WATE 2025 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: 3 March 2025, 10 - 11am
Faculty of SEM: 3 March 2025, 12 - 1pm
Faculty of Social Sciences: 3 March 2025, 2 - 3pm
Community & Culture: 4 March 2025, 10 - 11am
Postgraduates who teach: 4 March 2025, 12 - 1pm
Collaborative Award: 4 March 2025, 2 - 3pm
Judging period
5 March - 24 March 2025
Panel meetings
Faculty of Arts Faculty: 31 March 2025, 9:30 - 11am
Faculty of Social Sciences: 31 March 2025, 12 - 1:30pm
Faculty of SEM: 31 March 2025, 2:30 - 4pm
Community & Culture: 1 April 2025, 9:30 - 11am
Postgraduates who teach: 1 April 2025, 12 - 1:30pm
Collaborative Award: 1 April 2025, 2:30 - 4pm
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
Faculty of Arts Faculty: 12 May 2025, 10 - 11am
Faculty of SEM: 12 May 2025, 12 - 1pm
Faculty of Social Sciences: 12 May 2025, 2 - 3pm
Community & Culture: 13 May 2025, 10 - 11am
Postgraduates who teach: 13 May 2025, 12 - 1pm
Collaborative Award: 13 May 2025, 2 - 3pm
Judging period
14 May - 2 June 2025
Panel meetings
Faculty of Arts Faculty: 9 June 2025, 9:30 - 11am
Faculty of Social Sciences: 9 June 2025, 12 - 1:30pm
Faculty of SEM: 9 June 2025, 2:30 - 4pm
Community & Culture: 10 June 2025, 9:30 - 11am
Postgraduates who teach: 10 June 2025, 12 - 1:30pm
Collaborative Award: 10 June 2025, 2:30 - 4pm
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:
June 2025