Vice-Chancellor's Award for Supervision Excellence
The Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Supervision Excellence were established in 2007. The awards recognise outstanding supervisors and the important role they play in our research achievements and in supporting our talented research higher degree students.
An award is presented to the most outstanding application received from each faculty and Wollotuka Institute. The faculty/Wollotuka Institute 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/Wollotuka Institute award.
Winners of a faculty/Wollotuka Institute category will receive $2,000 (paid as salary, travel or research funds) and a certificate.
The winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Supervision Excellence will receive $10,000 (paid as a research grant held at the University of Newcastle for the following calendar year) and a certificate. If a team receives an award prize money will be divided amongst the team. The awards will be presented at the annual staff awards each year.
The guidelines and nomination forms for 2013 are available here.
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.
2012 Award Winners
Education and Arts - Professor Pam Nilan
Health - Associate Professor Christine Paul
Science and Information Technology - Associate Professor Deborah Hodgson
The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2012 was awarded to Associate Professor Deborah Hodgson.
2011 Award Winners
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
The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2011 was awarded to Professor Mirka Miller.
2010 Award Winners
Dr James Juniper - Faculty of Business and Law
Professor Hugh Craig - Faculty of Education and Arts
Professor Manohar Garg - Faculty of Health
Dr Frini Karayanidis - Faculty of Science and IT
The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2010 was awarded to Professor Manohar Garg.
2009 Award Winners
Associate Professor Alison Dean - Faculty of Business and Law
Professor Mel Gray - Faculty of Education and Arts
Dr Jamil Khan - Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
Professor Isabel Higgins - Faculty of Health
Dr Brett Nixon - Faculty of Science and Information Technology
The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2009 was jointly awarded to Professor Mel Gray and Dr Brett Nixon.
2008 Award Winners
Professor John Burgess - Faculty of Business and Law
Dr Kim Cheng Boey - Faculty of Education and Arts
Associate Professor Darren Rivett - Faculty of Health
Professor Pauline McGuirk - Faculty of Science and Information Technology
The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2008 was awarded to Professor John Burgess.
2007 Award Winners
Associate Professor Alison Ferguson - Faculty of Education and Arts
Associate Professor Hugh Dunstan - Faculty of Science and Information Technology
Professor Margaret McMillan - Faculty of Health
Professor Aron O'Cass - Faculty of Business and Law
The Vice-Chancellor's Award for 2007 was awarded to Associate Professor Alison Ferguson.