Five stars for student learning at UNSW

The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education has honoured 17 UNSW staff members for their contribution to student learning.

The Institute has awarded a total of nine Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning to UNSW as part of the 2006 Australian Awards for University Teaching.

The Carrick Citations, awarded for the first time this year, are part of the Australian Government’s expanded programme of national awards designed to recognise and reward teaching excellence in the higher education sector.

“I am delighted to see the commitment to teaching by UNSW staff rewarded in such a public way” says Professor Richard Henry, Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Quality Improvement)

The citations went to the following UNSW academic and professional support staff members:

- Rick Bennett and Simon McIntyre, College of Fine Arts
- Richard Buckland, School of Computer Science and Engineering
- Shirley Carlon, Atax, Faculty of Law
- Dr Dominic Fitzsimmons, Dr Ian Collinson, Dr Monica Kerretts, Geoff Quick and Shivaun Weybury from The Learning Centre
- George Hatsidimitris, School of Physics
- Dr Frances Miley, ADFA
- Suzanne Mobbs, Office of Medical Education
- Dr Carmen Moran, School of Social Work
- Dr Noel Whitaker, Dr Will Rifkin, Dr Helen Dalton and Michelle Kofod, Faculty of Science

Each year the national teaching awards focus on a particular area of priority. In 2006 this area was team teaching. The citations will be presented at a ceremony on 8 August in the John Niland Scientia Building at UNSW.

For the full citations see the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education website.