Selection Criteria
The WISE Awards 2010 will celebrate six concrete educational initiatives that have had a transformative impact on societies. As detailed in the Regulations, applicants have to show how their educational activities have delivered on the following 10 criteria:
1. Educational Transformation: the overall extent to which the educational activity has transformed an aspect of education that has also had societal impact;
2. Sustainable investment: the extent to which the educational activity is funded in a sustainable way to ensure its continuing viability;
3. Innovation: the extent to which the educational activity is innovative in design and/or practice, thereby transforming traditional means of educational delivery;
4. Inclusion and Diversity: the extent to which the activity includes a diversity of beneficiaries and has enhanced equality of access to education;
5. Quality of Learning: the extent to which the transformation has improved the quality of learning;
6. Scalability: the extent to which there is evidence that the educational activity has the potential to be scaled up effectively, or has already been replicated at a larger scale than originally piloted;
7. Partnership and Participation: the extent to which the educational activity has established effective partnerships and includes participation from beneficiaries and stakeholders;
8. Monitoring and Evaluation: the extent to which there is evidence of effective ongoing enhancement of the programme through regular monitoring and also evidence of formal internal or external evaluation procedures;
9. Dissemination: the extent to which the organisations involved are already effectively disseminating and sharing their educational practices with other practitioners;
10. Clarity of proposal: the extent to which the proposal is clearly intelligible and conforms to the requirements of the application process.
1. Educational Transformation: the overall extent to which the educational activity has transformed an aspect of education that has also had societal impact;
2. Sustainable investment: the extent to which the educational activity is funded in a sustainable way to ensure its continuing viability;
3. Innovation: the extent to which the educational activity is innovative in design and/or practice, thereby transforming traditional means of educational delivery;
4. Inclusion and Diversity: the extent to which the activity includes a diversity of beneficiaries and has enhanced equality of access to education;
5. Quality of Learning: the extent to which the transformation has improved the quality of learning;
6. Scalability: the extent to which there is evidence that the educational activity has the potential to be scaled up effectively, or has already been replicated at a larger scale than originally piloted;
7. Partnership and Participation: the extent to which the educational activity has established effective partnerships and includes participation from beneficiaries and stakeholders;
8. Monitoring and Evaluation: the extent to which there is evidence of effective ongoing enhancement of the programme through regular monitoring and also evidence of formal internal or external evaluation procedures;
9. Dissemination: the extent to which the organisations involved are already effectively disseminating and sharing their educational practices with other practitioners;
10. Clarity of proposal: the extent to which the proposal is clearly intelligible and conforms to the requirements of the application process.
