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Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Awards

Each year, the Vice-Chancellor recognises staff for their outstanding achievement and performance and for demonstrating above and beyond ECU’s values.

These awards provide the perfect opportunity to recognise, reward and encourage outstanding effort and achievement, and to celebrate staff contributions to the University’s goals.

Nominations open in April to June each year.  Each selection committee, chaired by the Executive team, recommend the winners who are announced at a celebratory event in November.  Invitations to the event are sent to all nominees in July and open to all staff in October.

Congratulations to our 2024 Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Award winners

Recognising Excellence

Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advancement

The Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advancement recognises individuals or teams who have made a significant commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, staff, people, families, and communities.

To nominate a colleague or team:
1. Review the award guidelines for the nomination requirements.
2. Open the nomination form link to complete the form, to upload any supporting evidence, if applicable, and to submit your nomination.

Outstanding Commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award

Excellence in Health, Safety and Wellbeing Practice

The Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Health, Safety and Wellbeing Practice recognises individuals or teams who have made a significant contribution to improving and promoting health, safety and wellbeing in the workplace at ECU.

To nominate a colleague or team:
1. Review the award guidelines for the nomination requirements.
2. Open the nomination form link to complete the form, to upload any supporting evidence, if applicable, and to submit your nomination.

Outstanding Contribution to Health, Safety and Wellbeing Practice Award

Excellence in Learning and Teaching

The Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Awards encourage, recognise and reward excellence and achievement in all forms of teaching, and in innovations, initiatives and services that contribute in diverse ways to student learning.

To access support and training:
The Centre for Learning and Teaching is offering extensive support in creating a winning Learning and Teaching Award nominations.  Visit the Learning and Teaching Staff Award page for dates and resources.

To submit your nomination:
1. Review the Award Guidelines under each category below.
2. Develop your nomination in accordance with the guidelines' nomination structure and formatting.  
3. When finalised, submit your nomination, combined into a single pdf document, via the nomination form link below.

Award for Excellence in Teaching

Award for Programs That Enhance Learning

Sessional Staff Award

Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

Citation for Sustained Commitment to Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Excellence in Research and Research Supervision

Excellence in Research Awards The Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Research Awards recognise and reward staff who have made a strong contribution to the research profile and strategic priorities of the University.

To nominate:

  1. The Associate Dean Research, Director ECUSRIC or Executive Dean nominates a researcher for an award via the online nomination form.
  2. The nominated researcher receives notification of their nomination via email, completes the nomination in accordance with the relevant guideline and emails their completed nomination to vcstaffawards@ecu.edu.au.

Award guidelines

Excellence in Research Supervision Awards

  • The Outstanding Research Mentor Award should be nominated by a mentee to recognise the outstanding individual who has mentored them.  

    Complete the nomination in accordance with the Outstanding Research Mentor Guidelines and upload the nomination to the online form
  • The Excellence in Research Supervision Award is to be completed by HDR candidates to nominate a supervisor who has demonstrated excellence in their graduate research supervision.  

    Complete the nomination in accordance with the Excellence in Graduate Research Supervision Guidelines and upload the nomination to the online form

Recognising Inspiration

Inspirational Staff Awards

The Vice-Chancellor’s Inspirational Staff Awards recognise individual staff or teams who demonstrate above and beyond ECU’s values.  Awards for individual staff members are: Integrity, Respect , Rational Inquiry, Personal Excellence and Courage.  The Inspirational Team Award is awarded to recognise team excellence as evidenced by a particular example of high quality performance or a sustained high standard of performance.

To nominate a colleague or team:  Review the award guidelines for the nomination requirements.  Open the nomination form link to complete the form, to upload any supporting evidence, if applicable, and to submit your nomination.

Eligibility criteria

Staff who have received an award in the previous three years are ineligible to be considered in the same Award category.  See Previous Award Winners.

Applicants must be a current ECU staff member at the time of application and at the receipt of the Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Awards.

Refer to the Award Guidelines under each award category for more information.

Selection process

Nominations will be forwarded to the respective Awards Selection Committees for assessment.  A recommendation of the final Award recipients will be forwarded to the Vice-Chancellor for approval.

Award recipients will receive a monetary prize (divided equally amongst a team for winners of a Team Award).

The Awards are announced and presented at a ceremony in November.



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