Farewells and welcome

• Barb Bannister – working with NESA (Curriculum Reform) – Subject Matter Expert, Senior Secondary Technologies.
• Kerryn Allen – CAM team moves to HASS and we welcome Alison White to fill this role for the next 12 months.

Congratulations

RWG (Research Working Group) Coordinator

• Congratulations to Dr Angel Mok who will be taking up this role. Thank you to Dr Maria Cotter for undertaking this role for the past 12 months.

Awards

I am very pleased to announce the following NSW Australian College of Educators (ACEL) Award recipients in our school (and university). These individuals/teams will be presented with their Award/s in Paramatta on 23 August this year. Please congratulate them for achieving these highly prestigious and honoured awards. These awards truly demonstrate the great work that have been undertaken, since 2019 on the Commencing Student Success Project (CSSP). 

Individual NSW ACEL Leadership Award

• Associate Professor Ingrid Harrington

ACEL Team Leadership Award

• Ingrid Harrington 
• Robert Whannell
• Catherine Volpe Johnston
• Kristy O’Neill
• Rachael Adlington
• Stephen Grono
• Tim Bartlett-Taylor

Grant funding

• Congratulations to Somayeh Ba Akhlagh: Council of Australian-Arab Relations: Australian-Saudi joint initiative promoting gender equity in STEM – $47,000.

SoE Research Seminar 

 

• Research Dissemination: Tips and tricks to ensure your research makes a splash and plenty of ripples – 17 July 2024- Dr Marg Rogers
• View previous SoE Seminar presentations: https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/faculty-of-humanities-arts-social-sciences-and-education/school-of-education/research/seminar-series

Other 

• ASCILITE – free membership for all in the university, please complete this form – join a SIG, social media, monthly newsletters, webinars, research schools, CMALT, TELAS, AJET, mentoring – community and women in academic leadership, grants, awards, bursaries, peer-assisted learning and AJET. The ASCILITE three day Spring into Excellence Research School will be held at UTS in late October. Please see the website for more information.  
• PPDR – Please start thinking about your 2024 goals and begin meeting with your Head of Department. Ensure you discuss Teaching, Research and Service/Leadership outlining SMART Goals (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timebound).