Awards, Grants and Recognition:

Learning and Teaching Grants

  • Educational Strategic Development Fund
    The University Education Committee awards funds to support strategic educational projects that might include action research, or the development and evaluation of an educational innovation. Grants are made annually.

2010 ESDF Guidelines
2010 ESDF Application Form

  • Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Grants Scheme
    The Australian Learning and Teaching Council has an extensive grants program, offering several million dollars annually across a number of programs. Programs include the Priority Projects Program, the Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Program, and the Competitive Grants Program.

  • Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Discipline Based Initiatives Scheme
    The Discipline Based Initiatives Scheme will fund initiatives undertaken by cross-sector affiliations of discipline-based leaders. The intention is that they will engage with their related professional, industry and community stakeholders in identifying contemporary and future-oriented challenges that have relevance to the preparation of graduates of the discipline.

 

Learning and Teaching Awards

  • OCTAL Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning
    The OCTAL Awards celebrate and reward teaching academics who have made an outstanding contribution to Teaching and Learning. Academics are nominated annually and complete an application process.

  • NSW Quality Teaching Awards
    The Quality Teaching Awards recognise accomplished teaching practice through a rigorous process involving referees' reports, professional learning portfolios and workplace visits. This award is conducted by the Australian College of Educators (ACE).

  • Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Award
    The Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC), established by the Federal Government in 2004, is the Australian peak body for teaching and learning. It offers a number of awards, grants and fellowships annually in support of a broad range of teaching achievements and initiatives.

The programs comprise five Award types that recognise teaching excellence and outstanding contributions to student learning. These five Awards are:

  • Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (up to 210 Citations with prize value of $10,000 each
  • Awards of Programs that Enhance Learning (up to 14 recipients, across the seven categories, with a prize value of $25,000 each)
  • Awards for Teaching Excellence (up to 27 recipients, across the eight categories, with a prize value of $25,000 each)
  • Prime Minister’s Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year (one recipient of a Teaching Award will receive the Prime Minister’s Award and $50,000)
  • Career Achievement Award (an occasional award)

 

Previous Award Recipients

Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Awards
2008 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Alisa Percy, Student Services
Paul Moore, Student Services
Bronwyn James, Student Services
Dr Ruth Walker, Student Services
Dr Jan Skillen, Student Services

For sustained work to collaboratively integrate contextualised academic integrity into curricula

 
Dr Holly Tootell, Faculty of Informatics
Annette Meldrum, Library
 For developing leadership through a sustained and responsive team-based approach to curriculum development in a core ICT subject, targeting assessment and student engagement
Dr Margaret Wallace, Faculty of Health & Behavioural Science For creating stepping stones to evidence-based practice in nursing by drawing teaching teams into the ongoing process of curriculum development
Dr Michael Clements, Faculty of Commerce
Dr Matthew Pepper, Faculty of Commerce		 For fostering cumulative student engagement with core concepts in supply chain management through games, role-play scenarios and industry focused curriculum design

Associate Professor Garry Hoban, Faculty of Education

 

 For developing innovative teaching approaches to engage preservice primary teachers and school students in new ways of learning science, especially through "slowmation" (student generated animations)

Associate Professor John McQuilton, Faculty of Arts

 

 For challenging student perceptions through inspirational learning journeys in history, and driving the development of key learning and teaching policies

Associate Professor Narottam Bhindi, Faculty of Education

 

 For scholarly contribution to the promotion and development of educational leadership through teaching, research, conference leadership, mentoring and network building across educational sectors

Associate Professor Rebecca Albury, Faculty of Arts

 

 For enabling university recognition of diversity in teaching excellence and guiding cross-disciplinary teams to design a flexible arts curriculum
Professor Sandra Wills, CEDIR For strategic leadership to ensure learning technologies promote active, collaborative and global student learning
Professor Stephen Tanner, Faculty of Creative Arts
Marcus O'Donnell, Faculty of Creative Arts
 For the engagement of media professionals and local community in ongoing review, implementation and refinement of a responsive and creative curriculum for journalism student

 

2007 Awards for Teaching Excellence

Early Career Award - Dr Michael Adams University of Wollongong

 

