The 2022 UTS Learning and Teaching Awards and Citations winners were announced at last week’s Learning and Teaching Forum. These awards recognise the importance of learning and teaching for both undergraduate and postgraduate students within the framework of the UTS model of global practice-oriented education.
A big congratulations to all successful recipients.
Awards
Teaching by a Casual or Sessional Staff Member Award
Dr Zozan Balci
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
For creating inclusive learning spaces through enhancing student belonging.
learning.futures Award (Team)
Dr Blake McLean, Dist/Prof Aaron Coutts, Dr Hugh Fullagar, Michelle Hrlec, Dr Katie Slattery, Prof Franco Impellizzeri, A/Prof Mark Watsford, Dr Job Franzen, Dr Andrew Novak
Faculty of Health
For developing future global leaders in high performance sport.
Contribution to Social Impact and Learning and Teaching Award
Katherine Scardifield
Faculty of Design Architecture and Building
For empowering design and science students to become interdisciplinary biodesigners.
Innovation in Technology Enhanced Learning and Teaching Award
Dr Gabriela Quintana Vigiola
Faculty of Design Architecture and Building
For empowering students through integrated technology-enhanced online place-based experiences.
Individual Teaching High Commendation
Dr Annabel Sheehy
Faculty of Health
For optimising students’ transitions into and out of undergraduate midwifery higher education.
Individual Teaching Award
Dr Pernille Christensen
Faculty of Design Architecture and Building
For creating industry-ready property practitioners addressing complex urban development challenges.
Team Teaching Award
Dr Scott Chadwick, Ciara Devlin, Prof Shanlin Fu, Dr Anjali Gupta, Dr Mackenzie de la Hunty, Prof Dennis McNevin, Dr Georgina Meakin, Dr Manoranjan Mohanty, Dr Marie Morelato, Dr Sebastien Moret, Dist/Prof Claude Roux, Dr Xanthe Spindler, Dr Maiken Ueland, Anna Wood
Faculty of Science
For Future Proofing our Forensic Science Professionals.
Citations
Anthony Nasser, Faculty of Health
For building leaders of tomorrow: inspiring clinical excellence in physiotherapy students.
Dr Cecilia Gravina da Rocha, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
For honing early years civil engineering students as all rounded professionals.
Dr Rachelle Catanzariti and Lisa Pont, Faculty of Health
For transforming pharmacy students’ readiness for hospital practice through simulation.
Shannon Lin, Faculty of Health
For empowering postgraduate health students to provide specialised diabetes education.
Dr Kasun De Silva Wijayaratna & Dr Michelle Zeibots, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
For improving student learning in the discipline of transport engineering.
Dr Fahimeh Ramezani, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
For enriching IT students’ learning with a new education technology.
Dr Amara Atif, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
For empowering IT/IS students to be innovative with authentic assessments.
Christine Giles, Tom Foran & Dr Laura Smith-Khan, Faculty of Law
For empowering non-lawyers to overcome barriers to becoming migration advisors.
Dr Genevieve Wilkinson, Industry professor Beth Patterson, Crystal Meikle & Dr Maxine Evers, Faculty of Law
For empowering law students to master technology for transformational partnerships.
Miranda Kaye, Faculty of Law
For promoting social justice through research-inspired learning.