The UNSW Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching and Supervision Excellence recognise and encourage sustained excellence in teaching and postgraduate research supervision.

The awards will be allocated each year for:

In order to increase the opportunities for recognising outstanding teaching at UNSW the Learning and Teaching Unit have made significant changes to the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence to align them with the Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching (CAAUT). In 2006 the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) were expanded to form the CAAUT in order to promote the status of learning and teaching in higher education and to recognise the diverse contributions of a wide range of staff.

A copy of the documentation should be submitted to the Head of School by Friday 12 September 2008 for a report, and the Dean by Friday 19 September 2008 for endorsement.

The nomination form and all accompanying documentation and materials must be lodged with Human Resources, First Floor, Chancellery by the Tuesday 7 October 2008

Graduate Research School is now responsible for administration of the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision and has revised the guidelines and application process as well as producing a new Supervision Award Toolkit to aid applicants with their submissions

Relevant Dates:

July 1, 2008: Applications open
October 1,2008: Applications close
Late November: Applications informed of results.

Please visit the Graduate Research School website for all information regarding the awards:
Graduate Research School

For a list of last year's recipients click here.

For further information contact:
David Gleeson
Academic Promotions Coordinator
Phone 9385 2716
Email d.gleeson@unsw.edu.au