Gold star for UNSW teaching
19th December 2006
Two UNSW academics have been recognised for their contributions to student learning at the 2006 NSW Quality Teaching Awards. The winners were Professor Joe Wolfe from the School of Physics and Richard Buckland from the School of Computer Science and Engineering.
NSW Minister for Education Carmel Tebbutt recently presented the awards at Government House.
The awards, conducted by the Australian College of Educators, celebrate teaching practices that engage and inspire students across the primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors.
Professor Wolfe is an expert in cellular biophysics and speech and music acoustics. He has been honoured with numerous teaching awards, including an Australian Award for University Teaching. Last year, Professor Wolfe and his research team received two Science and Technology Web Awards from the prestigious Scientific American magazine for the teaching sites Einstein Light and Music Acoustics.
Richard Buckland lectures in computer security, cyber crime and cyber terror, and has developed a number of programs to address teaching methods for gifted and talented students, as well as those with learning difficulties. Earlier this year, he received a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Carrick Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, one of nine such Carrick citations awarded to UNSW teaching staff.
The awards cap off an impressive year for UNSW. Earlier this month, Associate Professors Andrew Metcalfe and Ann Game were recognised for their team teaching success with a Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching. UNSW Associate Professor Jacquelyn Cranney was also honoured this year, receiving an inaugural Associate Fellowship with the Carrick Institute.
A UNSW team led by Michele Scoufis, Director of the Learning and Teaching Unit, became the first Australians ever to gain entry into the Carnegie Foundation's Institutional Leadership Program in September.
UNSW has also been ranked first among Australian universities for the quality of learning and teaching in business and law, according to the Federal Government’s recent Learning and Teaching Performance Fund assessment. The University was allocated a total of $6.65m for 2007, the highest overall allocation received by a NSW university and one of the highest Australia wide.
NSW Minister for Education Carmel Tebbutt recently presented the awards at Government House.
The awards, conducted by the Australian College of Educators, celebrate teaching practices that engage and inspire students across the primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors.
Professor Wolfe is an expert in cellular biophysics and speech and music acoustics. He has been honoured with numerous teaching awards, including an Australian Award for University Teaching. Last year, Professor Wolfe and his research team received two Science and Technology Web Awards from the prestigious Scientific American magazine for the teaching sites Einstein Light and Music Acoustics.
Richard Buckland lectures in computer security, cyber crime and cyber terror, and has developed a number of programs to address teaching methods for gifted and talented students, as well as those with learning difficulties. Earlier this year, he received a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Carrick Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, one of nine such Carrick citations awarded to UNSW teaching staff.
The awards cap off an impressive year for UNSW. Earlier this month, Associate Professors Andrew Metcalfe and Ann Game were recognised for their team teaching success with a Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching. UNSW Associate Professor Jacquelyn Cranney was also honoured this year, receiving an inaugural Associate Fellowship with the Carrick Institute.
A UNSW team led by Michele Scoufis, Director of the Learning and Teaching Unit, became the first Australians ever to gain entry into the Carnegie Foundation's Institutional Leadership Program in September.
UNSW has also been ranked first among Australian universities for the quality of learning and teaching in business and law, according to the Federal Government’s recent Learning and Teaching Performance Fund assessment. The University was allocated a total of $6.65m for 2007, the highest overall allocation received by a NSW university and one of the highest Australia wide.
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