Awards and innovations
Recognising and celebrating the outstanding achievements of students and staff.
The outstanding achievements of our students and staff have long been celebrated both within the University and internationally. Whether it's our professors receiving national awards for excellence or students forging a successful career in international industry, Curtin is renowned for producing innovation and academic excellence that ultimately benefits the wider community.
WA Youth Awards
Curtin Volunteers!, the not-for-profit student-run organisation has received a WA Youth Award for its dedication to helping the community. CV! has been operating for 14 years and currently involves more than 2,000 selfless Curtin students. The organisation won the Citizenship Group award, which recognises a group that has shown extraordinary dedication towards others, or empowered others to participate in determining the nature of their community. Read the news article here.
Carrick Awards
Curtin's commitment to excellence in education is reflected in our success at national level in the Carrick Institute Australian Awards for Australian University Teaching, the most prestigious teaching awards in Australia. The awards recognise outstanding individual teachers, teaching teams and university teaching programs. Curtin nominees are consistently short listed and/or recognised as the most outstanding candidates.
View the full list of all Curtin's Carrick Award winners and citation recipients.
2007 winners
Dr Euan Lindsay - Teaching Excellence - Early Career
The Carrick Early Career Award is given to four outstanding Australian academics with less than seven years of teaching experience. Dr Lindsay specialises in mechatronics systems and mechatronics automation within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Curtin. Euan teaches in the "core" mechatronic areas of the curriculum, supervising units where students actually create integrated mechatronic systems involving computers, electronics and physical hardware. He conducts research in these areas and in engineering education.
Centre for International Health - Programs that Enhance Learning - Postgraduate Education
Centre for International Health - Ms Sue Gillieatt, A/Prof Paola Ferroni, Dr Mohammed Ali, Ms Nerellie Richards and Dr Jaya Earnest. The Carrick Program Award recognises the centre's outstanding contribution to the quality of student learning and the student experience of higher education. The postgraduate program in International Health adopts a systematic approach to program design, coordination and implementation that also encompasses comprehensive evaluation processes. The centre educates students currently living, working and researching in over 25 countries around the world.
Curtin Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Awards
The Curtin Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching are awarded annually and aim to provide recognition and reward for outstanding performances, by both individuals and teams, in teaching and in enhancing student learning.
All members of Curtin academic staff are eligible to be nominated, provided they have taught at Curtin for at least two years. Nomination for is open to academic staff, general staff and sessional staff.
View the full list of 2007 Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Awards.
Vice-Chancellor's List
The Vice-Chancellor's List was created in 1991 to recognise Curtin undergraduate students, including Honours students, who excel academically. It awards all Curtin students who, at the completion of each semester, fall within the top one per cent of undergraduates.
An annual prize from our sponsor Qantas is awarded each year to the student who achieved the highest academic standards during the term of their degree. It is presented at the Vice-Chancellor's List ceremony.
Click here to view the Vice-Chancellor's List Honour Roll.
John Curtin Medal
The John Curtin Medal is awarded by the University to people who have exhibited John Curtin's qualities of vision, leadership and community service and who have made a significant contribution in their chosen field.
2007 Recipients
- Dennis Eggington
- David Goldstone
2006 Recipients
- Ms Pieta O'Shaughnessy
- Mr Gerard Neesham
- Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women
2005 Recipients
- Mrs Lynne Evans
- Dr David Joske
2004 Recipient
- Ajahn Brahmavamso