# Australian Awards for University Teaching

**Source**: https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/award-winning-teachers-unsw/australian-awards-university-teaching
**Parent**: https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/teaching/award-winning-teachers-unsw

### 2025 Winners

### Associate Professor Yenni Tim

**Citation award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning**

Pioneering Sandbox – a platform that embeds real business and community challenges into curricula, transforming 53 courses for over 12,000 students across three continents.

Dr. Yenni Tim is an Associate Professor at the School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW Business School.

### Associate Professor Nick Apoifis

**Citation award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning**

For inspiring first-year Politics and International Relations students to connect theory with real-world contexts through motivating, inclusive and creative teaching practices.

Nick Apoifis is the Associate Dean (International) for the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture (ADA).

### Associate Professor Terry Ord

**Citation award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning**

For internationally recognised development of authentic resources that engage and elevate biology students to reach their true learning potential regardless of background or personal circumstances

Terry Ord is an Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney's Faculty of Science, in the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences.

### 2023 Winner

### [Prof. Carol Oliver](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/professor-carol-oliver-honoured-innovations-virtual-learning-and-teaching)

**Citation award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning**

For two decades of sustained international educational leadership in astrobiology and science communication, developing innovative Virtual Field Trips as transformational learning and assessment experiences.

Carol Oliver is a Professor at UNSW Sydney's Faculty of Science, in the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences.

[Read morechevron\_right](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/professor-carol-oliver-honoured-innovations-virtual-learning-and-teaching)

### 2022 Winners

### Associate Professor Ang Liu

**Citation award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning**

For creating learning opportunities and personalised experiences for engineering students to collaboratively learn and practice engineering design through research-informed approaches.

Ang Liu is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at UNSW Sydney.

### Associate Professor Michael Kasumovic

**Citation award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning**

For developing innovative and inclusive digital learning strategies that promote authentic skills-based learning in science courses to improve critical and analytical thinking.

Michael Kasumovic is an Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney's Faculty of Science, in the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences.

### AAUT 2022 Awards recognise two outstanding UNSW academics

UNSW Academics from Engineering and Science are recognised for their innovative teaching ways and commitment to enhancing their students' education quality.

[Read more](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/aaut-2022-awards-recognise-outstanding-unsw-professors)

### 2021 Winner

### [A/Prof. Isabelle Jalbert](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/2021-aaut-isabelle-jalbert)

**Citation award recipient**

For leadership that has enhanced optometry education through development of evidence-based curriculum and teaching resources, and with contributions to teacher training, credentialing assessments and competencies for optometrists.

[Read morechevron\_right](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/2021-aaut-isabelle-jalbert)

### 2020 Winners

Academics from Medicine & Health, Engineering and Business are awarded citations for outstanding achievements in university teaching, notably during the disruptive delivery of teaching in 2020.

### **A/Prof. Adrienne Torda**

For creating and sharing innovative and effective tools to improve student engagement and critical thinking about medical ethics.

### **Dr David Kellermann**

For bringing higher education to the forefront of global technology with a deeply integrated, collaborative Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven and human-centred model preparing students for the modern workplace.

### **Dr Lynn Gribble**

For a decade of creating, sharing and advocating deeply personalised, learner-centred and innovative online teaching strategies for Business students using readily available technologies.

[Read the full article](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/three-unsw-education-focussed-academics-receive-national-awards-outstanding-achievements-university-teaching)

### 2019 Winner

### [Associate Professor Jayashri Ravishankar](https://www.education.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/unsw-educator-wins-national-award-teaching-excellence)

**Citation award recipient**

For developing innovative online and face-to-face learning strategies and promoting an inclusive classroom in large electrical engineering courses that improve the employability skills of students.

[Read morechevron\_right](/news-events/news/unsw-educator-wins-national-award-teaching-excellence)

### 2018 Winners

### Associate Professor Elizabeth Angstmann

**Citation award recipient**

For developing online and face-to-face materials and experiences for students that encourage active learning and problem solving in large first year physics courses.

