Carrick Institute

The Australian Awards for University Teaching were established in 1997 to celebrate and reward excellence in university teaching. From 1997 to 2005, outstanding teaching, whether by individuals or teams, was recognised and celebrated through these awards. In 2006 the awards scheme was expanded, coinciding with the formation of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. The new awards scheme is referred to as the Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching. The four elements of the awards scheme are:

Full details of all awards can be found in the Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching: Guidelines and Nomination Instructions 2007 on the Carrick Institute website. For advice and assistance in relation to the Carrick Institute Awards please contact the Learning and Teaching @ UNSW.

For a list of previous UNSW recipients of Carrick Institute awards please visit the Innovations and Achievements section of the UNSW website.

Each year the Carrick Institute will confer 26 Awards for Teaching Excellence. These awards celebrate a group of the nation's most outstanding university teachers in their fields. The awards give recognition to teachers (individuals and teams) renowned for the excellence of their teaching, who have outstanding presentation skills and who have made a broad and deep contribution to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education. The winners of Awards for Teaching Excellence each receive $25,000.

The Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year is the premier university teaching award. The recipient is selected from nominees for Awards for Teaching Excellence. This award is given to an academic with an exceptional record of advancing student learning, educational leadership and scholarly contribution to teaching and learning. The winner receives $50,000 and a medal.

Categories

There are eight categories of Awards for Teaching Excellence: five discipline categories; a category for Indigenous education; an early career category; and a priority area category. The eight award categories are:

Full details of all awards can be found in the Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching: Guidelines and Nomination Instructions 2007 on the Carrick Institute website. For advice and assistance in relation to the Carrick Institute Awards please contact the Learning & Teaching @ UNSW.

Each year the Carrick Institute will confer 14 Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning. These awards recognise learning and teaching support programs and services that make an outstanding contribution to the quality of student learning and the quality of the student experience of higher education. The programs and services that receive these awards must have demonstrated their effectiveness through rigorous evaluation and will set benchmarks for similar activities in other institutions.

Categories

There are seven award categories:

Full details of all awards can be found in the Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching: Guidelines and Nomination Instructions 2007 on the Carrick Institute website. For advice and assistance in relation to the Carrick Institute Awards please contact the Learning & Teaching @ UNSW.

Each year the Australian Learning and Teaching Council will award 210 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. These awards recognise and reward the diverse contributions that individuals and teams make to the quality of student learning or the student experience. Citations are awarded to people who have made a significant contribution to student learning or the student experience in a specific area of responsibility, over a sustained period, who are widely recognised for their achievements within the nominating institution, and who have received strong institutional endorsement. Nominations are encouraged from academic staff, general staff, sessional staff and institutional associates. Each winner or winning team receives $10,000.

Team-based nominations from teams that include general staff, such as those who run practicum programs and laboratory managers, are particularly encouraged. General staff traditionally have not collected evidence to support award applications, however these staff are often members of teams that may have the evidence required.

In 2008, applicants may self-nominate, or they may be invited to nominate by a colleague or by students. Nominees will need to submit a Nomination Form electronically to Helen Dalton by mid February 2008. All nominees will need to attend a Citation information and planning session in February.

In 2006 UNSW received nine Citations, and we are hoping that the University will be well represented again this year. The 2006 UNSW Citations went to Mr Rick Bennett, Mr Simon McIntyre, Mr Richard Buckland, Ms Shirley Carlon, Dr Dominic Fitzsimmons, Dr Ian Collinson, Dr Monica Kerretts, Mr Geoff Quick, Ms Shivaun Weybury, Mr George Hatsidimitris, Dr Frances Miley, Ms Suzanne Mobbs, Dr Noel Whitaker, Dr Will Rifkin, Helen Dalton, Ms Michelle Kofod, Dr Carmen Moran. 2007 Awardees will be announced in August 2007.

Detailed information about the Citations is available via the ALTC website. If you have any questions or queries about the Citations please contact the Learning & Teaching @ UNSW by email or phone 9385 5989.