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

The CAULLT / HERDSA award for Outstanding Leadership in Research and Development in Higher Education recognises evidence of innovative and effective leadership in higher education in a broad range of categories:

1. Leadership in professional learning
2. Leadership in the scholarship of learning and teaching
3. Leadership in collaboration and partnership
4. Leadership in governance
5. Leadership in the enhancement of teaching and learning
6. Leadership in inclusion
7. Leadership development

Only staff from CAULLT member universities or fully paid up members of HERDSA working in tertiary education are eligible to apply.

To nominate for the 2025 CAULLT / HERDSA award for Outstanding Leadership in Research and Development in Higher Education, please submit the completed application form by 6 pm AEST on 15 September 2025. Late applications will not be considered.

Finalists will be notified by 22 September 2025. Award winners will be announced at the 2025 CAULLT Conference on 24 October 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact enquiries@caullt.edu.au