Awards for outstanding contributions to student learning
La Trobe winners and staff at the awards ceremony
The University has won five 'Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning' in the latest Australian Learning and Teaching Council awards.
The citations are valued at $10,000 each. Congratulating the winners, La Trobe University Deputy Vice–Chancellor (Academic) Professor Belinda Probert said the awards highlighted the skills and experience of the staff involved — and the University's overall teaching strength.
'La Trobe is embarking on a process of redesigning and renewing its undergraduate curriculum to make it a leader in university teaching — and we have the depth and breadth of teaching excellence to achieve this.'
This strength is confirmed by the recently released Good Universities Guide 2009 in which La Trobe received four-star ranking for overall student satisfaction with their 'educational experience' and also for 'positive graduate outcomes'.
The winners of the Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning awards were:
- A
team of Electron
Microscopy teachers
from the Bendigo
campus comprising:
- Dr Robert Glaisher
- Dr Sabine Wilkens
- Dr Christopher Bradley
- Rod Lindrea
- David Osborne
- Glenys Shirley
- Dr Adrian Jones, senior lecturer in Historical Studies
- Dr Fiona Bird, lecturer in Zoology
- Dr Susan Lawler, senior lecturer in Environmental Management and Ecology at the Albury-Wodonga campus
- Dr Tom Fisher, senior lecturer in Law.