Teaching awards and grants

College teaching awards

The College-level awards are designed to recognise and reward teaching excellence and innovation and to encourage and prepare staff in their applications for the Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence awards.

Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation in Teaching Awards

The awards recognise recent responsive and sustainable educational initiatives that address one of six key strategic objectives of the university and exemplify a culture of innovation  and excellence:

1. Deliver a richly interactive and personalised approach to learning with a paramount focus on student success.
2. Be an international leader in educational innovation, advanced learning technologies and learning analytics.
3. Develop enterprising graduates equipped with the skills required for success in the knowledge economy.
4. Engage students as partners in the co-creation of a learning experience that inspires achievement.
5. Deliver and commit to broadening the reach of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural content so that students encounter and engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural content as an integral part of their course of study.

Embed research and critical thinking as core skills for every Flinders graduate.

The key component of a nomination is a 3-5 minute video addressing the chosen strategic objective, pertaining to the following key areas:

1. Innovation in curriculum design which includes structures, underpinning educational/ pedagogical theory, assessment, and approach to content.
2. Innovation in teaching practice and delivery including in relation to online, partial on campus and/or on campus. At least one award will be made to teaching innovations that involve online or partial on campus delivery.

Each winner (either individual or team) is presented with a certificate and receives a prize of $2000.

• Rules and eligibility
• Video help pages for staff in the eLearning Gateway

Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching

• recognise and reward teaching excellence
• encourage teaching excellence through this recognition
• promote to both the Flinders and outside community that we are proud of our academic staff and that they perform to national and international standards
• each winner (either individual or team) is presented with a certificate and receives a prize of $5000.

The key component of a nomination is a 4-page written statement addressing one of the selection criteria below:

1. Approaches to teaching and/or the support of learning that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn.
2. Development of curricula, resources or services that reflect a command of the field.
3. Effective assessment practices that bring about improvements in student learning, may have a focus on academic integrity or digital solutions, or any assessment strategies that bring about change.
4. Innovation or leadership that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or student experience.
5. Education that embodies Rural, Regional, Remote and Indigenous paradigms.
6. Industry or professional experiences that involve deep partnerships in the educational experience.

The written statement and attachments can be uploaded via the application form below.

• Rules and eligibility

Deadline: 14 October 2022

National teaching awards

The Australian Awards for University Teaching recognise quality teaching practice and outstanding contributions to student learning, demonstrating excellence in higher education learning and teaching. 

• Citations for outstanding contributions to student learning
• Awards for programs that enhance learning (Program awards)
• Awards for teaching excellence (Teaching awards)
• Award for Australian University teacher of the year

2022 AAUT KEY DATES