{"id":7666,"date":"2019-10-04T11:14:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T11:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/en\/news\/academic-year-opens-with-six-awards-for-excellence-in-teaching\/"},"modified":"2019-10-04T11:14:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T11:14:55","slug":"academic-year-opens-with-six-awards-for-excellence-in-teaching","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/academic-year-opens-with-six-awards-for-excellence-in-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic year opens with six awards for excellence in teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p>Welcome to the academic year 2019\/2020! The Rentr\u00e9e Acad\u00e9mique officially opens the new semester. It is also the occasion to confer \u201cTeaching Awards\u201d to outstanding teachers. At the same time, it is an opportunity to reflect on key accomplishments of the University in the past twelve months as well as its vision for the future.<\/p><p>\u201cWe firmly believe that the university of the 21st century must pay attention to its environment and contribute to solving important social challenges,\u201d rector Prof. St\u00e9phane Pallage stated. \u201cIt is important that the university is involved in these debates since universities occupy a position that is interdisciplinary, independent and free from conflict of interests,\u201d he continues.<\/p><p>Prof. Pallage also highlighted the efforts that were undertaken to improve life on campus: \u201cA first Collective Bargaining Agreement was signed. Satisfaction surveys were introduced. The quality of life on campus is extremely important for the overall quality of a university. Gender balance remains an important issue, which we are determined to address. The gender equality officer has launched an interesting audit, which will lead to a gender policy and an action plan. I am particularly happy to see, for the first time in the University\u2019s history, a perfect gender balance in the rectorate team.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"teaching-awards-2019\"\n    >\nTeaching Awards 2019<\/h3>\n<p>The University of Luxembourg honours six teachers with \u201cTeaching Awards.\u201d This award is not only\u00a0dedicated to professors and associate professors, but also to PhD candidates or post-docs who are greatly respected for their work.<\/p><p>The winners are chosen based on student recommendations, given to their respective faculty council. This year, the awards went to Jean Botev and Denis Zampunieris (Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication), Jean-Daniel Guigou and Janine Silga (Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance), and Dieter Heimb\u00f6ckel and Sylvie Freyermuth (Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education).<\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Professor Denis Zampunieris, Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Research scientist Jean Botev, Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Postdoctoral researcher Janine Silga, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Associate Professor Jean-Daniel Guigou, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Professor Sylvie Freyermuth, Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Associate Professor Dieter Heimb\u00f6ckel, Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a9 Universit\u00e9 du Luxembourg \/ Sophie Margue<\/p><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the academic year 2019\/2020! 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