2017 Award and Citation Recipients

2017 UTS Learning and Teaching Awards

Team Teaching Award

Rebecca Keppel, Faculty of Science and team: Susan Green, Toni Flanagan, Karieshma Kabani, Daniel Mediati, Samira Aili, Reece Ajaka, Hiba Bahidh and Tamara Carrodus

Little changes that make a big difference: Developing skilled scientists for the modern laboratory. 

Individual Teaching Award

Joint winners:

Dr Blair Nield, Faculty of Science

Inspiring students in the biological sciences with a focus on clear learning outcomes, interactive classes, and development of independent learners who are employment-ready graduates.

Dr James Wakefield, UTS Business School

For a sustained approach to enhancing student engagement and performance in introductory accounting and beyond.

Teaching by a Casual or Sessional staff member

Yasushi Hirai, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Building confidence and proficiency in spoken Japanese.

High commendation: 

Alex Belli, UTS Business School

For his great efforts in engaging and inspiring students, conveying his passion for marketing, his professionalism and his ability to facilitate learning in this discipline

learning.futures Award

Dr Christina Ho and Jenna Price, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Transforming Students into Citizens: Introducing active citizenship to first year Communication students

High commendation:

Gabrielle Gardiner (Team Leader) and team members: Professor Simon Buckingham-Shum, Associate Professor Theresa Anderson, Dr Kailash Awati, Dr Simon Knight, Dr Roberto Martinez-Maldonado, Dr Amela Peric, Dr Nicola Parker and Georgia Markakis, all from Connected Intelligence Centre

For Developing Data Science as a Team Sport: learning.futures in Practice

Strengthening the UTS Model of Learning Award

Dr Megan Phillips, Faculty of Science

Growing together at UTS: Engaging and inspiring Environmental Science students through tailored learning design and online communities

High commendation: 

Dr Pernille Christensen, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building

For Utilising Practice and Research-based Student-centred Teaching and Learning Strategies to Develop Next Gen Property Industry Leaders

A Contribution to Social Impact in Learning and Teaching

Maxine Evers, Faculty of Law and team: Professor Paul Redmond, Dr Honni van Rijswijk, Dr Jane Wangmann, Monica Reade, Alexa Dodd and Todd St Vrain

For The Brennan Justice Leadership Program: Empowering students as change-agents and transformative contributors to social justice and to social impact through leadership and service

Academic Support

Dr Mary Coupland, Faculty of Science and team: Julie Memar, Jason Stanley, Dr Usha Sridhar, Jane Ewing, Dr Van Ha Do, Brian Stephenson, Dr Ray Melham and Dr Talib Hashim

For sustained academic support of students from all faculties to enhance their learning in mathematical and scientific subjects, ensuring their success and progression to graduation. 

Learning and Teaching Citations 

Catherine Nguyen (Faculty of Law)

  

For innovative and flexible teaching approaches that support and motivate different student cohorts to meet the challenges of corporations law.  

Dr Charles Cranfield (Faculty of Science) and team: Dr Bill Booth, Taryn Chalmers, Samira Aili, Michael Widjaja, Peter Wang, Sonia Carne, Chih-Lin Chien, Jacqueline Melvold, Rosaline Habib, Emma Dawson, Naomi Koh-Belic and Dr Jennifer Koh.

  

For development of curricula, resources and services to improve the experience and professional learning outcomes of students studying 91320 Metabolic Biochemistry. 

Jorge Reyna (Faculty of Science) and team: Associate Professor Peter Meier, Associate Professor Ken Rodgers, Dr Francis Geronimo, Dr Finbarr Horgan, Associate Professor Peter Gunn, Professor Shari Forbes, Dilan Seckiner, Dr Hermi Geronimo and Yew Kian Loyeung.

  

For using learner-generated digital media (LGDM) to engage science students in authentic learning and developing of digital media skills.

Dr Katie Schlenker (UTS Business School)

  

For motivating and engaging Event Management students through practice-oriented and research-inspired teaching approaches. 

Dr Philippa Ryan (Faculty of Law)

  

For leveraging authentic legal processes and technology to engage students with problem solving in contemporary practice.  

Raechel Wight (UTS Business School)

  

For cultivating creative possibilities in accounting education. 
Dr Vinay Patel (UTS Business School)   From the ground up, enriching the mathematical-finance student experience. 
Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.