The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) Community Awards aims to recognise and celebrate members who have made a significant impact to the FEIT community. If you know of a FEIT community member who should be recognised for their contributions, nominate them now.
Nominations for 2024 are now closed
Award categories
The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) Community Awards 2024 contains nine award categories:
- Bachelor Student of the Year
- Master Student of the Year
- Graduate Research Student of the Year
- Student Club of the Year
- Lecturer of the Year
- Tutor of the Year
- Professional Staff of the Year
- Professional Staff Team of the Year
- People’s Choice Award (as voted on by the community)
Key dates
- Monday 22 April 2024
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11:59pm
Nominations close
- Monday 22 July 2024
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Shortlisted candidates announced & People’s Choice Award Voting Opens
- Thursday 1 August 2024
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Announcement of Award Winners at the FEIT Spotlight Celebrations 2024
What happens if you get shortlisted?
- Once nominations have closed on Monday 22 April 2024, the judges will begin their shortlisting process to select the top three candidates from each award category.
- Shortlisted candidates will be asked to attend an informal chat with the judges, where the winner will be determined for each award category.
- They will also need to provide a short video about themselves, which will be used for the People’s Choice Award voting.
- Shortlisted candidates will be announced online, where voting will begin for the People’s Choice Award. The shortlisted candidate that receives the most votes will win.
- Winners will be announced at the FEIT Spotlight Celebrations on Thursday 1 August 2024 and will be published online.
Judging panel
- Dr Lionel Lam - Biomedical Engineering, 2023 Lecturer of the Year Winner
- Deenu Rajaratnam - 2023 Professional Staff of the Year Winner
- Dr Lucy Sparrow - Computing and Information Systems, 2022 Graduate Researcher of the Year Winner
Prizes
- Each nomination that you make will put you in the draw to win one of two $50 vouchers. One nomination will equal one entry.
- All voters for the People’s Choice Award will go in the draw to win a $50 voucher.
- Shortlisted candidates will receive a certificate.
- The award winner will also receive a $300 voucher and an engraved plaque.
- The student club winner will receive a $300 voucher, an engraved trophy and their club name engraved on the FEIT Community Award for Student Club of the Year shield.
Past Winners
Past FEIT Community Award winners
More information
Contact the Events Team:
spotlight-feit@unimelb.edu.au
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology FEIT aims to inspire, encourage and support our community by identifying and celebrating its students, student clubs, professional and academic staff who have made a significant impact to our community for the annual Community Awards, presented at the FEIT Spotlight Celebrations.