Global Challenges Teaching Award - Polarisation and Division

The Global Challenges Teaching Award - Polarisation and Division will support a pair of teaching faculty – one at a US higher education institution (HEI), one at a UK HEI – to co-deliver a virtual exchange programme on the topic of social polarisation and division. 

Deepening polarisation and division within our communities continue to grow. 

Do you run an undergraduate class at a US or UK HEI that directly addresses polarisation and division? Find out more about what this award can do for you to expand the reach of your teaching for one of your existing classes. 

The growth in social distrust has deepened divides, impacting not only political processes, but also our everyday lives. Bringing our communities together and bridging these divides requires listening and understanding. Polarisation is a global problem:  to repair these divides we need to develop global citizens who can work together. 

The Global Challenges Teaching Award - Polarisation and Division will support a pair of teaching faculty – one at a US HEI, one at a UK HEI – to co-deliver a virtual exchange programme on understanding and addressing polarisation and division.

To be eligible to apply, applicants must:

  • Be currently teaching an undergraduate class that relates to polarisation and division. 
  • Be able to demonstrate support of your home institution. 

Rather than creating a new course from scratch, we are asking that an existing class that you currently teach be adapted for co-teaching. Co-teaching with a US or UK counterpart across the Atlantic would take place as a virtual exchange. 

Award benefits

A successful application will receive: 

  • An honorarium of $5000/£3750 for the awardee (faculty member). This can be spent however faculty see fit. The honorarium will be paid out in two payments. 
  • A technical support fee of $2500/£2000 for the awardee’s higher education institution. This will be payable on completion of the professional development programme. 
  • Travel for the awardee and a member of administrative staff to the US/UK to visit their partner institution, up to a value of $5600/£4000. 
  • Tailored COIL-modelled blended professional development and customized mentoring, led by VE/COIL experts from AAC&U designed for teaching faculty, instructional designers, and academic administrators.    

 

Visit our Global Challenges Teaching Awards page

to find out how to apply.

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