2006 UniSA Teaching and Learning
Awards and Grants
Nominations are now open for the following 2006 UniSA Teaching and
Learning Awards.
UniSA Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Recognising the contributions that combine to create effective learning environments. Open to academic and professional staff. Each winner or winning team receives $2000. Nominations close Wednesday 16 August.
UniSA Awards for Teaching Excellence
Recognising teachers renowned for the excellence of their teaching, who have outstanding presentation skills and who have made a broad and deep contribution to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching. Up to three awards of $5000 each. Nominations close Wednesday 23 August.
UniSA Enhancing Learning Awards
Recognising teaching and learning support activities and services that make an outstanding contribution to the quality of student learning and the quality of student experience at UniSA in categories of Team Teaching and Service Teaching. There are two awards of $5000 each. Nominations close Wednesday 23 August.
For an information pack please contact Dr Peter Hill on 8302 1381.
Applications are now invited for the 2006 UniSA Teaching and Learning
Grants.
Category 1 Innovation Grants
One grant of up to $40,000 will be available for a new approach in teaching and learning. The focus of the project may be a product or a process but must be an original idea. Although the project outcomes must be the learning improvement of students, they may include the development of staff or a research dimension provided these are necessary to the achievement of the outcomes.
Category 2 Enhancement Grants
Four grants of up to $20 000 each will be available for the adaptation of projects which have been already successful in other contexts to a new situation at UniSA.
Category 3 Small Development Grants
Available for small development projects relating to improving UniSA's performance on the indicators of the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund. These include: 15 x $3000 each for assessment related projects; 10 x $3000 each for projects which support the development of processes for staff and students around Student Centred Learning; 15 x $3000 each for other L&TPF related projects
Category 4 School-based Teaching Grants
Twelve grants of up to $5000 will be available for small infrastructure projects which address the development of the scholarship of teaching and learning. A limit of one grant per school applies.
Grant applications close on Friday 10 November 2006. Grants will be
announced by the end of November 2006.