Exemplary: Some of the 24 winners in the 2019 Academic Staff Awards.
“A culture of transformative learning in a research-enriched environment.”
It’s the first strategic priority in Macquarie University’s strategic framework Our University: A Framing of Futures, and this fundamental connection between teaching and research at Macquarie was at the heart of the Academic Staff Awards ceremony, held yesterday Monday 18 November.
Over 300 staff came together to celebrate their colleagues as the University recognised 24 winners that have made exemplary contributions to research and teaching at Macquarie.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Kevin Jameson says is was a great privilege to be part of the ceremony and see so many deserving individuals recognised.
“The Academic Staff Awards offer us a unique opportunity to acknowledge and thank our academic community, across both research and learning and teaching, for their innovation, talent and commitment towards excellence,” he says.
“We were inundated with more than 2000 nominations from our Macquarie students for the new Vice-Chancellor’s Student-Nominated Award, and it’s very clear to me that Macquarie teachers make a real difference in the lives of our students and are genuinely committed to empowering them towards success.”
Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Sakkie Pretorius said it was a day for celebration.
“We have so many reasons to celebrate our world-leading researchers and their achievements – including our ongoing success with external research funding and our demonstrated reputation for delivering research with real-world impact,” he said. “Our trajectory continues to move upward and I thank all our researchers and all the hardworking research support staff who make certain our parachutes are safely packed to enable research excellence across our University.”
Double award winner Alexandra Bhatti was joined by her proud family at the ceremony.
Congratulations to all the winners. You can learn more about all of these staff in our recent finalist profiles.
Research Awards
The Jim Piper Award for Excellence in Research Leadership
Professor Roger Chung
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Excellence in Research: Five Future-shaping Research Priorities
Prosperous Economies
Professor Deborah Schofield
Macquarie Business School
Resilient Societies
Associate Professor Kate Lloyd
Associate Professor Sandie Suchet-Pearson
Bawaka Collective
Faculty of Arts
Innovative Technologies
Professor Karu Esselle
Dr David Bulger
Dr Maria Kovaleva
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Healthy People
Dr Celia Harris
Faculty of Human Sciences
Secure Planet
Professor Phillip Taylor
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Excellence in Higher Degree Research Supervisor of the Year Award
Professor Jennie Hudson
Faculty of Human Sciences
Macquarie University Early Career Researcher of the Year – HASS
Dr Katrina Hutchison
Faculty of Arts
Macquarie University Early Career Researcher of the Year – STEMM
Dr Bingyang Shi
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Excellence in Higher Degree Research – HASS
Nicholas Everett
Faculty of Human Sciences
Excellence in Higher Degree Research – STEMM
Stephanie Rayner
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Learning and Teaching Awards
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Kevin Jameson (far left) and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) Associate Professor Dominique Parrish (far right) with Learning and Teaching Award winners.
Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Student Nominated Award
Associate Professor Tiffany Mary Jones
Faculty of Human Sciences
Ms Alexandra Bhatti
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dr Bruno Alves Buzatto
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Sessional Staff Award
Miss Lauren Florentia Ehrenfeld
Faculty of Human Sciences
Vice-Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Early Career Award
Ms Alexandra Bhatti
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence
Associate Professor Matt Bower
Faculty of Human Sciences
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Learning Innovation (Team Award)
Associate Professor Kira Westaway
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Mr Michael Rampe
Faculty of Arts
Mr Matthew Cabanag
Vice-Chancellor’s Educational Leader Award
Professor Catherine Dean
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Distinguished Professors
Six new Distinguished Professors were also announced at the Awards.
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