Vice-Chancellor’s Awards (PELT)

Applying for an Award

The Vice-Chancellor’s PELT Awards recognise and reward staff, as either individuals or as a small team, for the excellence of their teaching and/or for making a significant and innovative contribution to students’ learning or learning experiences.

Recommendations and Nominations to be advised

Academic (including Sessional staff) and General staff who have been at Notre Dame for a minimum of three years are eligible to be nominated.

The purpose of the awards is to:

  • Build on an already strong institutional culture of high expectations for teaching performance, high quality student learning experiences, supervision and pastoral care of students
  • Acknowledge the role of academic staff and general staff who have played an important support role in contributing to excellence in teaching, learning and pastoral care of students
  • Celebrate, showcase and share excellent practices as an engaged learning community

Nominations can be made:

  • Or by self-nominating as an individual or a team

Staff who receive a recommendation are free to accept, defer or decline this invitation to proceed with their nomination.

All interested staff (whether they have been recommended by others or are self-nominating) need to complete a formal nomination form prior to progressing their Award application. Nomination forms need to be signed by the relevant Dean or equivalent and submitted to curriculum.quality@nd.edu.au no later than Friday 13 December 2024.

Refer to the VC Awards Policy and Procedure below for the full information.

Key dates

June – October 2024 Call for recommendations and nominations
August 2023
Information sessions
October 2024 – February 2025 Nominees progress their applications
22 November 2024 Deadline to recommend a staff member
13 December 2024 Deadline for completed nomination forms
24 February 2025 Deadline for completed application forms
March 2025 Selection Advisory Panel meets for selection process
April 2025 Award recipients announced

Policy, procedures and forms for nominees:

Resources available to nominees: