The UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award is intended to recognize the outstanding teaching accomplishments of the academic staff and to encourage and reward excellence in teaching on the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies. It is exclusively for teaching and all relevant aspects of teaching such as developing structures and processes that help create an environment in which teaching excellence is valued and fostered, and teaching excellence is linked to concern with effective learning.

Persons applying for the award may nominate themselves using the UWI/Guardian Life Premium Teaching Award Nomination Form (Click HERE to access the form)

Persons eligible are:

1. Nominees who are full-time members of the Mona Campus Academic and Senior Administrative Staff and who have taught regularly for at least two (2) full academic years.

2. Nominees who are active in teaching in the year of nomination.

3. Heads of Department and Deans of Faculty who continue to teach a minimum of half (½) of a normal teaching load.

4. Previous recipients of the Beryl Allen Teaching Award for Innovative Teaching, the Vice Chancellor’s Award and/or the Guardian Life Premium Award. Four (4) years have elapsed since receipt of the Vice Chancellor’s Award or the Guardian Life Premium Award for consideration of this award.