College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

• The Australian Psychological Society Prize in Psychology shall be awarded annually.
• The prize shall consist of 12 months free Associate Membership of the Australian Psychological Society, and the opportunity to present a poster based on his or her thesis at the Annual Conference of The Australian Psychological Society Limited (with conference registration fee paid by the Society) in the year following completion of the program of study.
• The prize shall be awarded to the best student completing an accredited four-year program in psychology.

Previous recipients

1974: Sexton, Michael A

1975: *Dubas, George, *Stevens, Lyndell A

1976: *Cooper, John R, *Stierman, Ineke S, *Traub, Elizabeth

1977: Wale, Jocelyn; 1978: Grosvenor, Andrew M

1979: Matthews, Brian E

1980: Bungey, Jillian B

1981: Barrett, Nicholas C

1982: Ward, Irene

1983: Quinn, Kay

1984: Garlick, Steve

1985: Proeve, Michael J

1986: Barrett, Judith E

1987: Bird, Michael J

1988: Mattiske, Julie K

1989: Sealey, Timothy N

1990: Tuckfield, Brian D

1991: *McQuinn, Krystyna M, *Ridgway, Timothy B

1992: *Gardiner, Maria L, *Schumacher, Kristyn L

1993: Bryan, Janet; Armfield, Jason

1994: Baggs, Kirrilie E

1995: *Cayley, Carol-Ann, *Boyd, Carolyn M

1996: Skinner, Natalie

1997: Barnes, Kylie

1998: Tuckey, Michelle

1999: MacDonald, Craig M

2000: McGill, Belinda J

2001: Pleva, Jessica C

2002: Steele, Anna L

2003: Zweck, Felicia

2004: Palmer, Matthew A

2005: Lee, Yue Ying

2006: Klau, Julie M

2007: Villis, Sophia

2008: Slevec, Julie

2009: Saccone, Elizabeth

2010: Pearce, Amanda

2011: Guerin, Nicola

2012: Castine, Benjamin

2013: Caruso, Rhianne; Dunn, Ann, Morey, Stephanie

2014: Hayes, Douglas

2015: Rossi, Cara Emilia

2016: Bridgland, Victoria

2017: de Valle, Madelaine (HBPS)

2018: McCauley, Ashlan (BPSY)

2019: Harpas, Inessa

2020: Keeping, Catherine A

2021: Wanstall, Sian

2022: Lewitzka, Sarah

• The Ann Collins Memorial Prize shall be awarded annually, on the recommendation of the Ann Collins Tribute Committee. Up to two prizes may be awarded in any one year.
• The value of the prize for each nominated recipient shall be $250.
• The prize shall be awarded to the student(s) currently studying the Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry) in the School of Social and Policy Studies who has made the most significant contribution to social work fieldwork practice in a multi-cultural or cross-cultural setting.

Previous recipients

1997: Gould, Susan

1998: Smith, Benyamin

1999: *Gerardo, Jose, *Oreb, Milivoj A

2000: *Kuroki, Kazuyo, *Salmon, Andrew

2001: *Furdan, Alena, *Scira, Giuseppe

2002: Eddington, Casey S

2003: Le, Hoi

2004: Bouchier, Ross P, Pal Simone M

2005: Caley, Robert Edward; Osman, Elizabeth Helen

2006: Chirisa, Chipo

2007: No award

2008: Tridente, Giovanna

2009: No award

2010: No award

2011: Dominic, Margaret; Wang, Xiangrui; Ghimery, Narapati; and Mayen, James

2013: Kosak, Oksana: Baofo, Peter

2014: Nguyen, Kieu

2015: No award

2016: Sargent, Jason

2017: Pietsch, Naomi; Ledgard, Michelle

2018: Luff, Kiara; Rowson, Shannon

2019: Akhlaghi, Nooshin

2020: Smith, Julia H B

2021: Revell, Eliza

2022: Sam Ath, Pangna

• The Australian Association of Social Workers (SA Branch) shall be awarded annually.
• The value of the prize shall be $250.
• The prize shall be awarded to a student undertaking their final placement in the Bachelor of Social Work course in the School of Social and Policy Studies who is judged to have best identified and discussed an ethical dilemma in their final placement (as outlined in Section 10 of the Field Education Requirements and Learning Guide (2011).
• The prize will not be awarded if there is no application of sufficient merit.

