College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
2024: Houston, Riley; Wright, Ella
2024: Bye, Katie
- 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
2023: Cox, Sasha
2024: Le Mire, Eliza
- The name of the award shall be the ACHPER SA Graduate Award: Bachelor of Sport, Health & Physical Activity;
- The award shall consist of a medal/plaque and a 1 year membership with ACHPER SA; to be accompanied by a citation describing the exemplary nature of the awardee's outstanding performance.
- The award shall be made on an annual basis to a graduating student in the Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity. Only one medal and one ACHPER 1 year membership shall be awarded each year.
- The award shall be publicised, and nomination forms made available to placement supervisors and university lecturers.
- The academic criteria used in awarding the ACHPER SA Graduate Award: Bachelor of Sport, Health & Physical Activity shall include, but not be limited to, nominees who (a) have successfully completed Industry project placement, (b) have maintained a Grade Point Average of > 5.25, (c) completed the requirements of the degree, the Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity and on track for graduation.
- A nomination panel shall consist of the Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity Industry Placement Coordinator, the Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity Degree Coordinator and the Executive Director of ACHPER SA. The Award Panel will consider all nominees and determine a recommendation for approval by the Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Activity Academic Programs committee.
- The Award Panel’s decision is final.
- The entire prize, or part thereof, shall not be awarded if the Award Panel decides there is no candidate of sufficient merit.
Previous recipients
2016: Fletcher, Molly
2017: Dart, Natasha
2018: Lucas, Benjamin
2019: Pratt, William
2020: Macadam, Antonia K
2021: Wall, Nikki
2022: De Heus, Joshua
2023: Golder, Samara
2024: Mannella, James
- 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
2023: Sanchez Quijano, Daniela
2024: Liu, Hengzhuang
- 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
2023: Corman, Demi
2024: Barresi, Emily
- 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 Master of Social Work (Graduate Entry) 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: Rujn, Yi
2016: Gayton, Catherine Anne
2017: Merrett, Molly (MSWGE); Heptinstall, Claire (MSWGE)
2019: Hodby, Bridget
2020: Mcgrath-Swan, Jessica J
2021: Wijenayaka, Wasana Hansamali
2022: Avella-O'Brien, Tristan
2023: Haynes, Bronwyn
2024: Firns, Elwen
2024: Guillou, Baden
2024: Forbes, Mary
2024: Hopkins, Dylan; Macleod, Juliet
- The name of the prize shall be The Credit Union SA Award for Academic Excellence.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
2023: Category A: Gatter, Cheyann (BEDPR); Category B: Little, Abigail (BEDSBSC); Category B: Wolff, Katherine (BEDSBSC)
2024: Category A: Datson, Alvena (MTPR); Akele, Gabriella (BEDPR); Tongjitakasem, Suchanan (MTEC); Ko, Yu-Tung (MTEC);
Category B: Mcdonald, Christopher (MTS)
2024: Maurer, Jasmin
2024: Luis-Geale, Madison;
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
2023: Marwede, Lauren
2024: Paxinos, Gemma
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
2021: (Group 11) Li, Shuanghua
2022: (Group 12) Huang, Cheng
2023: (Group 13) Liu, Yanping
- 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
2023: Measures, Sarah
2024: Karunakalage, Sashya; Tauseef, Omar
- 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
2023: Simkin, Isabelle
2024: O'Loughlin, Maddison
2024: Hudson, William
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
2023: McGuire, Emily
2024: Davey, Yvette; Kitto, Debbie
The Medal for Excellence in Beginning Teaching is awarded to Bachelor of Education/Master of Teaching graduating students who demonstrates exemplary performance in their final year professional experience in Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary and Special Education teaching.
The criteria for nomination of this award include:
- demonstration of exemplary professional conduct and qualities, including collaborative working relationships and extra-curricular commitment
- strong knowledge of relevant curriculum areas
- competence in short and long term curriculum planning, based on knowledge of student learning, and on principles of inclusivity and social justice
- the identification and implementation of differentiated teaching strategies while sustaining a quality learning program for an extended period
- high level competence in the assessment, recording and reporting of student learning
- the ability to maintain a positive climate for learning, to develop strong relationships and to apply effective classroom management strategies
- demonstration of reflective practice and the ability to analyse teaching effectiveness, in order to improve their professional competence.
Nomination procedure
Pre-service teachers may be nominated for the award by any two of the following:
- A co-operating teacher
- The principal/director or site coordinator
- The university liaison
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
2023
Early Childhood: Lee, Pak Yan
Primary: Huggan, Caroline
Secondary: Mausolf, Amber
Special Education: Rudd, Mahnoosh
2024
Early Childhood: Raw, Patrick
Primary: Thomas, Charlotte
Secondary: Bennett, Emily
Special Education: Eichner, Hannah
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
2023: Mausolf, Amber
2024: Paxinos, Gemma
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