Vice-Chancellor’s Awards (PELT)

Promoting Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Notre Dame’s annual Learning and Teaching Awards

The University of Notre Dame maintains its outstanding reputation for educational excellence thanks to its community of highly committed staff and students. The Vice-Chancellors’ Awards for Promoting Excellence in Learning and Teaching (PELT) Awards celebrate, showcase and reward the commitment of our staff to student-centered learning and innovative teaching. These Awards honour members of the University community who, through their dedication and expertise, sustain the scholarly, creative and meaningful educational experiences that have a significant positive impact on student learning.

The categories of awards include:

• Awards for Teaching Excellence
• Awards for Initiatives that Enhance Student Learning
• Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning

See the Applying for PELT Awards page for more information on applying or nominating your colleagues.

2025 Award Winners

Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Promoting Excellence in Learning and Teaching

We are pleased to announce the recipients of Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Promoting Excellence in Learning and Teaching (PELT). We congratulate the following:

VC PELT Award for Initiatives that Enhance Student Learning

Lauren Stephenson
School of Education, Sydney
Subcategory: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or student experience

Mark Clayden and Andrew Boxsell (Team)
School of Education, Fremantle
Subcategory: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or student experience

Susan Sherringham
Curriculum and Quality, Sydney
Subcategory: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or student experience

Thuan Thai
School of Education, Sydney
Subcategory: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or student experience

Michelle Katavatis (Team)
Innovation and Design, Fremantle and Sydney
Subcatgeory: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or student experience

Ching Mun Sarag Yeung
School of Arts & Sciences, Sydney
Subcategory: Approaches to teaching and/or the support of learning that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn

VC PELT Award for Teaching Excellence

Shyam Drury
School of Education, Fremantle
Subcategory: Early career

Previous Awardees

• Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Teaching Excellence

  2024

  Nathan Smith
  School of Health Sciences, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Early career

  Helena Kadmos
  School of Arts & Sciences, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Undergraduate teaching

  2023

  Stephen Bested
  School of Medicine, Sydney
  Subcategory: Early career

  2022

  Robyn Creagh
  School of Arts and Sciences
  Subcategory: Postgraduate Teaching

  Heath Williams
  School of Philosophy and Theology
  Subcategory: Early Career

  2021

  Lawrence Pang
  Faculty of Education and Philosophy & Theology
  Subcategory: Undergraduate teaching

  Linda Davies  
  School of Arts and Sciences
  Subcategory: Undergraduate teaching

  2020

  Ben Piggott
  School of Health Sciences, Fremantle
  Sub-category: Undergraduate teaching

  2019

  David Wong
  School of Business, Fremantle
  Sub-category: Undergraduate teaching

  2018

  Dr Gregory Hine
  School of Education, Fremantle
  Sub-category: Undergraduate teaching

  2017

  Mark Hornshaw
  School of Business, Sydney
  Sub-category: Undergraduate teaching

  2016

  Lama Al Ramahi
  School of Medicine, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Early career

  Maree Piper
  School of Business, Sydney
  Subcategory: Undergraduate teaching

• Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Initiatives that Enhance Student Learning

  2024

  Ben Piggott & Jenny Conlon (Team)
  School of Education and School of Health Sciences, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or student experience

  Nadia Norrish
  School of Medicine, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or student experience

  Lara Mackintosh
  School of Arts & Sciences, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Approaches to teaching and/or the support of learning that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn

  2023

  Chinelle Duvenhage
  School of Business and Law, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Approaches to teaching and/or the support of learning that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn

  2022

  Sarah Gaudieri
  School of Arts and Sciences
  Subcategory: Approaches to Teaching

  Dane King
  DVC Learning and Teaching Portfolio
  Subcategory: Approaches to Teaching

  Michael Down
  School of Health Sciences
  Subcategory: Innovation

  Annette Watkins
  School of Law and Business
  Subcategory: Innovation

  2021

  Annabeth Kemp
  School of Arts and Sciences
  Subcategory: Approaches to teaching

  Sagar Athota and Sean Kearney (Team)
  School of Law and Business
  Subcategory: Innovation, leadership or scholarship

  Shane Burke
  School of Arts and Sciences
  Subcategory: Approaches to Teaching

  2020

  Dylan Korczynskyj
  School of Arts and Sciences, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Approaches to Teaching

  Kathie Ardzejewska
  Learning and Teaching Office
  Subcategory: Innovation, Leadership or Scholarship

  Linda Davies
  School of Arts and Sciences, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Subcategory: Approaches to Teaching

  Shannon Saad, Cassandra Richmond and Marion Thomas
  School of Medicine, Sydney  
  Subcategory: Development of curricula, resources or services

  2019

  Lara Pratt 
  School of Law, Fremantle  
  Subcategory: Special School programs

  Michael Wan
  School of Medicine, Sydney
  Subcategory: Assessment and feedback

  2018

  Elizabeth McKenna
  School of Education, Sydney
  Subcategory: Innovation in curricula, resources & approaches to student learning

  Gillian Kennedy and Anna Dwyer
  Nulungu Research Institute, Broome
  Subcategory: Indigenous education

  2017

  Benjamin Hay
  School of Nursing and Midwifery, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Educational partnerships & collaborations

  Derek Hurrell and Lorraine Day
  School of Education, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Innovation in curricula, resources & approaches to student learning

  Carole Steketee (Team Lead) with Ainslie Robinson, Frank Bate, Helen Rogers and Nicholas Arnold
  Learning and Teaching Office, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Innovation in curricula, resources & approaches to student learning

  2016

  Sean Kearney (Team Lead) with Tim Perkins
  School of Education, Sydney
  Subcategory: Assessment and Feedback

  Dee O’Connor (Team Lead) with Linda Cranley, Serena Davie, Christine Robinson and Tracy Treasure
  School ofEducation, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Scholarship

  Heidi Waldron
  School of Medicine, Fremantle

  2015

  Amitav Saha
  Katrina Eddles-Hirsch
  Glenda Cain
  Peter Hampton
  Shane Lavery
  Peter Clyne
  Susan Edgar

  2014

  Marco Ianniello
  Dianne Chambers

  2013

  Peter Holmes
  Wil Cunningham
  Robert Anderson
  Renee Kohler-Ryan
  Paul Morrissey
  Chris Wolter
  Christian Stephens
  Dejan Simkovic
  Moira Debono
  Raymond Younis
  Angus Brook
  Louis Thompson
  Sean Kearney
  John Rees
  Helene De Burgh-Woodman

• Vice Chancellor's Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning

  2024

  Ainslie Robinson (Team) 
  School of Medicine, Nursing & Midwifery and Health Sciences, Fremantle
  Subcategory: Widening Participation (Educational partnerships and collaboration with other organisations)

  2022

  Rural Trauma Week Interprofessional Education Team - Dr Aishah Moore (Team Lead), Dr Claudia Ng, Dr Samuel Bulford, Dr Gisselle Gallego and Associate Professor Andrew Dean
  School of Medicine
  Subcategory: Educational Partnerships