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Vice-Chancellor's Professional Development Scholarships
The Vice-Chancellor's Professional Development Scholarships applications are now closed.
For 2022, a total of 32 Scholarships to the value of $3,000 each are available for staff to attend relevant conferences, short courses, seminars or workshops.
- 12 x $3,000 scholarships are available for Academic staff
- 12 x $3,000 scholarships are available for Professional staff
- 6 x $3,000 scholarships are available for Academic Sessional and Academic Adjunct staff
- 2 x $3,000 scholarships are available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff
Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff should refer to the application criteria procedures and closing date at the Vice-Chancellor's Professional Development Scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff (opens in a new window) in order to complete their application.
Who can Apply?
The professional development activity must also be related to a staff members' duties of employment at Western Sydney University. For full eligibility ruling, please see the Vice-Chancellor's Professional Development Scholarship Guidelines (PDF, 62.79 KB) (opens in a new window) document.
Note: Senior Staff HEW 10 and above and Professors (Level E) are not eligible.
What Type of Professional Development can the Scholarships be used for?
Application Criteria and Procedures
Application Forms
2022 Vice-Chancellor's Professional Development Scholarship Application Forms | Ongoing & Limited Term Academic ( PDF, 162.56 KB)(opens in a new window) |
Sessional and Adjunct Academic Staff (PDF, 156.38 KB) (opens in a new window) | |
Professional Staff (PDF, 162.56 KB)(opens in a new window) | |
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Staff (PDF, 166.94 KB)(opens in a new window) |
2022 Scholarship Recipients
Academic Staff
Staff Member | Conference or Professional Development Activity |
Amit Arora | 2022 IADR/APR General Session and Exhibition |
Charles Barbour School of Humanities and Communication Arts | Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP) Conference |
Andrew Bennie | IWG World Conference on Women and Sport |
Tinashe Dune | Mental Health First Aid Instructor Course |
Hind Elmir | The STARS Conference |
Allison Fuller School of Humanities and Communication Arts | International Association for Music and Medicine Conference |
Amy-Marie Gilpin | Suite of courses from Quality Matters - aimed at the design and development of online and blended learning courses |
Erika Gyengesi | MNS2022 Conference |
Alison Moore | Suite of courses from Quality Matters - professional development in online teaching and teaching evaluation |
Sheeja Perumbil Pathrose | The American Psychosocial Oncology Society - 19th Annual Conference |
Tia Peseta | Higher Education close Up (HECU)10: Critial approaches to close-up Higher Education Research |
Gina Saliba | The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australiasia Conference (HERDSA) |
Sessional Academic Staff
Staff Member | Conference or Professional Development Activity |
Neha Deo School of Business | Suite of courses from Quality Matters - aimed at the design, improvement of courses and teaching online |
Dariush Izadi | Sociolinguistics Symposium 24 |
Gretchen Shirm | Trauma Informed Care course |
Erika SmithSchool of Education | Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australiasia (HERDSA) Conference |
Franco Ubaudi | Python Programming course: Level 1A and 1B |
Professional Staff
Staff Member | Conference or Professional Development Activity |
Charlotte Farina Office of Student Experience and Marketing | Adobe Software Training in Web Design and Development, Video and Animation |
Michael Franklin Teaching and Research Technical Services | Remote Pilot Licence - Drone |
Gavin Smith | Business Analyst and Business Analytics Micro Credential bundle |
Dominika Wojtalewicz | International Conference on Advances in Chromatography and Applications ICACA |
Ben Wong | Front end web development |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff
Staff Member | Conference or Professional Development Activity |
Christopher Miller Future Student Engagement Indigenous Engagement Team | World Indigenous People's Conference on Education (WIPCE) 2022 |
Paul Saunders School of Medicine | The Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) |
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