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Vice-Chancellor’s Student Awards

These awards recognise and celebrate outstanding student contributions to student life, community engagement and reconciliation.

Important dates

Opens: 27-05-2025 Closes: 25-07-2025

Applies to

Domestic International Research Coursework

At a glance

  • These awards are open to current ECU students.
  • For each of the awards, the winning student or student team, will receive:
    • A $5,000 monetary prize
    • A trophy
    • A certificate

Eligibility guidelines

To be eligible for this award:

  • The nominee/s must be enrolled in at least one unit at the time of nomination.
  • The nominee/s must have good academic standing.
  • All award recipients will have demonstrated behaviour that is consistent with the University’s values of Integrity, Respect, Rational Inquiry, Personal Excellence and Courage.

Selection criteria

The Vice-Chancellor’s Student Award for Contribution to University Life is awarded to recognise a student, or a student team, who have significantly enhanced the student experience through exceptional dedication, leadership, and service within the university community.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Student Award for Community Engagement is awarded to recognise a student, or a student team, who has demonstrated outstanding engagement with external communities which aligns with ECU’s strategic goals and values by transforming lives and enriching society.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Student Award for Reconciliation is awarded to recognise a student, or a student team, who has demonstrated outstanding contribution to develop an equitable community that values Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and knowledge.

Nominations are evaluated by a committee of staff and students. Award recipients are selected based on the below considerations:

  • Depth of Impact - the degree of change and/or influence achieved
  • Breadth of impact – the reach of change and/or influence achieved
  • Sustainability of impact – the expected longevity of the change and/or influence achieved
  • Relevance of Impact – the extent to which change and/or influence achieved aligns with award purpose, ECU’s strategic goals and ECU's values of Integrity, Respect, Rational Inquiry, Personal Excellence and Courage.

Note: where students are in paid roles, nominations will be evaluated based on the degree to which the contribution of the nominee extends beyond reasonably expected paid work contributions

Nominators for a Vice-Chancellor's Student Award must be one of the following:

  • University students (self-nominations are welcome)
  • University staff
  • Representative bodies external to the University

How to apply

  1. Start by reading the Guide for Nominators. It covers everything you need to know prior to completing your nomination form.
  2. Complete the relevant nomination form below:
  3. Obtain the required endorsement.
  4. Submit the completed form to studentawards@ecu.edu.au by 11:59pm on 25 July 2025.

For more information

  • If you have any questions about this award or need assistance with your nomination, please contact studentawards@ecu.edu.au
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