On Wednesday the 15th of November, the Macquarie University community gathered in the Michael Egan Hall to celebrate the Academic Staff Awards – combining the announcement of Finalists and Winners from the Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Awards, Research Excellence Awards, and Distinguished Professor recipients for 2023.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor S Bruce Dowton, opening the 2023 Academic Staff Awards. 
Winners of the 2023 Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Awards (L-R, Chloe Szilas, Dr Irina Dedova, Dr Josephine Paparo, Dr Natasha Todorov, Dr Hector Viveros Tapia, Dr Ali Lalbakhsh, Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton, Dr LayPeng Tan, Associate Professor Richard Garner, and Camille Rahme). 
Dr Josephine Paparo, receiving the winners certificate for the Vice-Chancellor’s Education Leader Award. 
Dr Hector Viveros Tapia receiving one of five winners certificates for the Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Student-Nominated Award. 
All Winners and Highly Commended Finalists from the 2023 Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Awards.
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education), Professor Taryn Jones presented the Learning and Teaching Awards, and spoke highly of the commitment to enhancing the education of Macquarie University students:
Great teaching activities happen across our campus, every day of the academic year. The passion and dedication to education that our colleagues, both academic and professional, display here at Macquarie University is recognised. These awards are the culmination of years of hard work, collaboration and commitment to teaching excellence by our colleagues.
2023 Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Award winners
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.
WINNER:
Dr Josephine Paparo
School of Psychological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Learning and Teaching Innovation
This award recognises the development and implementation of innovations that improve learning, teaching or assessment to enable, motivate, support and inspire students to learn.
WINNER:
The team of:
Associate Professor Louise Koelmeyer, Dr Belinda Thompson, Robin Blumfield, Professor Catherine Dean, Robbie Blackwell, Dr Kylie Gwynne, Fiona Tisdall Blake, Dr Morwenna Kirwan, Matthew Robson and Chloe Szilas
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.
WINNER:
Dr Natasha Todorov
School of Psychological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Early Career Award
This award recognises staff for quality teaching and support of learning and the impact they have on influencing, motivating and inspiring students to learn.
WINNER:
Dr Madeline Taylor
Macquarie Law School
Faculty of Arts
Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Sessional Staff Award
This award recognises sessional staff for their approaches to teaching and support of learning that influences, motivates and inspires students to learn.
WINNER:
Camille Rahme
Department of Chiropractic
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Student-Nominated Award
This award recognises staff for their teaching and support of learning that influences, motivates and inspires students to learn.
WINNERS:
Dr Irina Dedova
Department of Chiropractic
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences
Associate Professor Richard Garner
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Dr Ali Lalbakhsh
Macquarie University College
Dr LayPeng Tan
Department of Marketing
Macquarie Business School
Dr Hector Viveros Tapia
Department of Management
Macquarie Business School
Images taken by Jesse Taylor.
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