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Vice-Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

My course HDR Events and awards Vice-Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

Events and awards

    Overview Vice-Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence Best Higher Degree by Research Student Publication DocFest 2020 Seminar Series

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and the University Higher Degrees by Research Committee have established the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. 

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Eligibility

To be eligible for nomination for the award a student will normally have received recommendations from two external examiners that the degree should be awarded without amendments to the thesis (A, A). Students passed with minor amendments (A,B) may also be considered on the basis of a case made by the nominator to the University Higher Degrees by Research Committee.

Doctoral students who have been completed and are awarded the degree in the previous year (eg 2024) are eligible to be nominated. Nominees need not have graduated at this stage.

PhD by prior published work and higher doctorate students are not eligible for consideration of this award.

Procedures

The Office of Graduate Research will call for nominations from the supervisors of eligible students inviting them to submit a nomination in January of each year.

The nominations will then be forwarded to the University Higher Degrees by Research Committee via the Office of Graduate Research. These will be considered by the University Higher Degrees by Research Committee and forwarded to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) for a final recommendation.

Nomination from the supervisor 

The nomination must address the following points separately:

  • Highlights from the examiner's reports and recommendations.
  • Extent of revisions required to the thesis.
  • Publications stemming from the thesis or publication equivalents and other appropriate research outputs (for example, patents, exhibitions, performances and other creative works). Unrelated publications will not be considered.
  • Other recognition for the quality of research undertaken for the thesis (for example, prizes and awards conferred, recognition by professional organisations, invitations to prestigious conferences).
  • Timely completion of the degree.

The points above will be considered relative to the student's project and/or discipline.

In addition to the criteria above, examiners will be informed of the award and will confidentially indicate on the Examination Report Form if they would like the student to be considered for the award. This information will also inform the University Higher Degrees by Research Committee.

  • Refer to the Prizes and Awards Policy for further information about the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
  • Nomination form for Vice Chancellors Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
  • Previous doctoral thesis excellence recipients.

Additional awards

Recipients and supervisors should also refer to the research awards information. Your outstanding doctoral thesis may be an excellent contender for other awards.

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence recipients

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First name Last name College
Mohammed Akhib College of Business, Government and Law
Lara King College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Lucy Bird College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Susan Arthure College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Rebecca Lindsay College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Lisia Barros Ferreira College of Medicine and Public Health
Andrew Hayles College of Medicine and Public Health
Anne Mette  Adams College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Fang Yan College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Mohsen Feyzi College of Science and Engineering
Jonathan Syme College of Science and Engineering
Rebecca Carpenter-Mew College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
2022 keyboard_arrow_up
First name

Last name

College

Katerina  Byrant College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 
Roxanna Diamond                 College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Lucas Hearn College of Science and Engineering
Matt Jellicoe College of Science and Engineering
Jessica  Maddern College of Medicine and Public Health
Ludovico Messineo                College of Medicine and Public Health
Georgia Middleton College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Peta Straiton College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 
Taylor Swain College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Jenne Tran College of Medicine and Public Health
Craig Westell College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Jordan Wray College of Science and Engineering
2021 keyboard_arrow_up

