On Wednesday 2 December, we announced the winners of the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Awards. The ceremony was held virtually (see the video below), a first for these awards in what has been an unprecedented year. Congratulations to both our highly commended finalists and winners.
Our teachers have risen to the challenge this year and have been flexible and innovative in the way they teach and engage with our students. We value and acknowledge our Learning and Teaching community and these awards are a way to recognise all the extraordinary work that takes place each day across the University.
“I would personally like to commend the amazing efforts of all our staff and their teams during a year like no other. These awards are integral to recognising our staff who are engaged and committed to transforming and progressing learning and teaching at Macquarie,” said Professor Dominique Parrish, PVC (Learning and Teaching) during the ceremony.
Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Student-nominated Award
This award recognises teachers who have been nominated by students for teaching excellence and for making a difference to learning.
| Zara Bending | Faculty of Arts |
| Dr Jennifer Lai | Macquarie Business School |
| Nandini Kumar | Macquarie Business School |
| Associate Professor Kevin Brooks | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences |
| Associate Professor Naomi Sweller | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences |
Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Sessional Staff Award
This award recognises sessional or casual staff for their commitment to student learning and effective teaching approaches.
| Leeanne Mendonca DeMello | Macquarie Business School |
Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Early Career Award
This award recognises staff with less than five years of teaching experience for their quality teaching.
| Dr Rimante Ronto | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences |
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Learning Innovation (Team Award)
This award recognises staff for their development and implementation of innovations to improve learning, teaching or assessment to enable, motivate, support and inspire students to learn.
| Dr Morwenna Kirwan and team members: Professor Catherine Dean, Associate Professor Verity Pacey, Dr Kelly Gray and Alexandra Bhatti | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences |
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence
This award recognises staff for their excellence in teaching and support of learning, and the impact they have on motivating and inspiring students to learn.
| Associate Professor Erik Lundmark | Macquarie Business School |
Vice-Chancellor’s Educational Leader Award
This award recognises staff educational leaders and how their leadership has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or student experience.
| Trish Behan | Macquarie University English Language Centre |
Further information about the Awards can be found on the Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Awards website.
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