Excellence Awards

In 2021, a new online platform for the Excellence Awards nomination forms was introduced.

All forms must be completed in full before a nomination can be deemed eligible. Please ensure that you complete all required information in the forms. The forms include areas where you will be asked to list the achievements of the nominee in the area which you are nominating, as well as how the achievements of the nominee align with the University's mission and values.

The Teaching Excellence Awards category is different from other Award categories, in that its selection criteria is exactly the same as for the Australian Awards for Learning and Teaching run by the Department of Education.  This alignment is to support successful candidates in this category to go further in developing a nomination for these and other external awards. For full details on submitting a Learning and Teaching nomination, please visit the Learning and Teaching Awards website referenced below.

Excellence in Teaching - in order to be considered for the Vice-Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching award, nominees must first apply for a Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, Academic Learning and Teaching - Excellence in Teaching Award.  For further information about these awards, please visit the University Learning and Teaching Awards website (opens in a new window).

Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning - for further information, please visit the website for the University Learning and Teaching Awards (opens in a new window).

The Postgraduate Research Training and Supervision category is different in that all nominations should come through the School Dean or Institute Research Director nomination process as outlined in the Excellence Awards Guidelines.

Referee Reports
For all categories, you will be asked to provide referee reports. They can be from staff, students or external partners, who know and understand the work for which the nominee has been nominated.

Additional statements of support
You may also provide documentary or supporting evidence, but this must be recent (1-3 years) and highly relevant to your submission. You should also consider the limited time the Awards Panel has to consider each submission.

All submissions may be subject to further enquiry by the Awards Panel. It is a condition of entry to the Awards, that the Awards Panel may make its own enquiries to staff, students, and relevant external parties on the factual nature of the achievements being considered for nomination. Enquiries will  be of a private nature, therefore protecting the privacy of individuals.

Individual and Team Photographs
You may be requested to include a photograph of the nominee or the team (depending on the type of Award). The photographs will be used during the ceremony and may also be included on the University website.

Congratulations to all the staff and students who received awards at the University Awards ceremony, held at Parramatta South Campus on 9 December 2021. To watch the recording and to see the full list of 2021 Awards recipients, please proceed to the Awards Winners page (opens in a new window).