Learning and Teaching Grants

A range of learning and teaching grants are offered through the national Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC), formerly the Carrick Institute for Teaching and Learning.

PLEASE NOTE: All grant applications must be endorsed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) via the Learning and Teaching Office before being sent to the ALTC. Applicants must ensure that they contact the Learning and Teaching Office at least two weeks prior to the ALTC due date (see Calendar).

The Australian Learning and Teaching Council was established to promote and advance learning and teaching in Australian higher education.

Two of its initiatives are the Promoting Excellence Initiative and the Grants Scheme.

The Promoting Excellence Initiative provides one-off funding to build and strengthen the capacity of institutions and individuals to respond to the programmes of the Carrick Institute.

The initiative is designed to strengthen the quality of applications and nominations under the various programmes, to assist institutions to use the programmes to support their own priorities in ways that promote quality and diversity, and to maximise the opportunities for effective dissemination and adoption of innovation and good practice.

For further information about the Promoting Excellence Initiative please see the ALTC's website.

2008 Scheme

 

Project Leader	Project Title	Documents
Professor Keith Trigwell	Enhancement of reflective scholarly teaching in communities of inquiry

The Programs that are part of the Grants Scheme are:

• Competitive Grants Program
• Priority Projects Program
• Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Program
• Discipline Based Initiatives Scheme

2008 Program

Projects funded with the University of Sydney as the lead institution:

Project Leader	Project Title	Documents
Dr Patricia McCabe	Communciating effectively with Indigenous people: A resource for health science students to learn culturally safe interviewing practices

 

2007 Program

Projects funded with the University of Sydney as the lead institution

 

Project Leader	Project Title	Document
Dr Mary-Jane Mahoney	Guest lecturers in disability education: investigating strategic use of communication technologies for specialist input
Dr Charlotte Taylor	Using threshold concepts to generate a new understanding of teaching and learning biology

Projects funded with the University of Sydney as a partner institution

 

Lead Institution	University of Sydney Staff Member	Project Title	Document
Charles Sturt University		on-line student supervision training - accessible and cooperative learning in social work
University of Canberra	Dr Adam Bridgeman	A cross-disciplinary approach to language support for first year students in the science disciplines
University of the Sunshine Coast	Associate Professor Mark Freeman	The Whole University Experience: retention, attrition, learning and personal support interventions during undergraduate Business studies
University of Technology Sydney		Strategies and approaches to teaching and learning cross cultures

2008 Scheme

Projects funded with the University of Sydney as the lead institution:

 

Project Leader	Project Title	Document
Associate Professor Joseph Davis	Curriculum renewal in postgraduate information technology education: a response to growing service sector dominance
Dr Sue McAllister	Establishing infrastructure and collaborative processes for cross-institutional benchmarking of student clinical performances in speech pathology

Projects funded with the University of Sydney as a partner institution:

 

Partner Institution	University of Sydney Staff Member	Project Title	Document
University of Technology		Facilitating staff and student engagement with graduate attribute development, assessment and standards in business faculties
Murdoch University	Dr John Baguley	Curriculum development and assessment of methods to enhance communication and life skills in veterinary students

2007 Scheme

The University of Sydney has the following successful grants:

 

Project Leader	Project Title	Document
Dr Simon Barrie	Integration and Assessment of Graduate Attributes in Curriculum
A/Prof Mark Freeman	Business as usual
A/Prof Jill Thistlethwaite	Developing interprofessional learning and practice capabilities within the Australian health workforce
Dr Leanne Togher	Facilitating the integration of evidence based practice into speech pathology curricula: a scoping study to examine the congruence between academic curricula and work based needs

Submission guidelines for the ALTC grants can be found on their website.

For further information regarding grants including endorsement of applications please contact the Learning and Teaching Office:

Sally Paynter
Room L4.20 A14
Tel: (02) 9351 5200

Ara Levingston
Room L4.05, A14
Tel: (02) 9361 5987