitted by each shortlisted nominee, team or community. The judges will come together at a panel meeting to decide the winners of the Faculty, Collaborative, Community and Culture and the Postgraduates who Teach Awards.
Key dates
Calibration meetings
Collaborative Award: 21 May 2024
Postgraduates who teach: 21 May 2024
Faculty of Arts Faculty: 22 May 2024
Faculty of Social Sciences: 22 May 2024
Faculty of SEM: 23 May 2024
Community & Culture: 23 May 2024
Judging period
20 May - 20 June 2024
Panel meetings
Collaborative Award: 10 June 2024
Postgraduates who teach: 10 June 2024
Faculty of Arts Faculty: 12 June 2024
Faculty of Social Sciences: 12 June 2024
Faculty of SEM: 13 June 2024
Community & Culture: 13 June 2024
Ratification
The winners of each award will be ratified by a final panel consisting of the PVC Education, Faculty Chairs, the Dean of Students, the Director of WIHEA and student representatives.
Faculty Awards: winner, highly commended, and commended.
Collaborative Awards: winner, highly commended, and commended.
Community & Culture Award: one winner only.
Key dates
Winners announced:
21 June 2024