Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) grants
Meet our past SoTL grant recipients and find out how to apply.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant Programme provides a contestable fund that supports colleagues in developing their educational leadership capability, and funds projects that are aligned to the University’s institutional priorities.
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2025 recipients
Development and Innovation Grant
Small-scale projects
Associate Professor Darren Powell
Faculty of Arts and Education
Food pedagogies: A recipe for relationality
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Darren Powell
Dr Shyamli Sindhwani
Faculty of Science
AI-Supported Conversational Assessments for Scalable and Authentic Learning Evaluation
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Shyamli Sindhwani
Dr Talia Xu
Faculty of Science
Rust-based xv6: Modernizing Core Computer Systems Education
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Talia Xu
Dr Emily Parke
Faculty of Arts and Education
Accessible Multimedia Tools for Engaging with Philosophical Material
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Emily Parke
Dr Blake Bennett
Faculty of Arts and Education
Enhancing Student Learning Through AI-Supported Video Editing: A Pilot Using Descript to Create Accessible Learning Media
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Blake Bennett
Dr Jonny Stephenson
Faculty of Science
Assessment for learning in general mathematics courses
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Jonny Stephenson
Dr Emalani Case
Faculty of Arts and Education
Critical and Creative Assessments in the Pacific Studies Classroom
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Emalani Case
Dr Petra Nianqi Tang
Faculty of Science
Technology-Enhanced Learning in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics: Building Reusable and Inclusive Materials
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Petra Nianqi Tang
Professor Alys Longley
Creative Pedagogies and Artistic Research Network UoA : A collaborative project supporting creative pedagogies in the University context
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Alys Longley
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant
Medium-scale projects
Professor Matire Harwood, KSM
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Building a Community-Engaged Curriculum: A Practice Plan for Medical and Health Sciences
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Matire Harwood
Associate Professor Frauke Meyer
Faculty of Arts and Education
Trialling Mixed-Reality Simulations to Improve School Leaders’ Communication Skills
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Frauke Meyer
Dr Shyamli Sindhwani
Faculty of Science
Rethinking Assessment in the Age of AI: A Framework for Assignment Design that Supports Student Learning in Open-GenAI Environments
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Shyamli Sindhwani
Dr Cody Mankelow
Faculty of Engineering and Design
Sustainability education in FoED: exploring the diversity in teaching and learning
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Cody Mankelow
Param Iyer
Business School
Ready-to-Run Tactile and Digitised Learning Kits for Operations and Supply Chain Management
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Param Iyer
Learning Leaders Grant
To build capacity
Professor Gary Barkhuizen
Faculty of Arts and Education
Developing, trialing, and researching research-based cases in language teacher research education
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Gary Barkhuizen
Dr Jay Gong
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Staff and student acceptability of an AI-driven Clinical Pharmacy Virtual Tutorial
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Jay Gong
Dr Judy Thomas
Faculty of Science
Teaching in Motion: The development of a Relational Learning Hub to Enhance Pedagogy in Exercise Science
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Judy Thomas
Dr Ashwini Datt
Faculty of Arts and Education
AI for Learning: Building Teacher Competencies and Capabilities
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Ashwini Datt
2024 recipients
Development and Innovation Grant
Small-scale projects
Dr David Cumin
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Development of a tool for data analysis and visualisation of biological rhythms
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: David Cumin
Dr Barbara Martelli
Faculty of Arts and Education
Italian Creative Writing: Crafting Stories as a Pathway to Enhance Language Skills
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Barbara Martelli
Dr Susann Wiedlitzka
Teaching dataset for CRIM705 Quantitative Criminology
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Susann Wiedlitzka
Associate Professor Danielle Lottridge
Integrating Accessibility in Creative Web Prototypes through High-Quality Scalable Teaching Materials and Assessment Feedback
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Danielle Lottridge
Professor Paul Corballis
Faculty of Science
Bridging Theory and Practice: Developing Hands-On Electrophysiological Labs for Psychology Education
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Paul Corballis
Dr Estelle Watson
Curriculum mapping for implementing a two-lane assessment approach in the Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology Degree
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Estelle Watson
Dr Edward Elder
Hackathon for Curricular Transformation with Employability and Innovation Focus
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Edward Elder
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant
Medium-scale projects
Professor Alys Longley
Creative Pedagogies and Artistic Research Network UoA : A collaborative project supporting creative pedagogies in the University context
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Alys Longley
Dr Claire Donald
Mind the ‘MAP’: Capturing Mentor Assistance Practices (MAPs) to develop and test a sustainable mentoring programme for first-year engineering
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Claire Donald
Mr Patrick Dodd
Business School
Enhancing Self-Directed Learning Through AI-Driven Virtual Tutors: A Study on Digital Avatars in Higher Education
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Patrick Dodd
Dr Sonia Fonua
Exploring how arts-based creative practices can engage Pacific science learners and upskill science educators
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Sonia Fonua
Learning Leaders Grant
To build capacity
Dr Simon Ingram
Enhancing studio-based teaching/supervision through relational pedagogy: a collaborative research project at Elam Te Waka Tuhura School of Fine Arts
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Simon Ingram
Dr Abhinaw Sai Erri Pradeep
Leading the Transformation of Virtual Classrooms: Enhancing Learner Engagement with Interactive Technologies
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Abhinaw Sai Erri Pradeep
Dr John Egan
SoTL in the Health Sciences: an international collaboration on MCQ assessment
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: John Egan
2023 recipients
Development and Innovation Grant
Small-scale projects
Dr Charlotte Jones-Todd
Faculty of Science
A digital greenhouse: a virtual experimental design platform as a cost- and hassle-free in-class data collection tool
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Charlotte Jones-Todd
Mareike Schmidt
Faculty of Arts and Education
Virtual Exchange between UoA and University of Augsburg in Germany
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Mareike Schmidt
Professor JC Gaillard
Faculty of Science
The path of the cohort: developing and orienting multiple learning pathways in our University courses
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: JC Gaillard
Dr Amar Al Auckaili
Faculty of Engineering and Design
Implementation of Interactive Quizzing Games in Chemical Engineering Core Courses
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Amar Al Auckaili
Ms Lisa Crowley
Faculty of Arts and Education
Teacher / student co-development of methods for Creative Studio Practice that are grounded in relational and inclusive world views.
