EAA Accounting Education Excellence Award

Nominations are now open for the 2025 EAA Accounting Education Excellence Award

The award seeks to highlight excellent practice in Accounting Education which addresses thought leadership in the field, innovation and cutting-edge practices in pedagogy, technology and contents.

The first awardee was Dr. Poh-Sun Seow from Singapore Management University.

The second awardee was Professor Nicholas McGuigan from Monash University.

The next award will be announced at the EAA Annual Congress in Rome (2025), subject to there being a worthy recipient. Individuals will be able to nominate themselves with two advocate statements if shortlisted. The award winner will receive free conference registration to the following year’s EAA conference with support to cover travel and accommodation of up to 1,250 Euro. The award winner will be asked to facilitate a workshop/classroom session at the Annual Congress to share her/his best practice, and an opportunity to write up this practice into a case study for dissemination on the ARC website.

EAA members who would like to express their interest should apply by emailing baha.diyarov@eiasm.be  by November 17^th 2024.

[The deadline for submitting Stage 3 Shortlisted Information will be December 5^th 2024.]

On behalf of the Education Committee, we are looking forward to your applications.

Anastasia Kopita

Chair Education Committee

Application requirements

Stage 1: Initial application

1. Nominee has been an EAA member for at least two (2) years before application, and is not a current member of the EAA Management Committee, an EAA Committee chair, a current EAA journal editor, or a member of the Education Committee or has held these positions in the three (3) years before the application deadline.
2. Nominee bio details.
3. Reflective narrative that discusses the innovation/teaching practice (including the particular contribution and its specific context) (1,500 words max* that clearly presents the innovation/teaching practice and its contribution).
4. Two (2) page max CV relevant to education achievements.
5. A list of education scholarship (teaching/educational cases, (v)blogs, videos, learning strategies, teaching manuals, materials describing the design and implementation of curricula, textbooks/chapters in textbooks, conference workshops, instructional software) and/or published articles.

Stage 2: Review of Application

The EAA Awards Committee will short list normally a maximum of three candidates and they will be asked for the information required in Stage 3.

Stage 3: Shortlisted Information

6. Two (2) advocate letters of support. The letters should each be no more than one (1) A4 page and should identify the nominee’s contributions to education excellence over the past few years. In the event that the nominee receives an award, the text of these statements of support may be used to prepare the citation to be read on the occasion of the presentation of the award. It is a bonus if one of the letters is provided by an external advocate outside the nominee’s school or institution (e.g., the advocate could also come from accounting practice).

Covering: confirmation on the integrity of the information provided in the reflective narrative (or evidence that can be confirmed), and impact on the academic community.

7. Up to three minute video* evidencing impact, that clearly presents the innovation/teaching practice and its contribution.

Upon receipt of additional information in Stage 3 the applicant will receive a branded ‘shortlisted’ social media badge to use on the social platforms.

Stage 4: Final review of shortlisted application

* Assessment criteria

1. extent to which the claims for excellence are supported by formal and informal evidence of impact on student learning including recognition of that impact.

2. extent of creativity, imagination or innovation, irrespective of whether the approach involves traditional learning environments or technology-based developments.

3. influenced student learning, student engagement, providing a more inclusive approach to learning, or the overall student experience.

4. gained recognition from fellow staff, the institution, and/or the broader accounting education community.

5. education scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience.