For 35 years ATEM has been championing the professional in the tertiary sector. In encouraging better managers in tertiary education institutions, ATEM is proud of its contribution to the sector.

ATEM feels that it is time to recognise our profession in a more substantial way, by recognising best practice by professionals in Tertiary Education Management in Australia and New Zealand. It is time our professional heroes be recognised for their outstanding contributions to the sector.

ATEM is proud to acknowledge the support of the Campus Review as the Awards' Main Sponsor. Campus Review have allowed ATEM to gain wide publicity for the awards and will feature the winners in an article in its publication in September.

The Campus Review is the premier newspaper dedicated solely to the sector and their sponsorship is very important to the conducting of the Awards.

 ATEM also wishes to acknowledge the support of the Sponsors for each of the individual awards... Please click on their logos for more information.

Award Categories

• The Oracle|RightNow Award for Excellence in Student Administration and Customer Service

• The UNIpromo Award for Excellence in Marketing, Communication and Public Relations

• The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Award for Excellence in Innovation

• The LH Martin Award for Excellence in Leadership

• The ResearchMaster Award for Excellence in Research Management

• The Higher Ed Services Award for Excellence in Financial Management

• The Uni Jobs Award Excellence in Humans Resource Management

• The Ellucian Award for Excellence in IT Management

• The Professional Staff Union Award for Excellence in Community Engagement

• The Campus Living Villages Award for Excellence by a Young Person in Tertiary Education
   

Application Dates

- Applications OPEN 22nd February 2012 and CLOSE 30th June 2012

The application form will be available for download as a pdf form at the top right hand column of this page.

Please note - all applicants must be members of ATEM. ATEM offers free entry as a service to its members. Membership of ATEM in 2012 is $187 / year. You can join here... http://www.atem.org.au/become-a-member/ membership-benefits

Purpose and Scope of the Awards

The purpose of the ATEM Awards for Best Practice in Tertiary Education Management is to recognise and acknowledge excellence in professional management and administration by staff of tertiary institutions or directly associated agencies in the Australian and New Zealand tertiary education sector, whether or not members of ATEM.

Awards will recognise excellence in the character and quality of provision of tertiary education management. The Panels will consider submissions which are consistent with the purpose and ethos of a tertiary institution or agency, and beyond the provision of the core academic and research functions of a tertiary institution.

Awards are available to managers and administrators and teaching / research staff and both individual and team applicants are encouraged

Winners will be announced at the Best Practice Awards Reception Dinner, to be held in conjunction with the TEM Conference. This year's reception will be hosted at the Hawke Centre, courtesy of the University of South Australia.

Consideration of Submissions

The Panels will consider submissions that, in its opinion, satisfy the purpose, scope, and other requirements for the Awards set out here.

An application should display a standard of administrative professionalism appropriate to the character of the award applied for.

The panel may, in addition to considering the opinions of referees nominated, seek an opinion on a submission from any other person it chooses, provided its intention is first discussed with the candidate as to appropriateness of such a reference.

The panel may, if it considers there are not sufficient submissions that warrant granting the number of Awards available, recommend granting fewer.

Criteria for the awards and judging individual panels for the ATEM Awards

The criteria for the awards are set out in the ATEM / Campus Review Awards brochure. You will note that each individual award has its own set of criteria in keeping with the area of expertise. Please read each criteria carefully.

What are the benefits to the winners?

- Peer recognition

- Benchmark for Quality

- Official certificate of acknowledgement

- Publication of your name and work in the Campus Review, Australia and New Zealand’s leading Tertiary Education Newspaper

- Day entry to the TEMC for Monday 17th September

- As a winner of an award, you will be recognised across Australia and New Zealand as one of the leading practitioners in your field. Your institution will also be recognised for its supporting and nurturing role which allowed you to succeed.

- Your work will be publically acknowledged at the official awards dinner to be held on the first night September 17th of the Tertiary Education Management Conference in front of 200 delegates and guests.

For more information on the Awards, please download the Awards Brochure (pdf available in the top right hand column of this page).