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National Awards

Citation Awards

Citations recognise and reward the diverse contribution that individuals and teams make to the quality of student learning. Citations are awarded to academic, general and sessional staff, and institutional associates, who have made significant contributions to student learning in a specific area of responsibility over a sustained period.

• Key dates, requirements and responsibilities for citation applications

Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning

Program Awards recognise learning and teaching support programs and services that make an outstanding contribution to the quality of student learning and the quality of the student experience of higher education. The programs and services that receive program awards must have demonstrated their effectiveness through rigorous evaluation and will set benchmarks for similar activities in other institutions.

• Key dates, requirements and responsibilities for applications

Awards for Teaching Excellence

Teaching Awards celebrate a group of the nation’s most outstanding university teachers in their fields. Teaching Awards give recognition to teachers (individuals and teams) 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 in higher education.

• Key dates, requirements and responsibilities for applications

Prime Minister's Award

The Prime Minister’s Award is the premier university teaching award. This is made to an academic with an exceptional record of advancing student learning, educational leadership and scholarly contribution to learning and teaching.

One Prime Minister’s Award is awarded to a recipient of a 2012 Teaching Award

Career achievement award

From time-to-time a Career Achievement Award will be made to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to learning and teaching that is recognised across the higher education sector. The Career Achievement Award is given to individuals whose career achievements in learning and teaching in higher education have had a major influence and left an enduring legacy.

Members of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the Office for Learning and Teaching put forward nominations for this Award.

Applications for national awards are subject to internal review and endorsement processes at RMIT. If you intend to be a national award applicant, you are strongly advised to:

• Read the Australian Awards for University Teaching nomination instructions (PDF 309 KB)
• Consult the resources for applicants, including previous ALTC funded projects
• Discuss your proposed application with RMIT’s Institutional Contact Officer.
• Read more about awards at the Office for Learning and Teaching.