Previous CAULLT Award winners

CAULLT Academic Development Award

The CAULLT Academic Development Award recognises outstanding academic development practices and is open to staff from CAULLT member institutions. 

We celebrate the achievements of the 2025 Award finalists.

CAULLT 2025 Academic Development Award Winner

Central Queensland University and University of Southern Queensland 

The Lift Fellowhip Scheme: Collaborative Academic Development Across Regional Universities

Peer’s Choice Award

Macquarie University: 

AI as a Trojan Horse: Easing the Adoption of Active Learning

CAULLT 2024 Academic Development Award Winner

Griffith University: 

Reimagining the Grad Cert through Indigenous Ways of Learning

Peer’s Choice Award

Auckland University of Technology: 

Using assessment principles to anchor academic development in testing times

Commendation

Flinders University: 

Flinders Decolonisation Network

Previous winners of the formerly CAULLT-sponsored Advancing Academic Development Global Good Practice Awards are highlighted on the Advancing Academic Development webpage.

Please consult the CAULLT Academic Development Awards page for information on future CAULLT Academic Development Awards. 

CAULLT/HERDSA Award for Outstanding Leadership in Research and Development in Higher Education

The Award recognises evidence of an individual’s innovative and effective leadership in higher education research and development in a broad range of categories that enhances teaching, learning, and student experience in higher education.

2025 Winners

Kelley Burton (University of the Sunshine Coast) and Judity Marychurch (University of Melbourne)

The Legal Education Associate Deans (LEAD) Network’s Australian Legal Education Awards (ALEAs) and Peer Review of Teaching (PRoT) Program

2024 Winners

Marina Harvey (Macquarie University) and Agnes Bosanquet (Torrens University): 

Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC and its review

The 2024 CAULLT/ASCILITE Award for Outstanding Leadership in Digital Learning in Higher Education

The CAULLT / ASCILITE award for Outstanding Leadership in Digital Learning in Higher Education recognises evidence of an individual’s innovative and effective leadership in the broad use of digital technologies to enhance teaching, learning, and overall performance in higher education.

2024 Winners

Liz Smith (UNSW):

Sustained Leadership over 25 years