In order to promote teaching excellence at UIC and nominate outstanding teachers for the 5^th National and Guangdong Innovative Teaching Contest (第五届全国高校教师教学创新大赛广东分赛暨广东省高校教师教学创新大赛), We are pleased to announce that the 5^th BNU-HKBU United International College Innovative Teaching Contest is scheduled to commence from now to mid-January 2025 (see attachment 1/2).

Theme：

Promote teaching innovation and nurture top talents (推动教学创新，培养一流人才)

Eligibility：

All full-time teachers at UIC are eligible to participate in the contest, either as a team or individually. The lead instructor must have taught the participating undergraduate course for more than two times in the past five years.

If the participation is on a team basis, the team should have one lead instructor and no more than three support instructors. (The team members of the industry-education integration group must include at least one part-time teacher hired from the industry, who has been deeply involved in education and teaching for more than 2 years).

Applicants will be divided into 7 major groups based on areas such as “Four New” construction, basic courses, curriculum ideology and politics, and industry-education integration.

Among these, Groups 1-6 are divided based on the professional and technical title of the lead instructor: a. Professor, b. Associate Professor, and c. Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer. Group 7 is not classified by the professional and technical titles; it is a separate category dedicated to the Industry-Education Integration track.

The application materials include：

1. Teaching Innovation Report or Curriculum Ideology and Politics Innovation Report, or Industry-Education Integration Innovation Achievement Report (length: 4000 words, including abstract and main text) (教学创新成果报告或课程思政创新报告，或产教融合创新成果报告, 含摘要、正文不超过4000字)

2. Class Teaching Video Recording and Relevant Materials (课堂教学实录视频及相关材料, see appendix 6 in attachment 1/2 for details)

The video should be a complete one of teaching-hour real class video recordings. The supporting materials for the video recording should include:

a. The course syllabus (Including the course title, course nature, course units, target students, course introduction and objectives, course content and plan, and course evaluation)

b. The teaching plan and the PPT slides corresponding to the video.

Special Reminder:

According to the requirements of the provincial contest, the submitted video recording and other materials (except the scanned copies of the original supporting materials) should not disclose any personal identity information, such as the participant's name, affiliated school, or department.

Application:

1. Non-native Mandarin-speaking participants are highly encouraged to submit the applications in English at the university-wide Contest. Participants are responsible to translate the application materials into Chinese when they are nominated to participate in the provincial contest.

2. Please log in to the Chaoxing Service System (see Registration and Material Uploading System Operation Guide for the 5th UIC ITC in attachment 3), submit all needed materials to the system (upload Teaching Innovation Report or Curriculum Ideology and Politics Innovation Report or Industry-Education Integration Innovation Achievement Report, and class teaching video recording and relevant materials) by 17:00, January 2^nd (Thursday), 2025.

3. Please carefully read the contest guidelines (attachment 1/2) and Q&A (attachment 4) for more detailed information.

Awards:

1. Award certificates and cash prize will be provided for Grand Prize, First Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize, and Honorable Mention.

2. Outstanding participants will be recommended to participate in the contest at the provincial level.