The following procedures for faculties and the School of Indigenous Studies to nominate staff for Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Awards have been established by the University's Teaching and Learning Committee.

Nomination process

1. Faculties are annually invited to select and forward their nominees for the national award nomination selection process administered by the UWA ALTC Selection Committee.  The annual deadline is 31st May. Some faculties (FAHSS, Education, Law) may adopt a collaborative and/or biennial awards process, in which case nominees should coordinate with the faculty awards process and may be collaborative and/or biennial.
2. Faculty awards processes should be formulated to ensure that nominees for the three ALTC awards categories can be submitted as follows (this will apply to faculties nominating candidates either annually or biennially
   1. Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
      • Minimum number of nominations: one
      • Maximum number of nominations: two
   2. Awards for Teaching Excellence
      • Minimum number of nominations: one
      • Maximum number of nominations: one per relevant category
      For example, the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences might nominate one nominee for the categories "Humanities and the Arts", "Social Sciences", "Early Career", "Neville Bonner Award" and "Priority Area".
   3. Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning
      • Minimum number of nominations: one
      • Maximum number of nominations: one per relevant category
   4. The categories are:
      • Assessment and feedback
      • Educational partnerships and collaborations with other organisations
      • The first-year experience
      • Flexible learning and teaching
      • Innovation in curricula, learning and teaching
      • Postgraduate education
      • Services supporting student learning
3. The School of Indigenous Studies should submit one nominee, in any category, following their biennial award process.
4. Nominations should not be ranked by the faculty.
5. Unsuccessful nominations can be resubmitted in following years.
6. Faculties are responsible for ensuring that submissions address relevant requirements for each award category. Requirements for each award category are in Appendix B.