ALTC Awards for University Teaching

The Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) offer annual national awards which recognise and celebrate quality and excellence in university teaching and learning (whether by individuals or teams).

There are five types of awards:

• Citations
• Program Awards
• Teaching Awards
• Prime Minister's Award
• Career Achievement Award

Guidelines and forms are available from the ALTC website.

ALTC mission and objectives

The ALTC seeks to promote and advance learning and teaching in Australian higher education. The objectives of the ALTC are to:

• promote and support strategic change in higher education institutions for the enhancement of learning and teaching, including curriculum development and assessment
• raise the profile and encourage recognition of the fundamental importance of teaching in higher education institutions and in the general community
• foster and acknowledge excellent teaching in higher education
• develop effective mechanisms for the identification, development, dissemination and embedding of good individual and institutional practice in learning and teaching in Australian higher education
• develop and support reciprocal national and international arrangements for the purpose of sharing and benchmarking learning and teaching processes
• identify learning and teaching issues that impact on the Australian higher education system and facilitate national approaches to address these and other emerging issues.

Support for applicants

At Flinders, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) coordinates and manages all nominations for the ALTC Awards for University Teaching, in conjunction with application support provided by the Academic Development Team in the Staff Development and Training Unit.

Important application closing dates for 2009

• ALTC Citations: Friday, 1 May 2009
  Download the Flinders University  ALTC Kit - Citations (PDF 392KB)
• ALTC Program Awards: Friday, 10 July 2009
• ALTC Teaching Awards: Friday, 10 July 2009
• ALTC Fellowships: Friday, 6 February 2009