2013 UQ Teaching and Learning award winners: Dr Craig Engstrom, Dr Jessica Gallagher, Dr Susan Rowland, Dr Janette McWilliam Front Row, Monica Taylor, Associate Professor Polly Parker, Dr April Wright and Dr Neil Cottrell.
2013 UQ Teaching and Learning award winners: Dr Craig Engstrom, Dr Jessica Gallagher, Dr Susan Rowland, Dr Janette McWilliam Front Row, Monica Taylor, Associate Professor Polly Parker, Dr April Wright and Dr Neil Cottrell.
29 October 2013

A group of outstanding teachers has been recognised at The University of Queensland's 2013 UQ Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Internationalisation ceremony last night.

A 180-strong crowd including the State Minister for Education, Training and Employment, the Honourable John-Paul Langbroek, attended the event at Customs House.

UQ President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj said the annual teaching awards acknowledged dedicated and inspirational teachers and teaching programs

"These annual awards are bestowed on the University's most outstanding teachers,
who through their excellence in teaching and devotion to the student experience will affect the professional lives of students long after graduation," Professor Høj said.

“UQ attracts the best teachers who have a desire to share their expertise with our increasingly discerning students and to help create new knowledge about our world and how to solve its mysteries and challenges.

"The staff who have been honoured with teaching awards are outstanding mentors
who add meaning and value to what they teach and help produce well rounded
graduates that have the UQ Advantage."

The awards ceremony is a highlight of UQ's Teaching and Learning Week (28 October – 1 November).

This year the University acknowledged five individuals with UQ Awards for Teaching Excellence and three groups with UQ Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning.

Five people were also recognised with Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning and one Commendation for Teaching Excellence was awarded.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Joanne Wright said the awards were UQ’s most visible recognition of the teaching accomplishments of the University’s leading educators.

“UQ’s award-winning, innovative teaching programmes take learning beyond the lecture theatre and introduce students to actual industry challenges essential to their learning,” Professor Wright said.

“Our teachers are absolutely critical to The University of Queensland’s reputation for being a highly sought after, world-class university and I offer my warmest congratulations to each of the winners for the wonderful job that they do and the dedication they bring to their work.

“As well as acknowledging teaching excellence, these awards are also a way for the University and students to thank our brilliant teachers and educational program developers.”

Winners of the 2013 UQ Awards for Teaching Excellence are:

Dr Neil Cottrell
School of Pharmacy Citation

Dr Craig Engstrom
School of Human Movement Studies Citation

Dr Janette McWilliam
School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics Citation

Dr Susan Rowland
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences Citation

Dr April Wright
Business School Citation

Commendation for Teaching Excellence
Associate Professor Diann Eley, School of Medicine

Winners of the Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning:

Program title: Masters of Business Administration

Associate Professor Polly Parker, Business School; Professor Fiona Rohde, Business School; Associate Professor Neil Paulsen, Business School;
Dr Tim Kastelle, School of Business; Associate Professor John Steen, Business School; Mr Rob Douglas, Business School. Citation

Program title: The UQ Summer Research Program
Dr Jessica Gallagher, Office of Undergraduate Education; Dr Paula Myatt, Higher Education, Teaching and Educational Development Institute. Citation

Program title: UQ Pro Bono Centre
Ms Monica Taylor, TC Beirne Law School; Dr Paul O’Shea, TC Beirne Law School; Professor Heather Douglas, TC Beirne Law School; Associate Professor Tamara Walsh, TC Beirne Law School; Dr Peter Billings, TC Beirne Law School. Citation

Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning:

Peter Clutterbuck, Business School
Bronwyn Lea, School of English, Media Studies and Art History
Allison Mandrusiak, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Yunxia Zhu, Business School
Polly Parker, Business School

In addition to the UQ teaching excellence awards, three UQ lecturers were recognised this year by the Australian Government's Office for Learning and Teaching and were awarded Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in the Australia Awards for University Teaching.

They are Dr April Wright, UQ Business School, Mr Carl Sherwood, School of Economics and Dr Allison Mandrusiak, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

2013 Teaching and Learning Week corporate video.

Media: Belinda Berry, UQ Communications, 07 3365 3439 or b.berry2@uq.edu.au