2007 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

Ms Maureen Bell

 

 A significant contribution to the professional development of university teachers through innovative curriculum development and scholarly dissemination

Professor Patrick Crookes

 

 Redefining the research skills required by health professionals: from ability to 'do research' to capabilities in research appreciation and application

Dr Deslea Konza

 

 Leadership and dissemination of expertise in classroom management and literacy through resource development, short courses and curriculum integration

Dr Gary Noble

 

 For the development, review and pedagogical refinement of curricula and resources that bridge the divide between theory and professional practice in the field of marketing

Dr Anne Porter

 

 Leadership in improving learning outcomes in informatics through staff mentoring in systematic quality improvement processes and projects

Ms Sally Rogan, Mr Phill Dawson

 

 Leadership and mentoring in the adaptation, dissemination and advancement of the Peer Assisted Study Session (PASS) Program

Mr Martin Smith

 

 For strategies, programs and services that help students make connections between their disciplines and the world of work

Professor Julie Steele

 

 Excellence, passion and commitment to explore the teaching-research nexus and engage students at all levels in biomechanics

Professor Robert Whelan

 

 For insight, creativity and leadership in creating a new program for science students, giving a global perspective on science and deep understanding of social context

 

 2006 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

Professor Stephen Dinham

 

 For pivotal leadership in the teaching profession, linking teaching educators, professional bodies and practitioners through his research, award structures (QTA) and policy guidance on key committees. 

Dr Julie Kiggins and Associate Professor Brian Cambourne

 

 For collaborative research, design, development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of the Knowledge Building Community (KBC) Program: an integrated teaching model with a problem-based curriculum. 

Dr Brett Lemass

 

 For practical books on design and management for engineering students and professionals, coupled with low cost workbooks that combine engineering theory and tutorial exercises. 

Associate Professor Roger Lewis

 

 For leadership in subject design in physics, informed by high professional standing, research accomplishments and the creative pursuit of effective (as judged by evaluation) teaching innovations.
 

Ms Judith Marychurch

 

 For excellence and innovation in assessment to engender authentic experiences to instill strong professional skills in forensic accounting and evidence law students via experience in authentic courtroom simulations.
 

Dr A Wendy Russell

 

 For exploring boundaries to professorial science in a trans-disciplinary context, support student development of generic skills and facilitate faculty resource sharing.

Associate Professor Gerry Turcotte

 

 For facilitating student engagement in the Arts through respect for students, the design of creative assessment and collaboration with a network of professional peers. 

Dr Lejla Vrazalic

 

 For leadership in learning and teaching, achieved through networking, organisation, collaborative design and development of resources and workshops for staff and students in Dubai. 

Ms Moira Williamson

 

 For curriculum development in the Master of Science (Midwifery) to promote evidence-based practice and research and enhance student-practitioner interaction.
 

 

NSW QUALITY TEACHING AWARDS

2006

Douglas Hearne, Faculty of Education

2005

Roger Lewis, Faculty of Engineering

2001

Gerry Turcotte, Faculty of Arts

 

Recognition

Recognition is an important part of everyone's work. Good teaching is recognised in many different ways. Awards, grants and fellowships are implicit recognition of a person's achievements, however some other key forms of recognition are listed below.

Promotion

  • Staff are most often formally recognised through the UOW development and promotion process. Applicants for promotion can rank 4 of their major areas of their work in terms of their strengths and achievements.

Learning and Teaching Fellowships

  • Teaching and Learning Scholars Program
    The Faculty Teaching and Learning Scholars have the broad responsibility of promoting good practice in teaching and learning within their Faculty and the broader community of the University of Wollongong. Each scholar provides leadership for a project, which addresses a need for supporting teaching improvement within the faculty.
  • Carrick Fellowships
    The aim of the Carrick Fellowship Scheme is to promote and support excellence in learning and teaching in higher education by supporting individuals who have the educational expertise and leadership skills to undertake activities of research and development into a wide range of learning and teaching issues. Four senior fellowships and ten associate fellowships are available annually.

 

Last reviewed: 24 September, 2009