STUDENT TEACHING AWARD
The Student Teaching Prize is an award that recognizes ZHAW lecturers who have distinguished themselves through particularly good teaching. What makes it special is that the students themselves decide who receives the award.
One lecturer from each of the ZHAW’s eight departments is honored. Students evaluate their lecturers in the categories of teaching skills, materials and media, course structure, motivation and commitment. Whoever receives the best ratings wins the teaching award in the respective department. This gives students the opportunity to express their appreciation for those lecturers who have particularly influenced and motivated them during their studies.
The prize money totaling CHF 10,000, sponsored by the Credit Suisse Foundation, is divided equally among all departmental award winners.
The Student Teaching Award makes good teaching at the ZHAW visible by focusing on the students’ perspective. For Alias as a student organization, the focus is on recognizing those lecturers who work with commitment and creativity to provide high-quality teaching on a daily basis.
Our previous winners
Teaching Award 2023
The winners:
Samuel Keller
(Lecturer and researcher for upbringing, education & growing up, social work)
Filomena Sabatella
(Lecturer in Biopsychology and Research Associate with a research focus on adolescents with behavioral problems, Applied Psychology)
Stefan Höck
(Lecturer in Organic Chemistry and Cheminformatics, Life Sciences and Facility Management)
Martin Businger
(Lecturer and Head of Courses German as a Foreign and Second Language, Applied Linguistics)
David Stamm
(Lecturer at the Institute of Public Health, Health)
Melanie Truniger
(Lecturer in Solid Construction and Materials Technology, Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering)
Patrik Eschle
(Lecturer in Physics, School of Engineering)
Michael Buchser
(Lecturer in Private Law, School of Management and Law)
Teaching Award 2022
The winners:
Andri Schütz
(Lecturer in Chemistry, Life Sciences and Facility Management)
Dimitrios Piskas
(Lecturer in Steel Construction, Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering)
Heidi Gebauer
(Lecturer with focus on Scientific Computing & Algorithmics, School of Engineering)
Marina Petkova, Julia Krasselt and Oliver Winkler
(Lecturer team in the BA Linguistic Integration, Applied Linguistics)
Martin Brezina
(Lecturer in Psychology, Applied Psychology)
Nadja Ramsauer
(Lecturer in Social Work and Project Manager Research, Social Work)
Renata Trajkova
(Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, School of Management and Law)
Shanti Lawrence
(Lecturer in BSc Midwifery, Health)
