LEARNING & TEACHING
Vice-Chancellor Awards for Teaching Excellence
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The influence of a great teacher can last a lifetime. The Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Teaching Excellence formally recognise individual and team-based contributions to quality learning and teaching and postgraduate supervision at UNSW. The awards measure excellence in terms of the student learning experience and outcomes, as well as the staff member's scholarly approach to developing their teaching. Recipients are nominated by students or fellow staff.
2006 Recipients
- Dr Russell Boyce, School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, UNSW@ADFA
- Dr Grace Karskens, School of History
- Dr Nancy Marshall, School of The Built Environment
- Professor Patrick McNeil, South Western Sydney Clinical School
- Professor Richard Newbury, School of Physics
- Associate Professor John Smith, School of Physics
- Ms Cathleen Sherry, School of Law (Sessional Teaching)
2005 Recipients
- Mr Richard Buckland, School of Computer Science and Engineering
- Dr Carmen Cabot, School of Modern Language Studies Associate Professor
- Jacquelyn Cranney, School of Psychology Associate Professor
- John Lodewijks, School of Economics
- Dr Eva Segelov, St Vincent’s Hospital Clinical School
- Professor Denis Wakefield, School of Medical Sciences
- Dr Thomas Hickie and Dr Anthony Hughes, School of Law
2004 Recipients
- Associate Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
- Ms Lisa Coleman, School of the Built Environment
- Associate Professor Robin Ford and Dr Tracie Barber, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Dr Anne Junor, School of Organisation and Management
- Dr Alexander McColl, School of Rural Health, Port Macquarie
- Dr William Rifkin, Science Communication Program
- Mr Leon Wolff, School of Law
2003 Recipients
- Professor Rose Amal, School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry
- Dr Eliathamby Ambikairajah, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
- Dr Sean Brawley, School of History
- Associate Professor Alan Crosky, School of Materials Science and Engineering,
- Associate Professor Mark Hoffman, School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Professor Paul Munroe, Electron Microscope Unit and Ms Belinda Allen, Educational Development and Technology Centre
- Associate Professor Ann Game and Associate Professor Andrew Metcalfe, School of Sociology and Anthropology
- Dr Robert McKay, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University College, ADFA
- Dr Kathy Takayama, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
- Dr Gary Velan, School of Medical Sciences
2002 Recipients
- Dr Julian Cox, School of Chemical Sciences
- Mr Phillip Helmore, School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
- Associate Professor Gail Huon, School of Psychology
- Dr Prem Ramburuth, School of International Business
- Ms Prue Vines, School of Law
- Associate Professor Joseph Wolfe, School of Physics
- Associate Professor Robert Zehner, School of the Built Environment
2001 Recipients
- Dr Raelene Frances, and Dr Bruce Scates, School of History
- Ms Karen Heycox, School of Social Work
- Dr Elizabeth Tancred, School of Anatomy
2000 Recipients
- Mr Rick Bennett, School of Design Studies
- Dr Mary Done, South Western Sydney Clinical School
- Dr Michael John Harrap, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Kingsford Legal Centre: Ms Michelle Burrell, Ms Kalliope Christos, Ms Anna Cody, Ms Frances Gibson, Ms Vedna Jivan, Ms Joanne Moffitt
- Associate Professor Rakesh Kamal Kumar, School of Pathology
- Mr Stephen James Moore, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Dr Rick Richardson, School of Psychology
1999 Recipients
- Professor Peter Barry, School of Physiology and Pharmacology
- Dr Dianne Glenn, School of Applied Bioscience
- Dr Nadarajah Gowripalan, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Dr Roslyn Jolly, School of English
- Ms Irene Nemes, School of Law
- Mrs Eileen Sheppard, School of Mathematics
- Dr Richard Willgoss, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
1998 Recipients
- Dr Andrew Collins, School of Microbiology and Immunology
- Dr Penny McKeon, School of Art Education
- Dr Helen Pringle, School of Political Science
- Associate Professor Chris Rossiter, School of Law
1997 Recipients
- Dr Ojars Greste, School of Building Professor
- Eugenie Lumbers, School of Physiology and Pharmacology
- Mr Garry Mostyn, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Ms Rosemary Rayfuse, School of Law
- Dr Olaf Reinhardt, School of German and Russian Studies
- Dr Paul Tranter, School of Geography and Oceanography
1996 Recipients
- Associate Professor Masud Behnia, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Mr Michael Leo Briers, School of Accounting
- Mr Denis Harley, School of Law
1995 Recipients
- Asociate Professor Michael Gal, School of Physics
- Associate Professor Miraca Gross, School of Education Studies
- Dr David Luketina, School of Civil Engineering
- Ms Desley Luscombe, School of Architecture
- Dr Geoff Waugh, School of Economics
1994 Recipients
- Dr Alan Crosky, School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Dr Anthony Johnson, School of English
- Dr Saw Kin Loo, School of Anatomy
- Associate Professor Paul Redmond, School of Law
- Dr Thomas Stewart, School of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Dr Stuart Wenham, School of Electrical Engineering
1993 Recipients
- Associate Professor Elizabeth Ashburn, College of Fine Arts
- Professor Dexter Dunphy, Australian Graduate School of Management
- Mr Philip Lee, Languages Unit
- Professor Mark Rowe, School of Physiology and Pharmacology
- Associate Professor Simon Sheather, Australian Graduate School of Management
- Mr Graham George Sullivan, School of Accounting
1992 Recipients
- Dr Kevin Douglas Bird, School of Psychology
- Professor Hermann Barry Collin, School of Optometry
- Dr Robin Arthur Ford, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- Mr Stephen Harris, School of Town Planning
- Dr Elaine Vera Thompson, School of Political Science
- Dr Bryan Wheaton Yeo, School of Surgery
1991 Recipients
- Dr Michael Charles Cavenor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University College
- Professor Roger Ryerson Collins, Australian Graduate School of Management
- Dr Michael Richard Edwards, School of Biochemistry
- Mr Roger Jamieson, School of Information Systems
- Dr John Robert Smith, School of Physics
- Dr Dzung Huu Vu, School of Anatomy
1990 Recipients
- Associate Professor Veronica Jean James, School of Physics
- Professor Adrian Lee, School of Microbiology and Immunology
- Professor Douglas Ian McCloskey, School of Physiology and Pharmacology
- Professor Michael Reginald Pusey, School of Sociology
- Dr Sandra Lee Regan, School of Social Work
- Dr Geoffrey Herbert Waugh, School of Economics
1989 Recipients
- Mr Kenneth Arthur Robinson, School of Computer Science and Engineering
- Dr Eric Richard Sowey, School of Economics
- Tutorial Staff, School of Physiology and Pharmacology: Ms Barbara Bohdanowicz, Mr Andrew Neil Davies, Mr Mark Robert Goldstein, Mrs Rosemary Christina Kingsford, Mr Regan Pollandi and Dr Lesley Gail Ulman
- Professor Phillip William Yetton, Australian Graduate School of Management

