2018 State-based Award Ceremonies
17 May, 2019
Recognising Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
South Australia/Northern Territory
The South Australia and Northern Territory Promoting Excellence Network (SANTPEN) are proud to present the AAUT Citations Award Ceremony to celebrate the Citation recipients from Flinders University, the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia, Charles Darwin University and Batchelor Institute. Our special guest presenter Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Professor of Higher Education, will present recipient certificates in an invite-only event to be held in Adelaide on Monday, 29 April.
New South Wales/ACT
With the support of NSW DVCAs, Western Sydney University is organising a celebration (17 April 2019) for the NSW AAUT citation recipients.
Victoria
Date: Thursday, 9th May, 5pm – 7pm
Venue: Deakin Downtown
Guest Speaker: Prof Jane den Hollander
Queensland
Professor Debra Henly (Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) of Griffith University is pleased to host the Queensland ceremony recognising the winners of the 2018 Australian Awards for University Teaching.
The outstanding achievements of some of our State’s remarkable educators will be recognised – these include twelve separate institutional category wins:
– Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year
– Awards for Teaching Excellence (Teaching Awards)
– Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning (Program Awards)
– Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Recipients and dignitaries from Bond University, Central Queensland University, Queensland University of Technology, The University of Queensland, University of Southern Queensland will be in attendance.
The Queensland ceremony (Recognising Queensland’s Winners of 2018 Australian Awards for University Teaching) is being held on:
Date: Thursday, 11 April 2019
Time: 6.00 – 9.00pm
Venue: Function Room, The Ship Inn, Cnr Stanley and Sidon Streets, South Bank Parklands, Brisbane
2018 Australian Awards for University Teaching
31 August, 2018
Universities Australia (UA) is pleased to announce that the 2018 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) are back. Swinburne University (led by Professor Angela Carbone) is managing the administration of the AAUT on behalf of Universities Australia
This year, all award categories will remain unchanged along with the assessment criteria.
| Award Types | Categories | No. of Awards |
| 1. Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Citations) | 4 | Up to 60 |
| 2. Awards for Program that Enhance Learning (Program Awards) | 6 | 6 |
| 3. Awards for Teaching Excellence (Teaching Awards) | 7 | 7 |
| 4. Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year | 1 | 1 |
Due to the level of funding made available by Government for the AAUT from 2018 onwards, prize money must be reduced.
Key changes to this year’s Awards are as follows:
- Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning and Awards for Program that Enhance Learning will not attract prizemoney.
- Awards for Teaching Excellence and the Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year will attract prizemoney, though amounts will be reduced. Details on prizemoney for these awards will be provided later.
- The state-based Citations ceremonies will no longer take place. Recipients of Citations and Program Awards will receive a certificate. Ceremonies or other forms of public recognition will be at the discretion of the recipients’ institution.
- Award recipients for Excellence in University Teacher and the Australian University Teacher of the Year Award will be announced at the Universities Australia Higher Education Conference, National Convention Centre Canberra on Wednesday 27 February to Friday 1 March 2019.
Submission of nominations will be due on Sunday 9 Dec 2018. There will be a new online submission process.
In the meantime, we strongly encourage you to think about the nomination candidates and categories.
Stay tuned, as further information outlining the submission process will be provided in October 2018.
New appointment announced
20 December, 2017
The VTAS PEN and AAUTN would like to congratulate Associate Professor Angela Carbone on her new appointment as Associate Dean (Learning Innovation) and Professor in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology at Swinburne University of Technology, commencing on 1 Feb 2017.
