The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Education celebrate the University’s most outstanding teachers, staff and programs that contribute to and create the best student learning experiences at ANU.
Nominations
The nomination window opens on Tuesday 13 August 2024 and closes on Thursday 29 August 2024.
FAQs
A FAQs web page is available, please refer to it if you require further information.
Applications
The 2024 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Education will open on 2 September with applications closing on 30 September.
Invitations to apply will be sent on 2 September to all nominees (both those newly nominated and those nominations eligible to be carried forward from previous years), along with advice and invitations to applicant information sessions.
Please make sure you read all relevant application information available for each of the categories below before submitting your application.
Information Sessions
Two information sessions were held.
- IN-PERSON session: Thursday 5 September 12pm to 1pm
- ONLINE session: Tuesday 10 September, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Selection Process
The selection panels of each award categories will finalise its decision during October and November. Award recipients will be announced by early December 2024.
Awards categories:
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence
The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence celebrate the University’s most outstanding teachers in their fields. The awards recognise teachers renowned for excellence in teaching, who have made a broad and deep contribution to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education at ANU. All nominations must relate to teaching activities in higher education.
Up to four awards available per year.
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Programs that Enhance Learning
The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning recognise learning and teaching support programs and services that make an outstanding contribution to the quality of student learning and the student experience of higher education at ANU. The programs and services that can be nominated for these awards must have demonstrated their effectiveness through evaluation.
Up to two awards available per year.
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in HDR Supervision
The ANU Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Supervision recognises a sustained record of innovative and outstanding supervision of higher degree by research students, including honours and research students within coursework Masters degrees. Up to one award is available each year for academic staff as individuals or in teams. The core element of an application is a written statement in which nominees describe their supervisory practices and achievements, highlighting that which is unique, distinctive and outstanding, and specifically addresses each of the five assessment criteria.
Up to one award available per year.
Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
The Vice-Chancellor’s Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning recognise and reward the diverse contributions that university staff and associates make to the quality of student learning in higher education, and are awarded to academic staff, professional staff, sessional staff, and institutional associates, who have made significant contributions to student learning. Citations will be awarded for a wide range of contributions to student learning, where this contribution is recognised for achievements within the University. They provide an opportunity for distinctive missions, values and priorities in learning and teaching to be recognised, and will be awarded for both direct and indirect contributions.
Up to three citations available per year, including Early Career.
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Tutoring or Demonstrating
Tutors and demonstrators are responsible for much of the small group teaching at the ANU, so they make an immensely important contribution to front-line and hands-on teaching for their students. These awards celebrate our most outstanding tutors and demonstrators, and reflect the critical importance of this core teaching and learning activity.
Up to one award available per year.
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Indigenous Education
To recognise and value the outstanding work that is undertaken in Indigenous education across the Colleges and Divisions, the University offers the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Indigenous Education. These awards recognise excellence and innovation in teaching and learning, and the development of curriculum and/or higher-education programs relating to Indigenous Australians.
- Curricula/programs for Indigenous students
- Collaborations with Indigenous Australians
- Content on Indigenous cultures and societies
- Contributions to Indigenous knowledge and community aspirations
- Involvement of Indigenous staff or expert teaching teams
Up to two awards available per year across five subcategories.