Previous recipients

2015: No award

2016: O'Neil, Alicia

2017: Dempsey. Rebecca (BSW)

2018: Davis, Rhiannon (BSW)

2019: Taheny Penna, Tess

2020: Teekens, Kate S

2021: No recipient

2022: No recipient

1.  The name of the prize shall be The Credit Union SA Award for Academic Excellence.
   
   
2. The total value of the prize shall be $1000, comprising: $500 for category (a) early childhood or primary teaching: students must be enrolled in a Bachelor of Education degree or Master of Teaching award that includes an early childhood or primary strand; and $500 for category (b) secondary teaching; students must be enrolled in a Bachelor of Education degree or Master of Teaching award that includes a middle or secondary strand.
   
   
3. Subject to clauses 4 and 5, the prize shall be awarded to the student(s) with the highest GPA for the EDUC coded topics in Year 3 of the Bachelor of Education or the EDUC coded topics in Year 1 of the Master of Teaching in the year the award is made.
   
   
4.  In the event of two or more students receiving the same GPA in category (a) or (b), the prize shall be shared equally between those students.
   
   
5. The recommendation from the Initial Teacher Education Committee for the recipients for the prize shall be endorsed by the Dean of Education in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work.
   
   
6.  The prize shall be awarded on an annual basis.

Previous recipients

2004: Category A(BEd(JP/P)) - Damarell, Brian E: Category B (BEd(UP/LS)) - Oldham, Robert A: (BEd(Sec)) - Richards, Jo-Anne L: (BEd(Sec)) - Webb, Kerry L: (BEd(Sec)) - Webber, Matthew B

2005: Category A (BEd(JP/P)) - *Crase, Alicia, *Howlett, Sandra: Category B - Miller, Andrew (BEd(Sec))

2006: Category A: (BEd(JP/P)) Grad Ent - *Floreani, Alannah: *Vaughan, Rebecca: Category B (BEd(Sec)) Grad Ent - *Hiscock, Peter: *Nield, Abigail

2007: Category A: (BEd(JP/P)) Grad Ent - Govindaswamy, Karpagman: Category B (BEd(Sec)) Grad Ent - Roberts, Kelly:

2008: Category A: (BEd(JP/P)) Grad Ent - Strevens, Nicholas: Category B: BEd(Sec)/BHlth Sc - Bolch, Samuel: BEd(Sec)/BA - Filatov, Ksensia

2009: Category A: BEd(JP/P)/BA - Taylor, Susanne: Category B: BEd(Sec)/BA - Markovitch, Donna

2010: Category A: Booth, Kylie; Category B: George, Syke

2011: Category A: James, Abbey; Category B: Sutton, Anna

2012: Anna Karo, Heidi; Smith, Rebecca; Joy Rodert, Stephanie

2013: Stone-Phillips, Karna Maree; Nou, Xavia

2014: Bland, Lyndal; Balfour, Christa

2015: Category A: Gilding, Jessica; Gray, Linda; Category B: Holland, Alicia

2016: Category A: Sonntag, Kristie (BEDPRBA); Category B: Mineeff, Katrina (BEDMSSBA)

2017: Category A: Pattison, Krysten (MTEC); Category B: Harris, Brianna (MTS)

2018: Category A: Mcsherry, Rhiannon (BEDECBA); Category B: Mesler, Amanda (BEDMSSBA)

2019:  Category A: Wiesman, Jordan (BEDPRBA); Category A: Takasch, Christine (BEDPRSEBDS); Category B: Di Iorio, Jessica (MTS) 

2020: Category A: Hillary-Burman, Emily (MTPR); Category B: Kuschel, Ruby (BEDSBSC)

2021:  Category A: Southern, Kristyn (MTEC); Category B: Chandler, Benjamin (MTS)

2022: Category A: Rose, Hayley (BEDPRBSE); Category A: Smith, Charlotte (BEDPRBSE); Category B: Samarasekera, Don (MTS)

This award is presented to a student graduating with a degree in Early Childhood Education, for excellence and commitment to the care and education of young children. 

The award showcases the endeavours and accomplishments of early childhood graduates, recognising not only academic excellence but also personal, professional and community achievements. The Early Childhood Australia Student Award is offered in the final year of pre-service teacher studies. 

Award recipients receive a one-year membership to Early Childhood Australia as an acknowledgement of being part of a dynamic collective of early childhood professionals. Award recipients also receive a certificate that will be useful for building a career curriculum vitae.

