Excellent teachers inspiring learner success

Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 1 February 2012 - 4:08pm

Professor Michael Walker, from the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland took home the top award - The Prime Minister's Supreme Award - at the Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony at parliament last night.

The Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Key, personally presented the award this year, with a cheque for $10,000.

Professor Walker (Te Whakatōhea) also received a Sustained Excellence award in the Kaupapa Māori category. Sandra Lee Morrison ((Te Arawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngati Rārua), senior lecturer/associate dean at the School of Māori and Pacific Development at the University of Waikato, was the other recipient of a Sustained Excellence award in that category.

Ten other top teachers also received Sustained Excellence awards in the General category. All recipients took home $20,000 with their awards.

The Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards recognises tertiary teachers' committed and sustained contribution to their teaching and consistently high level of support for their learners.

Our congratulations go to all twelve awardees, profiled below.

> Read the full media release

> View more photos from the ceremony

> Find out more about the Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards

> View list of awardees and their citations