Resources for nominees
2 June, 2025
We encourage universities to widely promote these awards in their institution by utilising the range of resources listed below.
Nominees should contact their Institutional Contact Officer (ICO) for more information on the nomination process at their institution.
2025 AAUT KEY DATES
- Release Nomination Guidelines: 16 June
- Nomination Period: 25 August – 10 September
- Assessment Period: October – November
- Career Achievement Award Nomination Period: 27 October – 14 November
- Awards Announcement: February 2026
2025 AAUT Nomination Materials
- 2025 AAUT Quick Reference
- Neville Bonner Award Flyer (Citations & Teaching Awards)
- Early Career Awards Flyer (Citations & Teaching Awards)
- 2025 AAUT Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
2025 Citations
2025 Teaching Awards
- Teaching Award Nomination Guidelines
- Teaching Award Nomination Form (SAMPLE)
- Teaching Awards Brochure
2025 Program Awards
2025 Assessment Matrices
- AAUT Assessment Matrix – For Citations, Program and Teaching Awards
- AAUT Neville Bonner Award Assessment Matrix – For Neville Bonner Award category only
2025 Career Achievement Award (Coming soon)
Nomination Writing Tips
- 2025 Suggestions for Sources of Evidence
- 2025 Nomination writing tips from assessors
- 2025 Writing tips for Neville Bonner nominations
- 2024 Nomination writing tips from assessors
- 2024 Examples of Effective Evidence
- 2024 Writing tips for Neville Bonner nominations
2025 Professional Development Sessions
- ICO Briefing Session recording and slides
- AAUT Neville Bonner Award Introduction Session recording and slides
- How to Present Compelling Evidence of Impact Session recording and slides
- How to Craft a Strong Narrative for an AAUT Application recording and slides
2024 Professional Development Sessions
- ICO Briefing Session recording
- Teaching Award PD Session recording
- Citation PD Session recording
- Early Career PD Session recording
- Neville Bonner PD Session recording
- Program Award PD Session recording
AAUT Video Series
- 2023 AAUT Teacher of the Year: A/Prof Zala Volcic
- 2023 Neville Bonner Award for Indigenous Education: A/Prof Kerry Bodle
- 2022 AAUT Teacher of the Year: Dr Poh Wah Hillock
- 2022 Career Achievement Award: Alfred Deakin Prof David Boud
- 2022 Neville Bonner Award for Indigenous Education: Prof Ben Wilson
- 2022 Early Career Teaching Excellence Award recipient: A/Prof Nic Connelly
- 2022 Early Career Teaching Excellence Award recipient: Dr Jess Danaher
Other Resources
AAUT & UniSA Breakfast Series
- Effective Mastery Learning in the Era of Generative AI by A/Prof Claudia Szabo from The University of Adelaide (2024 Teaching Award recipient)
- From Small Things, Big Things Grow’: Simulation-Based Education within Postgraduate Psychology as a Case Example of One Idea Leading into a Program of Educational Leadership by A/Prof Josphine Paparo from Macquarie University (2024 Citation recipient)
- Indigenising the Curriculum: In Practice by Professor Tracey Bunda from The University of Queensland (2024 Career Achievement Award recipient)
- Enhancing students’ work readiness: Insights from research in work-integrated learning employability by A/Prof Bonnie Dean (2023 AAUT Citation recipient)
- Delivering transformative, immersive, and authentic work-integrated learning on-campus: experiences of the Bridge of Hope Innocence Initiative (BOHII) RMIT by Professor Michele Ruyters from RMIT (2023 Program Award recipient)
- Why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is important in business curriculum by Associate Professor Kerry Bodle from Griffith University (2023 Neville Bonner Teaching Excellence Award recipient)
- How do we create effective hybrid learning environments through innovations in technology and inclusive practices? by Dr Nathan Boase from QUT (2023 Citation recipient)
Other
- 2025 SANTPEN AAUT Awards Mentoring Workshop by Professor Sally Kift and slides
- 2025 SANTPEN Workshop – Distinguished Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO
- Insights from Nation Program Award Winners 2023 Passcode: tCId7^f@.
- 2022 The ASCILITE Wavelength Podcast
- Recording: Professor Angela Carbone Read the Transcript
- 2022 OECD: AAUT-Recognising Education Excellence and Innovation.
- 2021 QUT Teaching Excellence Showcase
- The Scholarship of Leading: Mini-Cases of Education Leadership in Action (2019)
- Australian Awarded University Teachers’ Network (AAUTN)
- Learning & Teaching Repository
Access more AAUT resources including publications, outreach and scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).