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OLT Fellowships - 2013

Applications for 2013 Fellowships programs must be submitted to the Office for Learning and Teaching by

5pm Friday 1 February 2013

All UNE applications must be submitted to the Office for Learning and Teaching by the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Educational Innovation and International, Dr Michael Crock.

Please email your completed application, together with all supporting documents, to UNE's Institutional Contact Officer at olt-admin@une.edu.au

UNE Internal closing date for applications

Completed applications must be received by UNE's ICO by email no later than

Friday 25 January, 2013.

Late submissions may not be able to be processed in time to meet the OLT closing date.

Aim of Fellowships program

The Fellowships program is intended to advance learning and teaching in higher education by supporting a group of leading educators to undertake strategic, high-profile activities in areas of importance to the sector.

The program encourages excellence in learning and teaching by supporting individuals who have teh educational expertise and leardership skills to:

  • identify educational issues across the higher education system and to facilitate approaches to address these issues
  • devise and undertake a significant program of activities that will advance learning and teaching in Australian Higher education
  • stimulate strategic change in higher education institutions
  • raise the profile of learning and teaching in higher education and the prestige associated with the pursuit of excellence in teaching
  • show leadership in promoting and enhancing learning and teaching in higher education and exploring new possibilities
  • establish and build on national and international partnerships in learning and teaching in higher education
  • foster national and international collaboration and collegial networking for sharing research, innovation and good practice in learning and teaching
  • contribute to the growing community of scholars in higher education learning and teaching. 

National Senior Teaching Fellowships

National Senior Teaching Fellowships are awarded to outstanding scholars who are respected leaders in learning and teaching in higher education. National Senior Teaching Fellows undertake a significant program of fellowship activities, contribute to various OLT events and develop national and international networks appropriate to the Fellowship activities.

National Senior Teaching Fellows are expected to establish a collaborative team of internationally recognised scholars and to lead an extended seminar as part of their Fellowship program.

National Senior Teaching Fellows will normally be expected to be released from all or most academic activities for one year.

  • Up to 4 National Senior Teaching Fellowships are available in 2013.
  • Maximum funding available for each National Senior Teaching Fellowship is $250,000.

National Teaching Fellowships

National Teaching Fellows are prominent scholars in their disciplinary fields, recognised by their home institutions for their capacity to make significant contributions to educational leadership into the future.  They are normally early or mid-career academics engaged in the scholarly practice of learning and teaching in higher education.  National Teaching Fellows undertake a short program of activities over the course of three to six months, addressing an identified learning and teaching issue within their institution or discipline, with the goal of enhancing disciplinary or inter-disciplinary teaching and learning within their institution, and beyond. National Teaching Fellowships were previously known as Mid-Career Fellowships.

  • Up to 6 National Teaching Fellowships are available.
  • Maximum total funding available for each National Teaching Fellowship is $90,000.
  • National Teaching Fellows will be expected to commence their Fellowship between 1 July and 31 December 2013.

Nomination instructions

Complete nomination instructions for each Fellowships program can be found below.

2013 Fellowships instructions

2013 Senior Teaching Fellowship nomination form

2013 Teaching Fellowship nomination form

For further information please contact UNE's Institutional Contact Officer, Alicia Zikan, by email olt-admin@une.edu.au