This fund is administered by the Teaching and Learning Committee to encourage visits to the University by teachers with a national or international reputation and thereby improve the quality of the student learning experience.

1. Guidelines
2. Applications
3. Grant
4. Conditions

Guidelines

The principal purpose is to enhance the quality of teaching and learning at UWA at either or both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Visitors are expected to engage in a variety of areas, such as:

• curriculum development methodology
• scholarship of teaching and learning in a particular discipline or field
• new approaches to student learning.

Visitors who are primarily coming as researchers, even if undertaking some teaching in their area of research, will not be supported. Although activities of a visitor may include some face-to-face teaching in their discipline, a visitor’s activities should focus clearly on teaching and learning development, improvement and innovation to benefit staff and students, rather than on imparting specialised research knowledge.

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Applications

Requirements

Applications are strongly encouraged on behalf of visitors who hold national or international teaching awards

Applications on behalf of visitors whose activities have relevance outside their discipline to the broader University community are also encouraged.

Applicants are required to discuss with Professor Denise Chalmers, Director of The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL), an outline of the proposed teaching and learning activities to be undertaken by the visitor. This will assist applicants in clarifying the teaching and learning requirements specified in the guidelines.

Submissions

Schools and other cost centres such as Student Services, CATL, Library should submit their applications to the Teaching and Learning Committee at least two months prior to the proposed visit. Funds will not be provided retrospectively once a visitor has arrived.

Applications will be assessed by a small selection committee comprising of:

• Chair of the Teaching and Learning Committee or nominee
• Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training)
• Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.

Applications should be addressed to:

Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) (M466)
The Executive Officer
Distinguished Visiting Teachers Fund

Forms

Applications should be submitted on the DVTF proforma
 

Distinguished visiting teachers fund [RTF, 716.4 kb]
Updated 25 Aug 2009

Example - Successful Application [PDF, 21.2 kb]
Updated 25 Aug 2009

Assessment

The application will be assessed on the basis of the contribution that the visitor will make to the teaching and learning activities of the University and will be evaluated using:

• details of the proposed activities of the visitor in enhancing teaching and learning
• information regarding the quality of the visitor.

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Grant

The maximum grant for an individual visit is $4,000 for a national visitor or $6,000 for an international visitor.

• The fund will pay the full cost of a visit up to these amounts, where the benefit to the University justifies the expenditure.
• The host school/centre/section is required to provide in-kind support such as administrative support or use of specialised facilities.
• Normally, one grant per annum will be provided to schools or other cost centres.
• Grants are not transferable to another visitor and must be used within 12 months from the date of allocation or be returned to the fund.

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Conditions

Six weeks before the visit, a visitor profile and an overview of the visitor’s activities should be submitted by the host school/centre/section to:

Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) (M466)
The Executive Officer
Distinguished Visiting Teachers Fund

They may be used in publications such as CATLYST and UWA News.

Within four weeks of the visitor's departure, a brief report should be provided by the applicant through the Head of School to the Teaching and Learning Committee via:

Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) (M466)
The Executive Officer
Distinguished Visiting Teachers Fund

Reports can be provided electronically and must include:

• details of the visitors’ activities
• benefits to the school and the University in relation to those anticipated in the application
• expenditure of the budget (unused funds from the Distinguished Visiting Teachers Fund must be returned).

Failure to provide the reports will prejudice further awards.

In accordance with Teaching and Learning Committee Resolutions 3/98, 4/98 and 3/99, 27/01, R28/04

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