28 June 2011

The excellence of Flinders University’s teaching has earned the nation’s highest accolade with nine individuals and teams being awarded Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC).

It is the equal highest number of citations awarded to a single institution in the 2011 round of Citations and includes one of a total of 22 special awards to ‘Early Career Achievers’, offered for the first time.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Andrew Parkin congratulated the award recipients and said their achievements reflected the University’s commitment to high quality teaching and scholarship.

“Quality in teaching is a long-standing, distinguishing characteristic of Flinders,” Professor Parkin said.

“It is a characteristic of which the University is proud but one it does not take for granted. Its achievement calls for a campus-wide focus on the dissemination and embedding of good teaching practices and the ability and willingness to respond to student feedback,” he said.

“Our teachers have again demonstrated the capacity and desire to motivate and inspire their students and to create new tools and techniques to enhance the student learning experience.

“On behalf of the University, I extend my warmest congratulations to each of the recipients of the ATLC Citations – one of the nation’s highest teaching honours, as determined by their peers and the tertiary education sector.”