The Australian Awarded University Teacher’s Network

We encourage universities to widely promote these awards in their institution by utilising the range of resources listed below.

2023 Nominee Professional Development

2022 AAUT Nomination Information Packs

Program Overview
Citation Nomination Instructions
Citation Nomination Form (PDF and Word version)
Program Award Nomination Instructions
Program Award Nomination Form (PDF and Word version)
Teaching Award nomination instructions
Teaching Award Nomination Form (PDF and Word version)
Quick Reference
AAUT Assessment Matrix – For Citations, Program and Teaching Awards
AAUT Neville Bonner Award Assessment Matrix – For Neville Bonner Award category only
Institutional Contact Officers list

AAUT Video Series

2021 Australian University Teacher of the Year: Professor Katerina Teaiwa, ANU. Read the Transcript
2021 Career Achievement Award Recipient: Adjunct Professor John Biggs, UTAS. Read the Transcript.
2021 AAUT Early Career Recipient: Dr Nick Brown, RMIT Read Transcript

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AAUT Outreach

2022 The ASCILITE Wavelength Podcast
- Recording: Professor Angela Carbone Read the Transcript

Professor Michael Cowling talks with Professor Angela Carbone, Director of the Australian Awards for University Teaching, about awards for excellence in learning and teaching, on Monday 2 May 2022.

2022 OECD Webinar – Fostering 21st Century Skills in Higher Education
- Recording: Professor Angela Carbone

Professor Angela Carbone (AAUT Awards Director) presented how Australian educators foster students’ 21^st century skills at OECD Webinar on Fostering 21st Century Skills in Higher Education – Approaches in Asia-Pacific, on Thursday 13 January 2022

2021 QUT Teaching Excellence Showcase – Learner Engagement in challenging times: Insights from national AAUT Award winners

Courtesy of QUT Academy of Learning and Teaching(QALT)

2021 Transforming Assessment Webinars – e-Assessment Awards Showcase
- Recording: Australian National Teaching Award winners panel exploring online assessment

This session featured a panel of all four individual Australian University Teaching Excellence Award winners 2020 (announced 24 Feb 2021) speaking about their research and teaching practices in online learning and assessment on 7 July 2021.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Annotations of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning articles

Report

International Awards

Teachers have one of the most honourable and important jobs in the world – shaping the future
of people from all backgrounds and at all stages of life. Universities simply couldn’t educate
the almost one and a half million students they do each year without them.

In 2022, adopting the “new normal” of learning, educators continued to apply a mix of teaching
modes and methods to meet professional standards and the needs of a wide range of students.
Academic and professional staff rolled out innovative content and platforms for both online and
in-person learning environments, optimising students’ learning experiences and opportunities.

There is no limit to what our educators can achieve, and they must continue to be supported
and empowered to perform their vitally important roles. More jobs in the future will require a
university degree – a need that can only be satisfied by a strong, capable and inspired teaching
workforce.

The Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) recognise the most outstanding teachers and programs across the sector. This year’s awards celebrate university teachers at different stages in their careers, from early career academics to those who have devoted a lifetime and, quite literally, written the book on university teaching. We congratulate all this year’s winners and hope their example and ideas will inspire and instruct teachers throughout the university sector.

Dr Poh Wah Hillock is an innovative leader who has enhanced learning and teaching and the student experience at the University of Queensland (UQ). With her philosophy of identifying and then building upon students’ current knowledge, Poh has motivated and inspired countless students to excel in what is commonly regarded as a difficult discipline – Mathematics.

As the Director of First Year Mathematics and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Poh’s work focuses on helping her first year mathematics students open doors to success. Many students are underprepared for first year mathematics and need support to bridge the gap between high school and university mathematics. By building a comprehensive support network which leverages high impact practices, such as differentiated and collaborative learning, Poh has significantly improved students’ mathematical understanding and confidence. A key element of the support network is Poh’s award-winning Support Learning Tutorial which recognises students as individuals with specific learning needs. Through Poh’s concerted efforts, failure rates have plummeted, not through the lowering of academic standards, but through improved student understanding.