Carrick Grant success
by Professor Peter Lee,
Pro Vice Chancellor: Academic
UniSA’s
commitment to innovation and excellence in teaching and learning has
been affirmed by the 2006 results for the national Carrick Institute
grant scheme.
The Carrick Institute was launched in August 2004 as a Commonwealth Government initiative to promote teaching and learning in Australian higher education. Among the institute’s various responsibilities is the management of a national awards scheme recognising excellence in university teaching.
The institute also manages a competitive grant scheme for innovation in teaching and learning. Last year, the first full year of this scheme, the institute received 290 grant applications and awarded 47 grants worth almost $8 million to 23 lead institutions.
By any standard, UniSA performed well.
Of the 45 institutions eligible for Carrick funding nationally, UniSA ranked third in terms of application success rate – 37.5 per cent, more than double the national average – and fifth in terms of the dollar amount allocated with $490,754.
UniSA is clearly placed as the leading institution in the state for 2006, both in terms of its outstanding success rate and by securing 57 per cent of the funds allocated to SA.
Further, UniSA was one of only six universities to receive three or more grants, and one of only three to receive grants in all three of the Carrick grant programs.
This is all the more noteworthy, given that 15 higher education institutions with a combined 56 grant applications failed to secure funding altogether.
Of the Australian Technology Network (ATN) universities, UniSA ranked first for application success rate and second for total funding. Collectively, the ATN universities achieved an above average success rate, securing almost a quarter the funds allocated by Carrick.
Congratulations to UniSA’s Carrick grant winners for 2006:
Professor Tricia Vilkinas and Associate Professor Betty Leask, Improving the leadership capability of academic coordinators in postgraduate and undergraduate programs in business;
Martin Freney, Dr Denise Wood and Hew Ellwood, Computer-aided feedback and assessment systems;
Dr Rob Ranzijn, Associate Professor Keith McConnochie, Wendy Nolan, Associate Professor Andrew Day, Colleen Clarke, Professor Bernard Guerin, Dr Christopher Sonn (Victoria University), Dr Mary Katsikitis (Australian Psychological Society), Disseminating strategies for incorporating Australian Indigenous content into psychology undergraduate programs throughout Australia.
UniSA looks to build on its achievements in the 2007 round, which is now open. Enquiries about the Carrick grant scheme may be made to Dr Peter Hill on (08) 8302 1381.