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		News Release: State awards confirm UNE's teaching excellence Date 17/11/03 No 205/03 Two lecturers from the University of New England are among the eight from universities around the State to have won NSW Quality Teaching Awards for 2003. Dr Andrew Refshauge, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education and Training, presented them with the awards at a ceremony in Government House, Sydney, on Friday [14 November]. Linley Lloyd from UNE's School of Education, and Penny Paliadelis from the School of Health, are two of only three award-winners this year from universities outside Sydney. They agreed that their awards represented a welcome recognition of teaching skills at universities in general and UNE in particular. Dr Refshauge said Linley Lloyd's students "acknowledged, without qualification, her inspiration and grounded role-modelling". He said her colleagues had described her teaching as "energetic, engaging and thought-provoking", and had commented on "her genuine passion for her work and the joy she displays when students demonstrate high achievement". Of Penny Paliadelis he said: "She has a very down-to-earth, direct approach with students. Her passion for nursing is clearly evident, and her teaching style is liberally peppered with humour and wit. The fact that she continues to practise as a nurse reinforces students' high regard for her. As a role model for nursing, Penny is outstanding." The NSW Minister for Education and Training and Australian College of Educators Quality Teaching Awards, now in their third year, are designed to celebrate, investigate and promote excellent teaching. UNE's Professor of Horticultural Science, Acram Taji, received one of the awards last year. Dr Refshauge presented, on Friday, a total of 40 Quality Teaching Awards across five categories: early childhood, primary, secondary, TAFE and university.   UNE's Professor Stephen Dinham, who was State President of the Australian College of Educators when the NSW Government inaugurated the Quality Teaching Awards in 2000, has chaired the steering committee responsible for the awards ever since. Another UNE academic, Dr Catherine Scott, chairs the sub-committee for the university category. Professor Dinham said the selection process included referees' reports, the preparation of a detailed teaching portfolio by each nominee, and lecture-room visits by a team of assessors who also interviewed the nominees' colleagues, supervisors, and present and past students, as well as community members. The Schools of Education and Health at UNE are included in the University's Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies. The Dean of the Faculty, Professor Victor Minichiello, said the two awards confirmed UNE's high and long-standing reputation in the education of teachers and nurses. "We're proud to have such teachers on our staff," he said, "and to produce graduates inspired by their example." Media contact: Linley Lloyd, School of Education, UNE, Armidale (02) 6773 3458, Penny Paliadelis, School of Health, UNE, Armidale (02) 6773 3653, or Professor Stephen Dinham, School of Education, UNE, Armidale (02) 6773 5080. A photograph showing Penny Paliadelis (left) and Linley Lloyd (right) with the Dean of UNE's Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies, Professor Victor Minichiello, is available for download.

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