2023 Faculty of Education Awards for Excellence and Recognition

The Faculty of Education Awards for Excellence and Recognition include the Dean’s Honours List for students, Byron Writers Festival Prize, SAGE Award for Service, Professional Staff Awards, Research Awards, and Teaching & Learning Awards to celebrate the diverse individual and collective achievements that contribute to the realisation of the Faculty of Education’s Mission, Vision and Objectives (MVO). Award recipients are listed here in recognition for their outstanding contribution to the Faculty of Education.

The awards were presented during our annual awards night, 22 November 2023, to honour each outstanding staff and student.

2023 Faculty of Education Award Winners

Professional Staff Award for Service

Kim Fischer

Senior Curriculum and Accreditation Coordinator

The Professional Staff Award for Service recognises professional staff who go above and beyond to provide exceptional service, or to ensure continuity in extraordinary circumstances, to colleagues and/or students.

Dr Katie Hotko accepting an award on behalf of Lisa Siegel from Prof Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles — Dr Katie Hotko accepts an award on behalf of Dr Lisa Siegel from Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles

Educator of the Year

2022/2023 Educator(s) of the Year Award goes to the academic staff members within the Faculty that received the highest mean student feedback based on the teaching feedback metrics for the last 12 months

Dr Aidan Coleman - Aidan received a mean satisfaction score of 4.83/5 for his teaching feedback with less than 100 respondents.
Patrick Bruck - Patrick received a mean satisfaction score of 4.77/5 for his teaching feedback with 100-200 respondents.
Dr Lisa Siegel - Lisa received a mean satisfaction score of 4.55/5 for her teaching feedback with 200+ respondents.

Robyn Edwards receiving an award from Prof Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles — Robyn Edwards receives her award from Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles

Commendation for Teaching Excellence

2022/2023 Commendation for Teaching Excellence Award goes to the academic staff member within the Faculty that received the second-highest mean student feedback based on the teaching feedback metrics for the last 12 months.

Stella O’Toole - Stella received a mean satisfaction score of 4.82/5 for her teaching in 2023 with less than 100 respondents.
Robyn Edwards - Robyn received a mean satisfaction score of 4.71/5 for her teaching in 2023 with 100-200 respondents.
Amy Mills - Amy received a mean satisfaction score of 4.24/5 for her teaching in 2023 with 200+ respondents.

Sue Walker receiving an award from Prof Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles — Professor Sue Walker receiving an award from Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles

Researcher of the Year

Professor Sue Walker

Associate Dean (Research)

Determined by the most number of registered HERDC publications, successful external grants and HDR completions.

Simone Blom receiving an award from Prof Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles — Dr Simone Blom accepts an award from Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles

Early Career Researcher of the Year

Dr Simone Blom

Lecturer

Determined by the most number of registered HERDC publications, successful external grants and HDR completions.

Katie Hotko receiving an award from Prof Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles — Dr Katie Hotko accepts her award from Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles

Outstanding Research Publication

Professor Lexi Lasczik, Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, and Dr Katie Hotko.

Best ERA eligible publication by a staff member as determined by the Faculty's Research Committee.

"Propositional A/r/tography: An Analytical Protocol" published in Qualitative Inquiry, 28(10), 1062-1076 by authors Professor Lexi Lasczik, Associate Lecturer Katie Hotko, Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, & McGahey, T.

Liz Mackinlay receiving an award from Prof Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles — Professor Liz Mackinlay accepts an award on behalf of Tim Barringham from Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles

Outstanding HDR Research Publication

Tim Barringham

HDR Candidate

Best ERA eligible publication by a Higher Degree Research (HDR) candidate as determined by the Faculty's Research Committee.

"Out of tune: Perceptions of, engagement with, and responses to mental health interventions by professional popular musicians—A scoping review" published in Psychology of Music, 50(3), 814-829 by authors Amy Visser, Dr Megan Lee, Tim Barringham, and Dr Nasim Salehi.

Luke Hammond receiving an award from Prof Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles — Luke Hammond accepts an award from Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles

SAGE Award for Service

This award acknowledges the service of the Student Advisory Group for Education (SAGE) leadership team in their efforts to form a diverse and passionate community of students.

Josie Hockey, Benjamin Hockey, Angela Ashcroft, Riley Barrett, Bridget Brosi, Luke Hammond, Gemma Betty and Fiona Brown.

Margaret Andrew receiving an award from Prof Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles — Margaret Andrew accepts an award from Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles

Byron Writers Festival Prize

The Byron Writers Festival Prize is awarded to an Associate Degree of Creative Writing graduate with a GPA of 5.5-6.0 (Distinction Average) for the prior year (2022). The winner of the award is invited to the annual awards evening to receive acknowledgement of their hard work and dedication to achieving academic excellence in Creative Writing.

The winner of the 2022 Byron Writers Festival Prize was Margaret Andrew and Casey Egan.

Dean's Honour's List

Undergraduate and postgraduate students with a GPA average of 6.5 or above are added to the Dean's Honours List. Undergraduate and postgraduate students must have completed at least 48 credit points over a one-year period to be eligible for this highly competitive and prestigious award (from Term 4 2022 to Term 3 2023).

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Primary/Early Childhood)
Josie Hockey.

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Primary)
Emma Hughes, Claire King, Danielle Reid, Brooke McHutchison, Samantha Darnley-Stuart, Lloyd Gilchrist, Kyah Chillingsworth-Teys, and Lucy Collier.

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Primary/Secondary)
Deanna Du Plooy and Jake Murphy.

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
Harriet Hooper, Jenny Morey, and Ellen King.

Bachelor of Technology/Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
Ebanie-Jayne Green, Alan Moss, and Ester Karuso-Thurn.

Bachelor of Education
Bethany Ferguson, Bridgette Kelleher, Chantelle Duke, Chelsea Geddes, Chloe Burke, Dean Power, Gypsy Forrest, Helen Edwards, Joanne Symes, Jun Touzel, Kym Bambrook, Meredith Palmer, Rachel Mott, Sarah Maddock, Sonya Holden, Kirsty Bell, Tanisha Faulks, Aimee Fielding, Timothy Browne, Thomas Gray, Trisha Makepeace, Amelia Booth-Barker, Ashleigh Larrescy, Anika Moran, Amalia Pearl, Amy Rutter, Amber Strickland, Brooke Bignell-Cowan, Erin Cardell, Ebony Stride, Georgia Loneragan, Georgia Mossop, Isabelle Wills, Joanne Mills, Jaspreet Virk, Kassia Nathan, Kristy Thorne, Lahni Biggins, Nathan Booth, Renee Burns, Rachel Denis, Robert Lucivero, Sophie Breach, Samuel Clifton, Skyla Rayner, Taylah Gilbert, Michelle Brookes (Michelle McLeod).

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Bridget Brosi and Holly Adamson.

Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood)
Ashley Gulka and Yuqi Zeng.

Graduate Certificate in Educational Wellbeing
Talia Saban.

Master of Teaching
Claire Rankin, Jaimi Mahony, Madeleine Doak, Tamara Albert, Tasmin Archak, Tanya Beaumont, Xueyan Wang, Cameron Spike-Porter, Georgia Instrell, Stefan Edelmann, and Steven Wenzel.

Master of Education
Julie Acason, Mark Hoppe, Victoria Atkinson, Sebastian McGrath, Abbey Walters, and Rachelle Griffin.

For further details on the criteria, visit Deans Honours List Awards Criteria 2023.

See the 2022 Award details here.

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