Research and Supervision Excellence
The winners of the 2013 'Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Research Excellence' and the 'Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Supervision Excellence' were announced on Monday 2 December. These awards recognise and reward the outstanding calibre of researchers and supervisors we have at the University.
AWARDS FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE
These Awards recognise research excellence in outstanding early career and mid-career researchers.
The Vice-Chancellor's Award for Researcher of the Year was presented to Dr Patricia Pender.
The Awards are based on the excellence of the nominee's best research output (usually a research publication) in the previous calendar year. For the current round, this means the best research publication published in 2012.
Faculty Awards
| Faculty of Business and Law | Dr Paul Docherty |
| Faculty of Education and Arts | Dr Patricia Pender |
| Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment | Dr Lawrence Ong |
| Faculty of Health and Medicine | Associate Professor Geoff Isbister |
| Faculty of Science and Information Technology | Dr Ben Dascombe |
| Regional campus | Dr Christopher Scarlett |
AWARDS FOR SUPERVISION EXCELLENCE
These awards recognise 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 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Supervision Excellence was presented to Associate Professor Michael Arthur-Kelly.
Faculty Awards
| Faculty of Business and Law | Associate Professor Kevin Lyons and Dr Tamara Young |
| Faculty of Education and Arts | Associate Professor Michael Arthur-Kelly |
| Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment | Professor Zhiyong Chen |
| Faculty of Health and Medicine | Dr Neil Spratt |
| Faculty of Science and Information Technology | Dr Phillip McIntyre |
Congratulations to our 2013 award winners.
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