Previous recipients

2017: Dwyer, Tayla

2018: Palmese, Stephanie

2019: Saunders, Sarah 

2020: Moschakis, Natalie

2021: Deng, Qianyan

2022: Young, Amelia 

Awarded to the student from each intake of the Master of Educational Leadership and Management (China) who achieves the highest GPA calculated using 36 units of Flinders taught topics. The prize recipient is awarded with an academic book up to $100 in value.

Previous recipients

2018: (Group 8) Xueting, Jia

2019: (Group 9) Qian, Zhuang

2020: (Group 10) Li, Meng

• The Prize shall be awarded to the best student completing the whole course in the Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry) in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work (EPSW).
• The best student will be the student who has achieved the highest grade point average (GPA) for the whole of the above course.
• If one student achieves the highest GPA, the value of the Prize shall be $250.
• If two students achieve the same highest GPA, the value of the Prize will be shared between both recipients ($125 each).
• If more than two students achieve the same highest GPA, the Prize will not be awarded that year.
• Student Progress and Assessment Advisors in the College of EPSW are responsible for determining the Prize recipient/s in compliance with these rules.
• The Social Work Teaching Program Director will approve the award of the Prize to the Prize recipient/s.

Previous recipients

2000: Dancer, Tasmin

2001: Dawes, Maurice J; Thompson-Richards, Jenny

2002: Jamieson, Rosalind P; Russell, Sally J

2003: Tschoner, Andrea

2004: Diadio, Christine; Laslett, George

2005: Mannik, Merike Anne

2006: Yates, Bonnie-Claire

2007: Taylor, Jacqueline

2008: Mortensen, Edie

2009: Houtman, Michelle

2010: McDonnell, Samantha

2011: Hooper, Michael

2012: Visschedijk, Maria

2013: Hayes, Paula

2014: Schwark, Jasmine

2015: Lennon, Courtney

2016: Morphett, Lynda Kay

2017: Steiner, Naomi; Bryan-Hancock, James

2018: Barrett, Samantha

2019: Franklin, Anita

2020: Brandenburg, Genevieve

2021: Perrott, Tamika

2022: Hunter, Rebecca

• The Evelyn Antoinette Shlomowitz Prize shall be awarded annually.
• The value of the prize shall be $100.
• The prize shall be awarded to the student with the most outstanding performance in the first year of the Bachelor of Social Work.

Previous recipients

2000: Farran, Zaid D

2001: McBean, Susan J

2002: Kambala, Aina

2003: Elford, Joy

2004: Taylor, Jacqueline S

2005: Leaker, Mary Johanna

2006: Mortensen, Edie

2007: Topp, Nicole; McKenzie, Stewart

2008: Bridgen, Gillian; Swaine, Linda

2009: Salafia, Matthew

2010: Ebelthite, Garth

2011: Broadstock, Stacey

2012: Simpson, Sandra

2013: Evans, Jennifer Ann; Raith, Ann

2014: Verdonk, Pieter

2015: Grant, Kia; Watson, Daniel

2016: Ferris, Joshua

2017: Steiner, Naomi (BSW); Bryan-Hancock, James (BSW)

2018: Gallagher, Ashleigh (BSW)

2019: Breedt, Lauren

2020: Talbot, Carly S

2021: Cheers, Emma

2022:  Gascoigne, Emma

This prize has been established from contributions by friends, family and colleagues to commemorate Gery Beswick, a student, research assistant and part-time tutor in Psychology from 1978 to 1990.

• The Gery Beswick Memorial Prize shall be awarded annually.
• The value of the prize shall be $100.
• The prize shall be awarded to the mature age female student who achieves the best results in Third Year Psychology.
• For the purpose of this prize mature age is defined as thirty years of age or over. 

Previous recipients

1990: Zimmerman, Gillian K

1991: Bryan, Janet

1992: Prager, Margaret A

1993: Cayley, Carol-Ann

1994: *Finley, Elizabeth A, *Magarey, Judith A, *Wilson, Judith A

1995: Thomas, Lyndall J

1996: Trabilsie, Jo-Anne

1997: Lashchuk, Sandra

1998: Gilbert, Maureen

1999: Laird, Christine M

2000: Gates, Karen L

2001: Neailey, Annabel

2002: Brereton, Felicia

2003: Steel, Danielle

2004: Bajer, Lisa M

2005: Panozzo, Stella M

2006: Hedrick, Kyli

2007: Townsend, Wendy

2008: Freegard, Suzana

2009: *Coughlin, Anne-Marie; *Hunter, Mydair

2010: Guerin, Nicola

2011: Boyce, Julie

2012: Johnson, Catherine

2013: Graham, Kristen; Mahlo, Leeann

2014: Whelan, Margaret

2015: Rowe, Melissa; Jose, Ruth

2016: Patzel, Kristina

2017: Raeburn, Catherine (BPS)

