°ä²¹²Ô²¹»å²¹¡¯²õ McMaster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ is the winner of this year¡¯s Global Teaching Excellence Award.

The Ontario institution was awarded the prize, run by UK sector agency Advance?HE in partnership with Times Higher Education, in recognition of its university-wide commitment to high-quality teaching.

The judges praised McMaster for ¡°the strength of its vision and plan for achieving teaching excellence and the provision of evidence that it is embedded institution-wide¡±.

At a presentation ceremony in Edinburgh on 18?July, five further higher education institutions from the 17-strong shortlist were commended, including three UK providers: the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham, Edge Hill 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and the Royal Northern College of Music. Spain¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Deusto and Australia¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wollongong were also commended.

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Alison Johns, Advance?HE¡¯s chief executive, described the quality of this year¡¯s submissions as ¡°truly outstanding¡±.

¡°The geographic spread and diversity of institution type among our 2018 finalists underlines that teaching excellence and institutional commitment to its achievement is evident around the world,¡± Ms Johns said. ¡°Congratulations to all our finalists, to the spotlight winners and, of course, a particular ¡®well done¡¯ to McMaster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ for their outstanding winning submission.¡±

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Five other UK higher education institutions made the shortlist: the universities of Derby and Hertfordshire, Falmouth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, the Open 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

Other Australian providers in the running were the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of New South Wales and Charles Sturt 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, while °ä²¹²Ô²¹»å²¹¡¯²õ second representative was Vancouver Island 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, and Comillas Pontifical 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ fulfilled the same role for Spain.

The shortlist was completed by Swiss institution ETH Zurich, and South Africa¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Johannesburg.

Last year¡¯s inaugural award was won by the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Huddersfield.

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chris.havergal@timeshighereducation.com