The Faculty of Pharmacy Teaching Awards
About the awards
The Faculty of Pharmacy Teaching Awards acknowledge members of staff who demonstrate outstanding performance.
The Awards are aligned with the University awards. Pharmacy staff who receive a Faculty Award are strongly encouraged to also apply for a University award where eligible.
Previous recipients can be viewed below.
Award Categories
Up to five Awards are granted, in three categories:
- Outstanding Teaching - View criteria
- Support for the Student Experience (Academic Staff - full-time, Academic Staff - casual, General Staff) - View criteria
- Research Higher Degree Supervision - View criteria
Award process
Stage one
Students and staff may submit nominations using the link form. Both individuals and groups can be nominated. Nominations are open until the first Friday in November. You can nominate anyone who has demonstrated outstanding performance at any time during the current teaching year.
Canvassing nominations is not permitted.
Stage two
Nominations are passed to the nominated Faculty members, who then have the opportunity to submit an application for an Award in their nominated category. Nominees who choose to submit an Award application must submit a written statement (maximum one A4 page), together with a response to each of the award criteria (maximum two A4 pages, in minimum 10-point font), accompanied by a separate referee report in support of the application.
The complete application must be submitted to the Faculty General Manager no later than the last working day in February of the following year.
Stage three
Applications are judged by an Awards panel, and recommendations are made to the Dean.
Eligibility
Nominators must be current students or Faculty members.
Award applicants must be current Faculty members. Previous recipients are ineligible to apply in the same Award category for five years.
Teaching Awards Recipients & Educational Qualifications
Listed below are Faculty of Pharmacy recipients of Teaching Awards, and Faculty staff who hold educational qualifications:
Faculty Awards .
The Faculty awards acknowledge individual members of staff who demonstrate outstanding performance. Certificates of Outstanding Teaching are presented at an annual Faculty ceremony.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
Faculty Awards 2010 .
| Award | Recipients |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Teaching | Recipient: David (Dai) Hibbs and Rebekah Moles |
| Research Higher Degree Supervision | Recipient: Tim Chen |
| Support for the Student Experience - General Staff | Recipient: Narelle Da Costa and Weining (Vinnie) Xue |
Faculty Awards 2009 .
| Award | Recipients |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Teaching | Recipient: Kim CHAN |
| Research Higher Degree Supervision | Recipient: Ines KRASS |
| Support for the Student Experience - Full-Time Academic Staff | Recipient: Romano FOIS |
| Support for the Student Experience - Casual Academic Staff | Recipient: Fatinah ZIREIN |
| Support for the Student Experience - General Staff | Recipient: Fred WONG |
Faculty Awards 2008 .
| Award | Recipients |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Teaching | Recipient: Vickie KRITIKOS Highly Commended: Paul YOUNG |
| Higher Degree Supervision | Recipient: Kim CHAN Highly Commended: Jo BRIEN |
| Support for the Student Experience - Academic Staff | Recipient: Erica SAINSBURY |
| Support for the Student Experience - Casual Staff | Recipient: Desmond HENG Highly Commended: Kieren PO |
Faculty Awards 2007 .
| Award | Recipients |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Teaching | Recipient: Beata BAJOREK Recipient: Dai HIBBS |
| Support for the Student Experience - Academic Staff | Recipient: Beata BAJOREK Recipient: Dai HIBBS |
| Support for the Student Experience - Casual Staff | Recipient: Erdahl TEBER Recipient: Ben BASGER Highly Commended: Ian DEAN Highly Commended: Desmond HENG Highly Commended: Celina SEETO |
| Support for the Student Experience - General Staff | Recipient: Narelle DA COSTA Recipient: Desmond LEE |
| Research Higher Degree Supervision | Recipient: Mary COLLINS Highly Commended: Dai HIBBS |
Faculty Awards 2006 .
| Award | Recipients |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Teaching | Recipient: Kylie WILLIAMS Highly Commended: Bandana SAINI |
| Support for the Student Experience - Academic Staff | Recipient: Daniela TRAINI Highly Commended: Paul YOUNG |
| Support for the Student Experience - General/Casual Staff | Recipient: Bruce TATTAM Highly Commended: Noeris SALAM Highly Commended: Heba ABDEL HALIM |
| Research Higher Degree Supervision | Recipient: Andrew McLACHLAN Highly Commended: Jane HANRAHAN |
Faculty Awards 2005 .
| Award | Recipients |
|---|---|
| Excellence in Teaching Concepts in Pharmacy | Recipient: Erica SAINSBURY |
| Excellence in Teaching Support for Pharmacotherapeutics | Recipient: Rosalind DEY |
| Excellence in Support as a Technical Officer for Medicinal Chemistry | Recipient: Fred WONG |
Faculty Awards 2004 .
| Award | Recipients |
|---|---|
| Excellence in Teaching Physical Pharmaceutics and Formulation | Recipient: Kim CHAN |
| Excellence in Teaching Support (Demonstrator/Tutor) | Recipient: Iman BASHETI |
University Awards .
Parisa ASLANI, Andrew McLACHLAN, Erica SAINSBURY and Susan TAYLOR 2001 Group Award: Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Teaching
Erica SAINSBURY: 1999 Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
National Awards .
Fellowship of HERDSA (Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia) 2003 (by peer review)
Quality Teaching Award, NSW Minister for Education and Training & The Australian College of Educators, 2002
Faculty staff who hold educational qualifications .
Parisa ASLANI GradCertEdStudies (Higher Ed)
Colin DUKE GradCertEdStudies (Higher Ed)
Jane HANRAHAN GradCertEdStudies (Higher Ed)
David HIBBS GradCertEdStudies (Higher Ed)
Ines KRASS GradDipEdStudies (Health Ed)
(George) Qian LI GradDipEdStudies (Health Ed)
Rebecca ROUBIN GradCertEdStudies (Higher Ed)
Bandana SAINI GradCertEdStudies (Higher Ed)
Erica SAINSBURY GradDipEdStudies (Higher Ed)
Lorraine SMITH PhD (Education)
Andrew WOOD Diploma of Education