Vice Chancellor's supervision awards

The University of Newcastle recognises the important role that supervisors play in our research achievements and in supporting our talented research higher degree candidates.

Each Faculty recognises their most outstanding supervisor with a Faculty award.  The Faculty award may be presented to a team of supervisors. The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Supervision Excellence is then presented to the most outstanding application received for a faculty award.  

Winners of a faculty category will receive $2,000 (paid as salary or a travel grant) and a certificate. The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Supervision Excellence recipient will receive $10,000 (paid as a research grant held at the University of Newcastle) and a certificate.  If a team receives an award the prize money will be divided amongst the team. The awards are presented at the annual staff awards ceremony.

Please note that recipients of the Faculty and/or the Vice-Chancellor's awards are excluded from subsequent nomination within four years of their award. Please check the list of previous winners below.

Nominations for 2013 close on Wednesday 25 September 2013. 

Please download the Guidelines information (PDF 45 KB) and Nomination form (DOC 51 KB) for further information.

2012 award winners

The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2012 - Professor Deborah Hodgson

• Education and Arts - Professor Pam Nilan
• Health - Associate Professor Christine Paul
• Science and Information Technology - Professor Deborah Hodgson

2011 Award Winners

The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2011 - Professor Mirka Miller

• Business and Law - Associate Professor Jim Jose
• Education and Arts - Dr Keri Glastonbury
• Engineering and Built Environment - Professor Mirka Miller
• Health - Associate Professor Helen Warren-Forward
• Science and Information Technology - Dr Geoff MacFarlane

2010 Award Winners

The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2010 - Professor Manohar Garg

• Business and Law - Dr James Juniper 
• Education and Arts - Professor Hugh Craig
• Health - Professor Manohar Garg 
• Science and IT - Dr Frini Karayanidis 

2009 Award Winners

The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2009 - Professor Mel Gray and Dr Brett Nixon

• Business and Law - Associate Professor Alison Dean
• Education and Arts - Professor Mel Gray 
• Engineering and Built Environment - Dr Jamil Khan
• Health - Professor Isabel Higgins 
• Science and Information Technology - Dr Brett Nixon 

2008 Award Winners

The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2008 - Professor John Burgess

• Business and Law - Professor John Burgess
• Education and Arts - Dr Kim Cheng Boey
• Health - Associate Professor Darren Rivett
• Science and Information Technology - Professor Pauline McGuirk