Applicants must have completed probation and may be:
- full time, part time or sessional staff
- teaching students as support staff
- an individual or a team.
Teams may be any size and include cross-faculty/cross-school staff. A team name must be provided. Team applications may include professional staff, but the first named applicant must be an academic staff member from within a faculty.
Early career academics with less than five years’ experience who have passed probation are encouraged to apply. The five years can be non-sequential and must be counted on a session basis. In assessing the evidence supporting early career nominations, consideration will be given to the career stage of the nominee.
Applicants may only be included in one application per year.
Previous recipients of an Executive Dean’s Teaching Award or an AAUT Award are not eligible for individual renomination for five years, but can apply as part of a team providing they are not the lead applicant. The team nomination should not substantially replicate the original nomination.
Previously unsuccessful applicants are eligible for renomination in the following year.
Applications will be assessed based on the extent to which applicants show evidence that their contribution has:
- influenced student learning, student engagement and/or the overall student experience
- gained recognition from fellow staff, the institution, and/or the broader community
- been sustained over a period of more than one session of teaching
Applications are assessed by a panel chaired by the Sub-Dean (Academic Development) consisting of the Sub-Dean(s) Learning and Teaching, or equivalent, and a nominated Head of School from each Faculty. The panel makes a recommendation for the selection of winners to the Executive Dean. There are up to four winners per faculty.
