Deadline: 04-Aug-21
Engagement Australia is pleased to launch the 2021 Engagement Australia Excellence Awards. This is the second year of the Engagement Australia Excellence Awards, which transitioned in 2020 from the Business-Higher Education Round Table (BHERT) Awards and attracted a record 124 submissions from 35 universities across Australia and New Zealand.
Engagement Australia Chair and President, Professor Jim Nyland said the awards identify and celebrate the transformative engagement activities undertaken by universities that demonstrate far-reaching impact and innovation in Australia and New Zealand.
Award Categories
- Award for Excellence in Community Engagement
- Recognising outstanding collaborations between communities, higher education and industry for societal benefit. Emphasis placed on partnerships that engage rural, regional, urban, disadvantaged or marginalised groups within Australia and New Zealand.
- Award for Excellence in Indigenous Engagement
- Recognising outstanding collaborations between communities, higher education and industry that directly reduce disadvantage, empower and give voice to Indigenous peoples.
- Award for Excellence in Industry Engagement
- Recognising outstanding contributions to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education by members of tertiary education institutions, community and industry partners.
- Award for Outstanding Engagement for Research Impact
- Recognising excellence in research and development activity, that makes a substantial difference to the community, or Australian or New Zealand prosperity, undertaken jointly by researchers in tertiary education institutes and partners in the community, business and industry.
- Award for Excellence in Student Engagement
- Recognising outstanding contributions that improve student engagement on campus, with industry and/or in community.
- Award for Excellence in Alumni Engagement
- Recognising outstanding contributions to enhancing the quality alumni engagement and support in higher education.
- Award for Outstanding Leadership in Engagement
- Recognising an individual who has made notable contributions to engagement above and beyond that expected for their role, resulting in sustained and impactful partnerships.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility guidelines for the Engagement Australia Awards:
- Any collaborative programs or projects involving one or more higher education institutions, and one or more industry, community or government partners.
- The roles of each party in the collaborative process must be clearly outlined.
- Industry partners can be publicly or privately-owned companies, while federal, state and government departments, statutory authorities, industry associations, unions, not-for-profits and recognised community organisations can be included as partners.
- In addition to universities, higher education institutions may also include business schools or accredited higher education programs.
- Non-winning projects can be resubmitted in subsequent years however winning projects are not eligible for an Engagement Australia Award in subsequent years.
- Applications are eligible if there is evidence of a genuine collaboration underpinning their work and if the project produced impactful results.
- Applicants may submit multiple applications per award category.
For more information, visit https://engagementaustralia.org.au/engagement-australia-excellence-awards-2021-applications-now-open/