First name

Last name

College

Julie

Brose

Nursing and Health Sciences

Tazrina

Chowdhury

Nursing and Health Sciences

Michael

de Ruyer

Humanities and Social Sciences

Bonnie

Derne

Science and Engineering

Terefe

Fuge Medicine and Public Health

Diana 

Fusco

Science and Engineering

Libby

Hammond

Education, Psychology and Social Work

Sandra

Mortimer Medicine and Public Health

Temitope

Olasunkanmi-Alimi

Humanities and Social Sciences

Ayub

Qassim Medicine and Public Health

Sophie

Rapagna

Science and Engineering

David

Waterford
Business, Government and Law
2020 keyboard_arrow_up

First name

Last name

College

Enrique

Aragon Nunez

Humanities and Social Sciences

Rhys

Aston

Business, Government and Law

Omaima

Eldeeb

Humanities and Social Sciences

Trine

Enemark

Science and Engineering

John

McCarthy

Humanities and Social Sciences

James

McEvoy

Medicine and Public Health

Thi

Nguyen

Medicine and Public Health

Eleanor

Pratt

Science and Engineering

Amirhosein

Ramazanpour Esfahani

Science and Engineering

Irena

White

Education, Psychology and Social Work

Max

Worthington

Science and Engineering

Paul

Young

Science and Engineering

2019 keyboard_arrow_up

First name

Last name

College

Simone

Deegan

Business, Government and Law

Cara

Rossi

Education, Psychology and Social Work

Sasha

Quayum

Education, Psychology and Social Work

Sean

Gilbert

Humanities and Social Sciences

Matthew

Tieu

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

David

Turnbull

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Jennifer

Slape

Nursing and Health Science

Darryl

Sellwood

Nursing and Health Sciences

Lisa

Alcock

Science and Engineering

Elen

Shute

Science and Engineering

Meruyert

Beknazarova (Cooper)

Science and Engineering

Alex

Newcombe

Science and Engineering

2018 keyboard_arrow_up

First name          

Last name           

College                                                                                

Michele Jarldorn Education, Psychology and Social Work
Tiffany Knight Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Daniel Carragher Education, Psychology and Social Work
Petra Mosmann Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Tom P Walsh Medicine and Public Health
Shee Chee Ong Medicine and Public Health
Gaylene Denford-Wood Education, Psychology and Social Work
Kate Berniz Education, Psychology and Social Work
Ali Baker Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Thomas Daniels Science and Engineering
Yogesh Sharma Nursing and Health Sciences
Himal Kandel Nursing and Health Sciences
2017 keyboard_arrow_up

First name          

Last name            

College                                                                               

Suvimol Charoensiddhi Medicine and Public Health
Qi Yang Medicine and Public Health
Zoe Wallin Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Naomi Kakoschke Education, Psychology and Social Work
Philip Townsend Education, Psychology and Social Work
Lynne Taylor Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Kate Bartel Education, Psychology and Social Work
Katherine Morel Medicine and Public Health
Julie Mushynsky Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Leena Baghdadi Medicine and Public Health
Saad Algraini Business, Government and Law
Jamie Ranse Nursing and Health Sciences
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Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law

Graham           Pamela Humanities and Creative Arts
Maguire Emma Humanities and Creative Arts
Nagarajan Nithya Humanities and Creative Arts

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Hulin Julie-Ann Medicine
Bickford Jane Health Sciences
Juniarti Neti Nursing and Midwifery

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Norris Matthew Chemical and Physical Sciences
Domingos Fabricius Biological Sciences
Britton Joshua Chemical and Physical Sciences

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Micic Gorica   Psychology
Andrew Rachel Psychology
Hail Steven Business
2015 keyboard_arrow_up

Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law

Fowler                Madeline             Humanities & Creative Arts/Archaeology                    
Godfrey Nicholas Humanities and Creative Arts/Screen and Media
Raupp Jason Humanities & Creative Arts/Archaeology

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Shailesh Bihari Medicine/Critical Care Medicine
Dave Alpana Medicine/Department of Opthalmology
Shepheard Stephanie Medicine/Human Physiology

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Moore Katherine Chemical and Physical Sciences
Ridings Christiaan Chemical and Physical Sciences
Slattery Ashley Chemical and Physical Sciences

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Coughlin Anne-Marie Psychology
Bui Yen Business
2014 keyboard_arrow_up

 Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law
King                   Svetlana             Education                                                       
Pietsch Stephen Humanities and Creative Arts / Theology                   
Potter Martin Humanities and Creative Arts / Screen

 Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Hibberd              Timothy              Medicine                                                        
Petersons Carolyn Medicine                                                               
Stockley Creina Medicine

 Faculty of Science and Engineering
Groom                Scott                  Biological Sciences                                          
Morgan Leanne Environment                                                          
Sharma Anirudh Chemical and Physical Sciences

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Aktar                  Shajeda              International Studies                                      
Angelakis Samantha Psychology                                                            
Nehmy Thomas Psychology

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 Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law 
Deane                Laura                  Humanities/English, Creative Writing and Australian Studies
Fopp Rodney Humanities/Theology
Guenther Antje Humanities/Drama

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Lindop                Rhianna              Medicine /Immunology                                          
Tahill Teuku    Public Health
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Atyabi Adham Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics            
Smith                  Renee                Biological Sciences                                          
Tune Daniel   Chemical and Physical Sciences

 

 Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Isherwood            Linda                  National Institute of Labour Studies                        
Saleheen Ahmed Social and Policy Studies

 

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Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any enquiries related to HDR events or awards.

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