General information

The ALTC Awards for University Teaching replace the former Carrick Australian Awards for University Teaching (CAAUT).

The ALTC scheme and the sub categories have been used to design the VC L&T scheme so that local award winners in each category are well placed to commit themselves for ALTC nomination by ECU. This ALTC scheme has three major categories with total funding of over $3,000,000. The ALTC Awards for University Teaching include the following categories:

ALTC Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (210 awards of $10,000)

These are intended for people who have been involved in some aspect of service to student learning that address one or two of the same criteria that applies to the Teaching Excellence Awards. Evidence of excellent and sustained performance is critical in ALTC Citation awards and student learning outcomes must be the main measure of performance. Both general staff and academic are eligible for this award.

ALTC Teaching Excellence Awards (26 awards of $25,000) which cover sub categories of:

• Discipline based teaching areas (in 5 discipline groupings);
• Early Career Academics;
• Indigenous Teacher of the Year (The Neville Bonner Award); and,
• A priority category for 2009 which specifically recognises Work-integrated Learning.
• One overall Prime Minister