Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Education Award

Administration of the award

Following the close of the call for nominations, the Science, Academia and Research Advisory Group (SARAG) will be responsible for recommending an appropriate recipient to the Board.

Eligibility

(a) Nominees need not be members of the Society.

(b) Candidates must have been involved in psychology education in Australia for at least ten (10) years.

Judging criteria

(a) In judging nominees for the award, SARAG will have regard to:

(i) the nominees' leadership in the area of psychology education in Australia;

(ii) whether the nominees' contribution to psychology education has been influential beyond the educational institution in which they teach; and

(iii) whether the nominee has made an outstanding contribution across a range of educational activities in Australia.

(b) Evidence of such a contribution may be presented from a variety of sources including several (but not necessarily all) of the following:

(i) Performance as a teacher of psychology

(ii) Supervision of psychology student research or professional supervision

(iii) Mentoring of psychology students or staff teaching psychology

(iv) Development of psychology courses, programs or curriculum

(v) Development of new psychology teaching materials and integration across modes of delivery

(vi) Scholarship and contribution to the literature of psychology education

(vii) Innovation in the area of psychology education

(viii) Contribution to the Society in the development and implementation of its educational objectives

Nomination process

(a) A call for nominations for the Award for the Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Education Award should:

(i) be advertised in InPsych;

(ii) be provided to the Heads of Department of each tertiary institution that has independent membership of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee.

(b) Candidates must be nominated for the Award by a Member of the Society.

(c) Nominations should be addressed to SARAG and received by the National Office prior to the closing date via registered post.

(d) One complete hard copy nomination should be submitted with an electronic copy on CD Rom. Electronic documents should be submitted in PDF format.

(e) Nominations should be made in writing and include:

(i) a letter of nomination addressing the items referred to in the judging criteria part (b) above

(ii) a curriculum vitae of the nominee.

Value of the award

Successful candidates for the Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Education Award:

(a) will be offered a one year of membership of the Society at no cost provided that the recipient makes an application for membership within twelve (12) months of the date of receipt of notice of their Award. If the recipient is an existing Member of the Society, they will be offered membership of the Society for the following twelve (12) months at no cost. If the recipient is not a current member of the Society, they must accept this offer of membership as a condition of acceptance.

(b) will be invited to attend the Society's Annual Conference in the year following the receipt of their Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Education Award to present a keynote address on any topic related to the teaching of psychology. If the recipient attends they will have their travel, conference registration expenses and accommodation for up to four (4) nights at the conference venue paid by the Society.

(c) will also receive a plaque of the Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Education Award, to be presented at the invited address. If the recipient is unable to accept the invitation to attend the Society's Annual Conference, a plaque will be forwarded after the Annual Conference.

Further information

Nominations close 30 June 2011. 

Please send nominations, including one complete hard copy of the application and an electronic copy on CD-ROM (files in PDF format), to:

• The Distinguished Contribution to Psychology Education Award
  Awards Administrator – Science and Education
  The Australian Psychological Society Ltd
  PO Box 38
  Flinders Lane VIC 8009

Additional information can be obtained from:

• Administrator – Science & Education
  Tel: 03 8662 3300
  Email: science.awards@psychology.org.au

Previous winners