UWA – AAUT Awards Nomination Cover Sheet

Nominations from Faculties for the 2018AAUT Awards

Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning

(for submission to the UWA Learning & Teaching Innovation Awards Selection Group)

Individual nomination / Team nomination / Tick one box
Details of Nominee or One Team Representative
Title (Mr, Ms, Dr, Professor etc)
First and Last Name
Department / School:
Faculty:
Position Title:
Staff type (Select)
Team Nominations – Enter members’ names
Your Submission must include the following
Written Statement – maximum of 10A4 pages / Checklist
The core element of a nomination for a Program Award is the written statement describing the program activities and achievements and must address each of the four assessment criteria. The written statement should be presented, in order, under the following headings:
1 / Synopsis (up to 200 words), written in the third person, must cover:
  • a description of the program and its contribution to student learning
  • avoid jargon and use plain English
  • inform the broadest possible audience about the program

2 / Overview of the program and its context
3 / Remainder of the statement should address:
  • each of the fourassessment criteria
  • evidence in support of the claims against the criteria
  • lists of references should be included in the 10 pages

Category - select the most appropriate category from the six Program Award categories below
Widening participation – encompassing approaches to learning and teaching and/or student experience which enhance student access, widen participation, and support progression
Educational partnerships and collaborations with other organisations – encompassing partnerships between universities, and universities and other organisations such as schools; private higher education providers; registered training organisations; professional bodies; business and industries in collaborative approaches to learning and teaching
Innovation and flexibility in curricula, learning and teaching – encompassing approaches to learning and teaching that afford flexibility in time, place and/or mode of learning and innovations that encourage novel approaches to learning and teaching; innovations that align assessment with curriculum design; innovations that encourage or support multidisciplinary, research-based learning and teaching approaches; and innovations that utilise the potential of new and/or emerging technologies

Nominations from Faculties for the 2018AAUT Awards

Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning

(for submission to the UWA Learning & Teaching Innovation Awards Selection Group)

Postgraduate education – encompassing programs and other activities that focus on postgraduate students; postgraduate coursework learning and teaching; postgraduate research supervision and research higher degree research candidature; and postgraduate learning support
Student experiences and services supporting learning, development and growth in higher education – encompassing services directly related to student learning such as services for specific groups of students; information access; course advising; language and learning support; counselling; and disability support. Quality of learning engagement and other learning and teaching experiences within large student groups to sustain and retain students, student enhancement, whole personal development learning and the quality of the first-year student experience
Global citizenship and internationalisation – including valuing and enhancing the international student experience; student exchange; international recruitment; transition programs for international students and internationalising the curriculum
Assessment Criteria
Each of the four criteria should be addressed and evidence in support of the claims against these criteria must be provided – the four criteria will be given equal consideration by the assessors.
1.Distinctiveness, coherence and clarity of purpose
2.Influence on student learning and the student experience
3.Breadth of impact
4.Addressing equity and diversity
Confirmation – to be signed by the Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean
On behalf of this Faculty, I support this nomination for a 2018 AAUT Award for Programs that Enhance Learning on the basis of the attached application. I confirm that the information contained in the application is true and correct and the nominee/s referred to on this form is/are currently a staff member or associate of this Faculty.
Title (Mr, Ms, Dr, Professor etc)
First and last name
Faculty:
Signature:
Electronic signatures are accepted
Submissions should be forwarded electronically to the Executive Officer for the UWA Learning & Teaching Innovation Awards Selection Groupno later than Friday, 24 November 2017 ().
Note: At this stage additional documentation (such as references and supporting material) are not required.

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