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2024 WIL AWARDS

ACEN Awards Finalists 2024

On behalf of the ACEN national board, the ACEN Awards working party, and the Professional Learning Committee we are pleased to announce the following finalists for the 2024 ACEN WIL Awards. The winners will be announced at the ACEN 2024 Conference on the 21st – 22nd October 2024 in Sydney.

Congratulations to all the finalists!

2024 Finalists

Local Hero Award

The Local Hero Award is awarded to a partner organisation that is a small-medium enterprise whose engagement with an institution through WIL and whose contribution to the WIL experience of students, is above and beyond the expectation of the size of their organisation. Local Hero award finalists are:

Beaufort and Skipton Health Service – nominated by University of Melbourne
Humanitarian Advisory Group (HAG) – nominated by RMIT University
The Digital Guide – nominated by the University of Southern Queensland

Innovation and Excellence Award

The Innovation and Excellence Award recognises quality and innovative WIL practices across a diverse range of disciplines, models and methods. Innovation and Excellence Award finalists are:

University of Melbourne – nominated by Timothy Beaumont
Deakin University Business School – nominated by Pete Williams
University of Technology Sydney – nominated by Gillian Smith
Monash University – nominated by Julie Harbert

Collaboration Award

The Collaboration Award is awarded to a partner organisation that is collaborating with an institution to provide a sustained and significant contribution to WIL. Collaboration award finalists are:

Cisco- Innovation Central – nominated by University of Canberra and Curtin University
NSW Health Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) – nominated by University of Tasmania
Lort Smith Animal Hospital- nominated by Melbourne Polytechnic / La Trobe University

The People’s Choice Award

The People’s Choice Award (Case Study) shares quality and/or innovative practice via a short video. The following top five Case Studies have been shortlisted for the ACEN Conference People’s Choice Award – they will be presented at the ACEN Conference 2024 and conference delegates vote for the winning case:

Unlocking Australia’s Potential: The Monash Innovation Guarantee is shaping the next generation of leaders through WIL – Susie Ho, Monash University
Innovative WIL: Co-creating and embedding a WIL simulation to develop employability – Jennifer Ruskin, Macquarie University
UniSA Business Networking Events: Scaling Collaborative Partnerships – Daryl McMahon – University of South Australia
Keep on “WIL-ggling” – scaffolded and scalable online WIL with a heart – Kim Burley, University of South Australia
The icare and UTS Business School WIL Partnership: Delivering Positive Social Impact for the Community of NSW – Rosemary Sainty, UTS Business School

Honorary Life Membership

Honorary Life membership recognises significant service and contribution to Work Integrated Learning (WIL) in Australia and or internationally in areas of practice, pedagogy or research.

Best Poster Award

At each ACEN Conference, an award is given for the best poster presentation. Posters are judged by conference delegates and consideration is given to contribution to the field, relevance to the conference theme and overall presentation.