2018: Gill, Adrienne (BPSY)

2019: Logounov, Anna; Mallard, Lucretia

2020: Furby, Heather E

2021: Granfield, Philippa

2022:  Wakefield, Alice

Previous recipients

2018

Early Childhood: Maslen, Rachel
Primary: Potter, Kim;  Burfitt, Jake
Secondary: Linggood, Catherine
Special Education: Scudds, Courtney

2019

Early Childhood:  Elmer, Clare
Primary:  Juniper, Eliza; Blom, Lucinda 
Secondary: Jess, Sean 
Special Education:  Legg, Jonathan; Gulpers, Kieren 

2020

Early Childhood:  Costet-Gapp, Valerie
Primary: Najjar, Kellie 
Secondary: Montesi, Jordana 
Special Education: Takasch, Christine 

2021

Early Childhood: Chang, Yin Cheng
Primary:  Stanton, Harleigh; Fox, Nicholas; Wilson, Fiona
Secondary: Haumesser, Celia
Special Education: Christie, Rebecca

2022

Early Childhood: Jones, Ellie
Primary: Gallaway, Lauren; Vidau, Jessica; Allely, Gareth
Secondary: Angove, Breigh
Special Education: Prisco, Syan

This prize has been funded by donations for the purpose of honouring Emeritus Professor RG Brown who retired at the end of 1989 after almost 25 years as Head of the School of Social Administration.

• The RG Brown Prize may be awarded annually.
• The value of the prize will be $250 or such other sum as the School of Social and Policy Studies may recommend.
• The prize shall be awarded to the student who achieves the best aggregate results in the final year of the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Social Work and Social Planning. Part-time students will be eligible in the year in which they complete the course.

Previous recipients

1990: Amery, Howard C; Smith, Kerry A

1991: *O'Donoghuye, Mark E, *Willard-Pameijer, Briar A

1992: Mayne, Melinda L

1993: Cieselski, Hanna

1994: *Bourne, Clarissa G, *Fuller, Natalie A, *Goodes, William TM, *Stewart, Sally V*

1995: Faggotter, Merike A

1996: Leach, Michelle

1997: Groome, Andrew

1998: Scott, Catherine

1999: Rovira, Peter S

2000: Zysk, Anna M

2001: Gray, Stephen H

2002: McBean, Susan J

2003: Molloghan, Helen

2004: Grabowski, Tanya

2005: Miller, Alistair Lee

2006: Ong, Gillian

2007: Leaker, Mary

2008: Holliday, Emma; Topp, Nicole

2009: Martin, Amy

2010: Haines, Michael

2011: Barnes, Susan

2012: Redford, Fiona

2013: Rasmussen, Charlotte

2014: McGee, Kym

2015: Ruchin, Michelle

2016: Simpson, Sandra May

2018: Meffle, Hope (BSWSP)

2017: Fernandez, Dion (BSW)

This prize has been funded to support students who are currently pursuing tertiary education in early childhood teaching.

• The value of the prize is up to $800 and will be awarded annually if there is a recipient who meets the selection criteria.
• The student must be enrolled in a course under the course rule of Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) or Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) / Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Special Education) / Bachelor of Disability Studies.
• The prize will be awarded to either:
  • an individual or up to 2 recipients. Where there are 2 recipients the prize will be shared equally.
  • a group of 3 or more. The total will be shared equally between all recipients in the group.
• The recipients will be selected based on grade requirements and the prize awarded to the nominees that best meet the academic selection criteria as determined by the Selection Committee.

Previous recipients

2018: Painter, Gail (MTEC); Brine, Tamara (MTEC); Monserrat, Alexandra (MTEC); Carnevale-Cantone, Rosanna (MTEC)

World Teachers' Day is an international day to celebrate brilliant and dedicated teachers. In SA, the annual award is organised by Educators SA. Along with other SA Universities, Flinders University nominates an exceptional pre-service teacher for this award each year.

Previous recipients

2018: Kielow, Rachel 

2019: Legg, Jonathan

2020: Asikas, Nikki E 

2021: Stanton, Harleigh

2022: Allely, Gareth