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

These awards recognise recent responsive and sustainable educational initiatives that address one of five key strategic objectives of the 2025 Agenda 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. 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 listed below:

1. Approaches to teaching and 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. Evaluation practices that bring about improvements in teaching and learning.
4. Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience.

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

• Rules and eligibility
• Applicant information

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. The focus for 2021 will be on increasing nominations in the categories of Early Career and Neville Bonner Award for Indigenous Education. 

• 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

Nominee registration – Monday 16 to Friday 27 August 2021

Submission upload – Monday 6 to 17 September 2021

2021 AAUT Briefing Sessions

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View past Australian Awards for University Teaching recipients