### Associate Professor Kim Snepvangers

**Citation award recipient**

For the design, development and implementation of research-led, accessible and innovative teaching and learning resources in the field of creative professional experience in art, design and media.

### UNSW academics honoured in national awards for teaching excellence 2018

Academics from Science and Art & Design are recognised for the innovative ways they are enriching the learning experience for students.

[Read the full article](https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/general/unsw-academics-honoured-national-awards-teaching-excellence)

### 2017 Winners

### Associate Professor Gigi Foster

**Citation award recipient**

For invigorating economics education and informing higher education policy through national leadership on academic standards, widespread community engagement, innovations in teaching and rigorous policy-relevant research

### Dr Lauren Kark

**Citation award recipient**

For promoting global citizenship by creating domestic and international programs that enable engineering students to genuinely contribute to improving healthcare provision in the developing world.

### Dr Louisa Smith

**Citation award recipient**

For the design, development and implementation of research-led accessible and innovative teaching and learning resources in the field of disability studies

### Dr Pramod Koshy

**Citation award recipient**

For the development and implementation of a teaching strategy of complementary content and style to enhance student learning in multidisciplinary science (academic) and engineering (industrial).

### UNSW staff honoured for teaching excellence 2017

Innovative and inspiring approaches to student learning, developed by UNSW’s passionate and committed teaching staff, have been recognised in national awards for teaching excellence.

[Read the full article](https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/general/unsw-staff-honoured-teaching-excellence)

### 2016 Winners

### Dr Rebecca LeBard

**Citation award recipient**

For engaging students in the practice of 'being a scientist' and taking a scholarly approach to helping students overcome obstacles in learning scientific inquiry.

### Dr Leila Morsy

**Citation award recipient**

For influencing, inspiring, and motivating university students to become transformative secondary school teachers through realistic, case based, simulation learning experiences in a caring, university classroom-based environment.

### [LionsHeart](https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/business-pair-scoop-national-awards-prize-for-teaching-excellence)

**Citation award recipient**

*Dr Alberto Motta and Dr Isabella Dobrescu*

For leadership and innovation that has transformed the teaching of economics, inspiring multidisciplinary first-year students via immersive experiential learning and empowering them to succeed.

[Read morechevron\_right](https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/business-pair-scoop-national-awards-prize-for-teaching-excellence)

### Dr Nalini Pather

**Citation award recipient**

For embedding dialogue and reflection as integral to learning anatomy in a blended environment, that promotes inquiry-driven application of concepts to authentic life scenarios.

### UNSW staff honoured in national awards for teaching excellence 2016

The passion and commitment of UNSW teaching staff to create unique and exciting ways to enhance student learning has been recognised in national awards for teaching excellence.

[Read the full article](https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/general/unsw-staff-honoured-national-awards-teaching-excellence)

### 2015 Winners

### Dr Simon McIntyre

**Teaching Excellence Award 2015\
Category:** Humanities and the Arts

Dr McIntyre’s teaching passion is to close the digital literacy gap for students and teachers. He has pioneered award winning online teaching practices, motivating hundreds of students to build their digital literacy and collaborative skills. He also led the design and implementation of a series of award winning UNSW professional development programs for online teaching practices. He designed the world’s first fully online Master of CrossDisciplinary Art and Design program and several successful globally disseminated projects, including the Learning to Teach Online professional development resource and the Massive Open Online Course.

### Professor Alex Steel

**Citation award recipient**

For enhancing the quality of legal education through national leadership in the development of educational standards, assessment methods and curriculum frameworks

### Dr Martin Bliemel

**Citation award recipient**

For preparing management students to become entrepreneurs by creating authentic and respectful learning experiences

### Dr Natalie Buckmaster

**Citation award recipient**

For developing professional capabilities of postgraduate students through 'The Living Classroom' which inspires by immersing students in activities representing the real world of accounting

### Mr Dean Utian

**Citation award recipient**

For empowering built environment students to develop digital communication, design and creative expression skills through innovative use of video and games in collaborative environments