This biennial award encourages, promotes and rewards excellence in teaching and learning at the school level.
It complements University and faculty awards and Australian Learning and Teaching Council Awards for University Teaching.
The Teaching and Learning Committee introduced a Distinguished Departmental Teaching and Learning Award in 1998, however, in 2002, with the implementation of University-wide restructuring the focus of this Award shifted to the schools.
The deadline for submissions for the 2010 award is 30 January 2011.