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Lisa Crowley
Professor Paul Corballis
Faculty of Science
Postgraduate Coding Bootcamp for Psychology
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Paul Corballis
Dr Abhinaw Sai Erri Pradeep
Faculty of Engineering and Design
Enhancing Experiential Learning: Exploring GPTs for learning Engineering Risk Management
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Abhinaw Sai Erri Pradeep
Dr Nicole Perry
Faculty of Arts and Education
Fostering Relational Learning: Connecting Diverse Learning Communities in a Virtual Space
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Nicole Perry
Dr David Musson
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Efficacy of online course material for providing fundamental content required for MEDSCI 709
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: David Musson
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant
Medium-scale projects
Dr Enrique del Rey Castillo
Faculty of Engineering and Design
Improving Year 1 students’ preparedness for University through self-assessed Study Skills Inventories
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Enrique del Rey Castillo
Dr Timothy Fadgen
Faculty of Arts and Education
Holistic Evaluation of Work-Integrated Public Policy Learning: Interns, Externs, and their Communities of Practice
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Timothy Fadgen
Dr Anna Fergusson
Faculty of Science
Getting the best of both worlds: Integrating human and automated assistance to support student learning via an online question-answering platform
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Anna Fergusson
Dr Johnny Chan
Business School
A GenAI-Driven University Student Project Enhancement Tool
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Johnny Chan
Dr Rachelle Singleton
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Student identity and career aspirations of non-clinical (Bachelor of Science) programme cohorts after Overlapping Year 1
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Rachelle Singleton
Learning Leaders Grant
To build capacity
Professor Gary Barkhuizen
Faculty of Arts and Education
Developing, researching and promoting the Casebook Method in language teacher education
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Gary Barkhuizen
Dr Marcia Leenen-Young
Faculty of Arts and Education
Conceptualising Pacific Pedagogies
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Marcia Leenen-Young
2022 recipients
Development and Innovation Grant
Small-scale projects
Dr Hazim Namik
Faculty of Engineering and Design
A Better Quizzing Platform for STEM Subjects
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Hazim Namik
Dr Camilla Highfield
Faculty of Arts and Education
Development of a toolkit to support cross-cultural postgraduate supervision
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Camilla Highfield
Dr Amar Auckaili
Faculty of Engineering and Design
A qualitative study of student engagement in a flipped classroom
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Amar Auckaili
Dr Andrea Kolb
Faculty of Engineering and Design
Coaching framework for success with the entrepreneurial mindset profile (EMP)
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Andrea Kolb
Dr Thomas Aditya Loho
Faculty of Engineering and Design
Materials Science in everyday life – Case study assessments for first-year engineering students
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Profile: Thomas Loho
Dr Richey Wyver
Faculty of Arts and Education
Friends, Family and Food: How Can Relational Learning Improve Student Attendance and Engagement?
Development and Innovation Grant (small-scale project)
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant
Medium-scale projects
Associate Professor Eleanor Hawe
Faculty of Arts and Education
Investigating Assessment for Learning (AfL) as a signature pedagogical practice in a professional degree programme
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Eleanor Hawe
Dr Nasser Giacaman
Faculty of Engineering and Design
An Automated Polyglot Feedback and Assessment Tool for Software Code Style
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Nasser Giacaman
Professor Paul Denny
Faculty of Science
Transforming the Pedagogical Practice of Computer Science with AI Code-Generation Models
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Paul Denny
Dr Jo Smith
Faculty of Arts and Education
The intersection of policy and leadership
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Discipline-Based Educational Research Grant (medium-scale project)
Profile: Jo Smith
Learning Leaders Grant
To build capacity
Dr Claire Donald
Faculty of Engineering and Design
Leadership in Engineering Education
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Claire Donald
Gail Ledger
Faculty of Arts and Education
Grand Designs: Negotiating place to advance relational teaching practices
Learning Leaders Grant (to build capacity)
Profile: Gail Ledger
Page updated 17/12/2025 (added 2025 recipients)