Education awards
ANU College of Law Excellence in Education Awards
Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire - W.B. Yeats
The ANU College of Law Excellence in Education Awards help us to celebrate the teachers who guide, inspire, motivate and facilitate learning. Students and staff members are invited to voice their opinion about who you feel deserves special recognition for excellence in education programs at the ANU College of Law.
Show gratitude to someone who contributed to your learning . . . Inspire more excellent teaching . . . Share your experience with the world.
Award process
Nominations
Staff can be nominated by students or colleagues. Nominations open 7 September and close 11 October. The online nomination form is available here.
Nominees
Nominated staff will be notified of their nomination and will be allowed to withdraw from consideration, if they so choose. Nominees will not be expected or allowed to submit materials in support of their nomination.
Deliberation
Nominations will be considered by a Selection Committee appointed by the Associate Dean. To assist with the selection process, the Committee may access nominee's course sites and/or teaching evaluations. All accessed information will be treated confidentially. The Selection Committee will then make recommendations for awards to the College Education Committee and awards will be approved by the Dean of the College.
Awards
Successful nominees will receive an award and $1,000 prize.
Contact
For more information, please contact the College Education & Innovation Support Team at ceist@law.anu.edu.au
Eligibility
In 2012, both staff and students from any program in the ANU College of Law are invited to nominate any teacher within the College for an Excellence in Education Award. All academic staff at the College are eligible for nomination: full-time or fractional; continuing or contract. Nominations can be made for any aspect of teaching.
Nominators
The Selection Committee will rely heavily on the information you provide in your nomination. Please provide as many concrete details and stories as possible to illustrate how your nominee is outstanding in education.
2012 Award winners
Established Teaching
Miriam Gani
Early Career Teaching
Pauline Thai
Sessional Teaching
Nigel Dobbie &
Michelle Worthington
Team Teaching
Anneka Ferguson,
Vivien Holmes,
Roberta McRae &
Moira Murray for the
Professional Practice Core
You can read all about our winners and our nominees in the Awards booket (PDF 4,112KB)
Nominees 2012 ANU College of Law Award for Teaching Excellence
John Alati
Don Anton
Stephen Bottomley
Alex Bruce
Liz Curran
Nigel Dobbie
Anneka Ferguson
Alan Freckelton
Miriam Gani
Vivien Holmes
Elizabeth Keogh
Johannes Krebs
Robert Liu
Robert McLaughlin
Anne McNaughton
Roberta McRae
Rebecca Monson
Wayne Morgan
Moira Murray
Mark Nolan
Molly O'Brien
David Prince
Helen Rodriguez
Peta Spender
James Stellios
Pauline Thai
Ruth Townsend
Michelle Worthington
Barry Yau
