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Excellence awards

Business School Teaching Awards

Prizes Night 2011 The purpose of the Business School Teaching Awards is to promote, recognise, reward and share outstanding practice in learning and teaching within the School.

Nominations

Nominations of lecturers for excellence awards are welcome throughout the year.

To nominate your lecturer consider if you feel they've especially:

  • Helped you to think critically on your own
  • Presented material imaginatively and enthusiastically
  • Shown how recent, relevant events relate
  • Been interested in helping you learn
  • Provided helpful advice and useful feedback
  • Been innovative
  • Or supported your learning in any other way that you really appreciate

Then send their name, unit code and your reasons for nomination to Serena Wilson. There is no need to identify which award you would like your nominee to apply for.

A call for nominations from students is made four times a year, at the end of each semester and during Summer and Winter schools. A call for nominations from academics and staff is made once a year in October.

Applications

The closing date for applications for Teaching and Tutoring Awards is the first Friday in February. Applications for 2011 awards close February 3, 2012.

View a 2012 timeline of when applications for awards, grants and fellowships are due

The Wayne Lonergan Outstanding Teaching Award

This annual $10 000 award recognises, promotes and rewards excellence in teaching among all full-time and part-time academics in the School.

The Wayne Lonergan Outstanding Teaching (Early Career) Award

This annual $10 000 award recognises, promotes and rewards outstanding practice in learning teaching by early career academics in the School.

The Sessional Staff Award for Excellence in Teaching

This new $1000 award recognises, promotes and rewards excellent practice in learning and teaching by sessional staff within the School.

The Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching of Graduate Outcomes

This award is under review.

Vice Chancellor's awards

  • Up to five annual $10 000 awards for excellence in teaching
  • Up to three annual awards for excellence in supporting the student experience
  • One $10 000 award and two $5000 college awards for excellence in research higher degree supervision
  • See the Vice-Chancellor's Awards webpage for more information.

OLT Australian Awards for University Teaching

  • 16 awards for teaching excellence (16 $25 000 awards and one $50 000 Prime Minister's award)
  • 12 awards for programs that enhance learning ($25 000 each)
  • 160 citations for outstanding contributions to student learning ($10 000 each)
  • Awards coordinated annually by the ITL
  • View the official Office for Learning and Teaching website for more information.

Other Teaching Awards