Individuals and teams were invited to apply for amounts of between $2,000 and $10,000 for projects aimed at implementing aspects of the UTS model of learning, improving students' development of graduate attributes for the future, and/or improving the overall student experience of UTS.
Successful small grants applicants - 2012
Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
Mr Anthony Burke, Ms Joanne Kinniburgh, Mr Gavin Perin
Peer Assisted Learning and Student Retention in Architecture, $8,467
Dr Sumita Ghosh
Enhancing Student Self learning experience and engagement through development of practice oriented tutorial materials for spatial analysis inproperty and planning using GIS, $1,000
Dr Jacqueline Lorber Kasunic
The Art of Noticing: Developing Early Examples of Design Expertise in the first year interdisciplinary design curriculum, $5,000
Associate Professor Kirsten Orr
Digital tool to assist Master of Architecture student investigationsinto the design of innovative precast concrete elements, $9,985
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Dr Theresa Anderson
Breaking through the “marzipan layer”: Developing gender mindedness and equity pedagogy in the design of groupwork activities and assessments, $9,888
Associate Professor Sue Hood
Innovations In Languages Teaching: introducing models, modes and mentoring, $6,000
Ms Susan Oguru and Ms Angela Giovanangeli
Evaluating and Integrating Students' intercultural Learning Strategies for In-country Study, $4,350
Dr Rachel Perry
Extending Spaces for Engagement – the Connected Classroom in Drama and Science Education, $2,500
Ms Jenna Price
Widening Participation by improving retention in first years through the use of social media, $9,895
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Dr Behzad Fatahi
Application of Research Based Computer Games to Train Civil Engineering Students to be lifelong learners, $8,100
Dr Hamid Valipour
Project Based Collaborative Research Model for Improving Students' Development of Graduate Attributes, $5,000
Faculty of Law
Mr Francis Johns
Legal Reasoning and Student Peer Review: Utilising PeerMark to build understanding of a "threshold concept" in Law, $2,583
Professor Anita Stuhmcke
Addressing the Challenge of developing students legal writing and referencing: utilising the ethical and scholarly dimensions of the legal professional context, $4,537
Faculty of Nursing. Midwifery and Health
Ms Christine Catling-Paull
The Virtual Tutor: Improving Clinical Practice Skills for Nursing and midwifery students in the clinical laboratories, $5,000
Ms Frances Rogan
Developing video learning resources to assist culturally and linguistically diverse undergraduate nursing students prepare for effective clinical communication, $9,707
Ms Lisa Townsend
Student Immersion in the community: enhancing the clinical placement experience for undergraduate nursing students, $2,000
Faculty of Science
Associate Professor Tony George
Assessment Tracking by Real-Time Interactive Learning, $2,000
Dr Andrea Leigh
Deepening student engagement with graduate attributes: developing self-appraisal of academic performance and self-improvement in scientific writing, $5,000
Dr Blair Nield
First use of ReView: a tool to combine assessment tasks, marking criteria and graduate attributes for Biochemistry students, $5,000
Dr Lisa Sedger
Implementing and assessing computational technical data analysis in Science Teaching, $10,000
2012 grant guidelines
Grants are intended to enable academic or support staff or teams to engage in innovation, or adaptation of existing innovations, to improve students' graduate attribute development and/or university experience in a specific context such as a subject, series of subjects or program. Projects must go beyond the routine updating of curriculum, resources or support services. Projects may include research or investigative components, but must also have direct impacts on students' experiences.
For all queries regarding the VC's Learning and Teaching Grants, please contact marilyn.harris@uts.edu.au