Excellence Awards

The purpose of the awards is to recognise excellence in engagement activities that are essentially educational in nature and consistent with the Vision, Mission and Values of the university. The awards are considered as an important mechanism to achieve the institution’s engagement vision, strategic goals and objectives and to give recognition and reward for excellence in the performance of this core function. Applicants are required to report on their engagement activities linked to at least two of the four broad engagement categories.

These categories are often integrated and interconnected, as engagement activities are often linked, interdependent and synergistic and may fall within more than one category:

Engagement through Community Interaction, Service and Outreach

Engagement through Professional /Discipline Based Service Provision

Engagement through Teaching and Learning

Engagement through Research and Scholarship

Award Categories

Category 1: 2 x Engagement Excellence Awards (1 for Science, Technology and Engineering disciplines and 1 for Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines)

These will be awarded to individuals in their broad personal professional capacity for their excellent Engagement-related work during 2019. These prestigious awards aim to recognise and reward individuals who:

Excel in integrating teaching and learning, research and scholarship and engagement.

Demonstrate excellence in engagement at an institutional level.

Make an outstanding contribution towards advancing engagement as one of the core functions of the institution.

Are able to provide leadership and examples of best practice in the field of engagement.

Category 2: 1 x Engagement Excellence Team Award

This Award will be made to a team based on the shared team effort towards excellence in Engagement during 2019. The award aims to recognise and reward a team that:

Show evidence of integrating engagement into teaching and learning and research and scholarship.

Make an outstanding contribution to advancing the university's engagement strategic priorities and goals over a sustained period of time.

Are able to provide examples of best practice in the field of engagement.

Category 3: 2 x Engagement Excellence Project Awards (1 for Science, Technology and Engineering disciplines and 1 for Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines)

These will be awarded to individuals based on a specific single well-defined project that exemplifies excellence in Engagement during 2019 (as opposed to broad and across the board Engagement work in the first categories). The awards aim to recognize and reward individuals who:

Show evidence of integrating engagement into teaching and learning and research and scholarship within the scope of the defined project.

Maximise the involvement and participation of students within the scope of the defined project.

Make an outstanding contribution to advancing the university's engagement strategic priorities and goals within the scale and scope of a specific defined project.

Are able to provide examples of best practice within the scope of project-specific engagement activities

Category 4: 1 x Emerging Engagement Excellence Award (professors and associate professors cannot apply in this category, as per the current policy restrictions)

This award will be made to an individual who is new to the field of Engagement and who successfully proves their continued potential through excellence in Engagement during 2019. The award aims to recognise and reward an individual:

For emerging excellence in engagement.

Who has in the early stages of his/her career demonstrated the potential to provide leadership and develop best practices in the field of engagement

Engagement Office

Excellence Awards

Award Categories

Previous Award Winners