Wrapping up the 2022 Vice-Chancellor's Learning and Teaching Awards Ceremony

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From creating the first subject in the truly ground-breaking Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII), to the generation of a paradigm shift in learning and teaching by developing the first fully online accelerated mode courses, these are just a few of the remarkable projects and staff recognised at the 2022 Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Awards Ceremony.

A Q&A and thank you to our teaching and learning community with Professor Andrew Parfitt, Vice-Chancellor and President, and Professor Shirley Alexander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Teaching and Learning).

The annual ceremony, which was held on Wednesday 30 March 2022, recognised the most outstanding contributions to learning and teaching in the past 12 months.

Over 60 members of staff were celebrated on the night, including the 2021 Learning and Teaching Awards and Citations winners and our 2021 Australian Awards for University Teaching citation recipients.

Colleagues, family and friends were invited to attend an in-person ceremony in the Great Hall or to watch a livestream of the event.

A recording of the livestream event, including presentations by award winners and a keynote by Professor Shirley Alexander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education and Students).

Keep scrolling for photographs from the night, as well as images of all of our award winners. Congratulations all!

*Guests gathered in the Great Hall for the ceremony.*

*Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed drinks and canapés in the Balcony Room.*

2021 Learning and Teaching Awards and Citations — award winners

Individual Teaching Award
Helen Benson
Faculty of Health
For empowering the pharmacists of the future to become medication experts in multidisciplinary teams

Early Career Teaching Award
Dr Nic Surawski
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
For achieving excellence in civil and environmental engineering student outcomes

Teaching by a Casual or Sessional Staff Member Award
Dr Lin Wei
Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
For engaging international design students during a global pandemic

Teaching by a Casual or Sessional Staff Member Award High Commendation
Kristina Vojvoda
UTS Business School
For empowering accounting students and tutors through engaging learning experiences

Strengthening the UTS Model of Learning Award (joint winner)
Beata Francis, Professor Roger Hadgraft, Associate Professor Valerie Gay, Dr Ricardo Aguilera, Dr Marc Carmichael, Dr Amara Atif and Dr Jaime Garcia
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
For transforming learning in Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology through studios

Strengthening the UTS Model of Learning Award (joint winner)
Dr Paul Brown, Dr Jacqueline Melvold, Tyler Key, Lucy Allen, Dr Cat Kutay, Stephanie Bhim, Wilfried Sharp, Jarnae Leslie and Stephen Rutter
TD School
For transforming the learning of creative innovators at scale and online

learning.futures Award (Individual)
Dr Elyse Methven
Faculty of Law
For engaging students in active learning that develops justice-oriented professionals

learning.futures Award (Team)
Associate Professor Lynn Sinclair, Professor Joanne Travaglia, Dr Deborah Debono and Gail Forrest
Faculty of Health
Michelle Hrlec
Postgraduate.futures Learning Design Team
For Health online program management, a paradigm shift in learning and teaching

Contribution to Social Impact and Learning and Teaching Award
Associate Professor Carmel Foley and Meg Hibbins
UTS Business School
For innovative design of a WIL capstone subject that enhances social justice and employability for transition to graduate employment

Academic Support Award
Dr Emily Edwards, Cameron Hart, Dr Caroline Havery, Dr Rosalie Goldsmith, Neil James, Pam Mort, Dr Aurora Murphy, Dr Deborah Nixon, Gemma O’Donoghue, Fio Pereda and Joseph Yeo
Institute for Interactive Media and Learning
For implementing a successful academic English language framework

Team Teaching Award
Eva Cheng, Jeremy Lindeck, Tania Machet, Tanvi Bhatia, John Gaspar and Timothy Boye
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
For developing ‘whole of course’ engineering and IT professional practice