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Save the Dates: AAUT & UniSA Breakfast Series
15 April, 2025
AAUT is once again collaborating with the Teaching Innovation Unit at UniSA to showcase the achievements of 2024 AAUT recipients and share innovative teaching practices and programs with the academic community.
Running from April through November, the series will be held on the second Thursday morning of each month, from 8am to 9am (ACST).
Stay tuned for the registration link!
2025 AAUT & UniSA Breakfast Series - April Session
31 March, 2025
The recording is available for viewing here.
Indigenising the Curriculum: In Practice
Presented by Professor Tracey Bunda (UQ)
8.00 – 9.00 AM (ACST) Thursday 10 April 2025
Hosted by UniSA’s Teaching Innovation Unit
Presenter: Professor Tracey Bunda (University of Queensland) Recipient of the 2024 AAUT Career Achievement Award
Abstract: Indigenising Curriculum is a recent intervention within higher education, one that seeks to recognise the multiple knowledge systems that exist within the nation. In the presentation Professor Bunda discusses the Indigenising Curriculum practice undertaken at the University of Queensland during the last 3 years. Her discussion will outline matters that are inclusive of Indigenous engagement; policy framing; governance considerations; principles for Indigenising curriculum development; appropriate pedagogies and resource development. Time shall be set aside in the presentation for questions.
In preparation for the presentation, participants may wish to listen to the following podcast series
BIO: Tracey Bunda is a Ngugi/Wakka Wakka woman and grew up on the lands of the Jagera/Jugera/Yuggerapul peoples. She was recently awarded the 2024 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT)
Tracey is the University of Queensland Professor of Indigenous Education and has recently undertaken the role of Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement).
During her extensive 4-decade career she has held senior Indigenous leadership roles in each of the universities in which she worked. Professor Bunda’s research interests are informed by critical theoretical approaches for understanding how race and power ideologically manifest. She is a CI for ARC grants that investigate Indigenous Futures (Centre of Excellence); the Climate Child (SCU) and a UQ Linkage for Peer Parent and Family Advocacy in Australian Child Protection
Her most recent co-authored book with Louise Phillips is Storying Social Movement’s (2023) and she is the co- host, with Associate Professor Katelyn Barney, of the podcast series Indigenising the curriculum in.
Professor Bunda proudly mentors the next generation of young Aboriginal scholars and learners to embody excellence as an Ancestral tradition of cultural continuity.
2024 AAUT State-Based Ceremonies
26 March, 2025
We are excited to announce that the following institutions will be hosting the 2024 AAUT State-based Ceremonies to celebrate the achievements of recipients from their regions. Please note, these events are invitation-only.
NSW institutions still have the opportunity to host the NSW/ACT ceremony. If your institution is interested in hosting the 2024 celebration, please contact us for more information
