Applications are now being sought for the

2008 B-HERT Awards for

Outstanding Achievement in Collaborative Research & Development and Education & Training

Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year

Outstanding Philanthropic Support of Higher Education

 

WINNERS OF THE

2007 B-HERT AWARDS

Outstanding Achievement in Collaborative Research & Development and Education & Training

Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year

Outstanding Philanthropic Support of Higher Education

 

WINNERS OF THE

2006 B-HERT AWARDS

Outstanding Achievement in Collaborative Research & Development and Education & Training

Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year

Outstanding Philanthropic Support of Higher Education

WINNERS OF THE

2005 B-HERT AWARDS

Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Research & Development and Education & Training

and

Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year

 

WINNERS OF THE

2004 B-HERT AWARDS

Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Research & Development and Education & Training

and

Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year

 

WINNERS OF THE

2003 B-HERT AWARDS

Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Education & Training - 2003 B-HERT Award Winners

Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year - 2003 Best Entrepreneurial Educator



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  • Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Research & Development and Education & Training
  • Award for the Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year

 

Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in

Research & Development and Education & Training

Supported by AusIndustry

Purpose
A program of prestigious awards initiated in 1998 to recognise outstanding achievements in collaboration between business and higher education in the fields of Research & Development and Education and Training. The objective of the program is to highlight at a national level the benefits of such collaboration, and enhance links between industry and universities.

Eligibility
The award is made to a program or project involving a collaborative partnership between business and higher education.  Therefore, the collaborating organisations nominated for the award must come from business and from higher education.  At least  one of the collaborating organisations must be a Member of B-HERT.

Each submission must be signed by all participating partners.

Frequency
Awards are made annually and presented at the B-HERT Awards dinner in November each year.

Number and categories of Awards
This year's Awards are for -

  • Best Research & Development Collaboration
  • Best Education & Training Collaboration
  • Best Collaboration involving a CRC - Research & Development & Education & Training
  • Best International Collaboration - Research & Development & Education & Training
  • Best Collaboration with a Regional Focus - Research & Development & Education & Training

Applications may be submitted for an Award in one or more categories.   However, no application can win more than one Award. Non successful applicants are eligible to apply for an Award in a later year.

Criteria for Assessment

1.  Innovation - has the project or program produced new products or services; how innovative is it in its concept or idea, design, delivery or content; what new barriers has it surmounted; what new challenges has it identified?

2.  Strength of Relationship - (a) what is the extent of involvement of the partners? (b) how has this grown over the life of the project or program? (c) how do the partners work together in a productive partnership? (d) are there obstacles and barriers the partners have had to overcome to make the collaboration work? (e) what other spin-offs have there been from the project or program for participating organisations?

3.  Outreach Inclusion - has the project or program attracted new participants since its inception; has it become a model for other projects or programs?

4.  National Benefits - these may be economic, financial, social, educational or community benefits:  may include for example, growth in exports, creation of new jobs outreach and provision of services to new community sectors and participants, and so on.

5.  Cultural Impact - what impact has the project or program had on the cultures of the participating organisations? What changes have occurred in what is done and the way it is done in the participating organisations? What changes have there been in attitudes, behaviour or values in the participants?


Award for the Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year

MAJOR SPONSOR

Purpose
To recognise the importance of education in the process of developing and nurturing entrepreneurs; and to showcase best practice in entrepreneurial education.

Eligibility
Educators of students beyond the age of compulsion from final years of schooling, vocational education, training institutions, universities, employment programs to adult education programs are eligible.

Frequency
Awards are made annually and presented at the B-HERT Awards dinner each year.

Award
The Award will include a Qantas voucher to the value of $3000, valid for 12 months, which is intended to be used by the winner to visit some appropriate overseas institutions.

Criteria for Assessment
1. Effective involvement of industry in the design, implementation and evaluation of entrepreneurial educational activities.

2. Encouragement of students in the practice of entrepreneurship.

3. Is the educator's work a model for others?

4. Demonstrable outcomes of the educator's work - development by students of new products, processes or services.

5. Has the educator's work made a difference to the attitudes, self esteem, behaviour, life chances, values and employment outcomes of their students?


Awards will be presented at the B-HERT Awards Dinner held annually in November, along with the Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Research and Development and Education & Training.


B-HERT
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24 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy  Vic  3065

Ph: 03 9419 8068  Fax: 03 9419 8276
Email: bhert@bhert.com

Professor Ashley Goldsworthy AO OBE
Executive Director
Business/Higher Education Round Table
Ph: 0414 952 273

updated 27 May 2004


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