| UOW Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton (front row, far left) an... UOW Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton (front row, far left) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), Professor Rob Castle (back row, far right) with Carrick winners: Back row – Mr Martin Smith, Professor Julie Steele, Ms Maureen Bell, Dr Anne Porter, Dr Deslea Konza; and front row – Ms Sally Rogan, Mr Philip Dawson, Dr Gary Noble, Professor Rob Whelan and Professor Patrick Crookes |
Wollongong excels again with Carrick Citations
13 Aug 2007 | Bernie Goldie
Minister for Education, Science and Training Julie Bishop has announced that the University of Wollongong has again achieved success with the national Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.
The prestigious citations are awarded annually by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, which is an initiative of the Federal Government to support and reward excellence in teaching and learning.
It is the second year in a row (the awards began only last year) that the University has had a large measure of success. The University has again shown its strength in teaching and learning by netting nine of a possible 10 awards.
A delegation from the University, including the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, recently attended a ceremony in Sydney to celebrate the citation winners for this year.
Professor Sutton also gave the keynote address at the ceremony, emphasising that the contribution of every individual to the quality of learning at their university has far-reaching effects, contributing towards the quality of education in Australia.
The Carrick Citations are granted to people who have made a significant contribution to the quality of student learning in a specific area of responsibility over a sustained period, whether they are academic staff, general staff, sessional staff or institutional associates.
The University of Wollongong winners for 2007 are:
• Ms Maureen Bell – Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources
• Professor Patrick Crookes, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
• Dr Deslea Konza - Faculty of Education
• Dr Gary Noble - Faculty of Commerce
• Dr Anne Porter - Faculty of Informatics
• The PASS Team - Ms Sally Rogan and Mr Phillip Dawson - Student Services
• Mr Martin Smith - Careers Service
• Professor Julie Steele - Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
• Professor Rob Whelan - Faculty of Science
For the awards, each Australian university was allowed to put forward a maximum of 10 candidates for a pool of 250 awards. Only three Australian universities received more citations than the University of Wollongong.
The variety in contributions was particularly notable this year in that academic and non-academic staff received recognition.
In announcing this round of awards, the Minister said that Australia’s higher education sector enjoyed an international reputation for high- quality services.
“It is vital that we continue to strive for excellence in teaching to maintain and build on that reputation. The Carrick Awards play an important role in recognising those who have reached high standards of teaching excellence,” she said.
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