The Australian Learning & Teaching Council

The Australian Learning & Teaching Council (ALTC) recognises outstanding practice in Australian higher education institutions. Victoria University (VU) encourages, and offers support, to our Higher Education staff to apply for the awards, grants and fellowships offered by the Council as they:

• provide a national focus for the enhancement of learning
• enable staff to further develop practice standards and resources
• support ongoing professional development

Full information can be found at the The Australian Learning & Teaching Council home page, or by contacting Lisa Richardson +61 03 9919 8414.

Awards

There are five types of awards:

• Citation Awards
• Program Awards
• Teaching Awards
• Prime Minister's Award
• Career Achievement Award

Funding is also available for award winners to present at conferences.

Grants Scheme

The Grants Scheme has three programs:

• Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Program
• Priority Projects Program
• Competitive Grants Program

Fellowship Scheme

There are two levels of Fellowship granted to individuals who have the expertise and leadership to undertake significant programs to develop and disseminate good practice in the field of higher education.

• Senior Fellowship
• Associate Fellowship

ALTC Fellowships website

Procedure for Applications

Guidelines

• All applications must conform strictly to the format specified by the ALTC. Submissions that do not meet the requirements will not be accepted. For instance individual pages excess to the allowable page limit will be removed.
  
• Full guidelines for the awards, grants and fellowships can be downloaded from the ALTC Guidelines and Forms website.
  
• All applications must be submitted in a timely manner. Please refer to the 2009 timeline for applications.

VU Recipients

VU congratulates our staff members whose outstanding work has been recognised by the ALTC. Further information on the endeavours of our VU ALTC Recipients can be found in our award archives.