The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards are open to all academic/general staff members (depending on the award category’s target group) who currently hold a continuing or fixed-term appointment at CSU on a basis of 0.4 or greater, have competed two years of service at CSU, and have successfully completed probation. The awards do not apply to casual, honorary, visiting, adjunct or executive staff.

Nominees for an Individual Award:

• must have received a Faculty/Division Award (in any award category) or an external citation (e.g. ALTC citation for outstanding contribution to student learning) at some point in their employment at CSU. NOTE: In the first few years of the integrated awards scheme, there will be some flexibility to allow a staff member to be nominated if they do not meet this criterion.
• may include staff who received an external award for the same achievement
• may include staff who received a Vice-Chancellor’s Team Award in an earlier year for a different achievement
• may not include staff who received a Vice-Chancellor’s Individual Award in the same award category within the previous three years
• may not be nominated for a Vice-Chancellor’s Team Award for the same achievement

Nominees for a Team Award:

• must include at least one member who has received a rating of "outstanding performance" in the current performance management round - the other members may have received a rating of "exceeds requirements", "meets requirements" or "below requirements"
• must include at least one member who has completed 2 or more years of service at CSU
• may include academic and/or general staff, from one or more sections and/or campuses, who have made a sustained contribution to the team’s achievement
• may include staff who received a Vice-Chancellor’s Individual or Team Award in an earlier year for a different achievement
• may not be nominated for a Vice-Chancellor’s Individual Award for the same achievement

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The Division of Human Resources annually invites applications for the Vice-Chancellor’s Individual and Team Awards. Nominations may be submitted from 1 February (for Teaching and Research) or 1 March for all the other awards until 30 April by:

• Deans/Executive Directors/Deputy Vice-Chancellors for Faculty/Division Award recipients; and
• staff, students (current or former within the past three years) and/or other members of the CSU community.

Nominations are to be based on outstanding achievement/performance over a sustained period for staff who meet the eligibility conditions.

NOTE: Self-nominations will not be accepted.

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Each award category has its own selection committee, with a Deputy Vice-Chancellor as the Presiding Officer.The committees may seek further information from the nominators or nominees to assist the selection process. They select the most outstanding nominees, based on achievements in relation to a nominee’s classification level and selection criteria for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards, and make recommendations for Individual and Team Awards to the Vice-Chancellor. The decision of the Vice-Chancellor is final, and not subject to review or appeal.

Each award category has its own selection criteria and application requirements. Click on the relevant link below to access these:

• Teaching Excellence
• Programs that Enhance Learning
• Research Excellence
• Research Supervision Excellence
• Professional Excellence Guidelines
• Professional Excellence Nomination Form
• Leadership Excellence Guidelines
• Leadership Excellence Nomination Form
• Performance Excellence Guidelines
• Performance Excellence Nomination Form

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The financial value of the awards is transferred into the relevant Faculty/Division account to be used in accordance with the wishes of the staff member or team to enhance their professional development, research and/or work. NOTE: If equipment is purchased with the award money, it may be used exclusively by the staff member or team for the duration of their employment but remains the property of the University. An award may not be taken as cash.

Expenditure of the financial award must be approved by the staff member's manager.

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Formal announcement of the recipients of the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards occurs at the combined Faculty/Division/Vice-Chancellor’s Awards presentation ceremony in Wagga Wagga and Bathurst. Award recipients also receive a certificate, and are recorded on the CSU web site and Alesco database.

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Award Categories: Performance Excellence, Professional Excellence and Leadership Excellence.
Amanda Bagley: Career Programs Officer, Division of Human Resources. Extension 32200. Email: abagley@csu.edu.au

Award Categories: Research Excellence and Research Supervision Excellence.
Connie Gordon: Grants Officer, Centre for Research and Graduate Training. Extension 32406. Email: cogordon@csu.edu.au

Award Categories: Teaching Excellence and Programs that Enhance Learning.
Dr Derek Sequeira: Coordinator, Evaluation Services, Division of Learning and Teaching Services. Extension 19416. Email: dsequeira@csu.edu.au

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