Vice-Chancellor’s Student Awards

• These awards are open to current ECU students.
• For each of the awards, the winning student or student team, will receive:
  • A $5,000 monetary prize
  • A trophy
  • A certificate

In order to be eligible for this award:

• The nominee/s must be enrolled in at least one unit at the time of nomination.
• The nominee/s must have good academic standing.
• All award recipients will have demonstrated behaviour that is consistent with the University’s values of Integrity, Respect, Rational Inquiry, Personal Excellence and Courage.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Student Award for Contribution to University Life is awarded to recognise a student, or a student team, who have significantly enhanced the student experience through exceptional dedication, leadership, and service within the university community.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Student Award forCommunity Engagement is awarded to recognise a student, or a student team, who has demonstrated outstanding engagement with external communities which aligns with ECU’s strategic goals and values by transforming lives and enriching society.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Student Award forReconciliation is awarded to recognise a student, or a student team, who has demonstrated outstanding contribution to develop an equitable community that values Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and knowledge.

Nominations are evaluated by a committee of staff and students. Award recipients are selected based on the below considerations:

• Depth of Impact - the degree of change and/or influence achieved
• Breadth of impact – the reach of change and/or influence achieved
• Sustainability of impact – the expected longevity of the change and/or influence achieved
• Relevance of Impact – the extent to which change and/or influence achieved aligns with award purpose, ECU’s strategic goals and ECU's values of Integrity, Respect, Rational Inquiry, Personal Excellence and Courage.

Note: where students are in paid roles, nominations will be evaluated based on the degree to which the contribution of the nominee extends beyond reasonably expected paid work contributions

Nominators for a Vice-Chancellor's Student Award must be one of the following:

• University students
• University staff
• Representative bodies external to the University