Congratulations to Deakin’s 2022 AAUT winners

Established in 1997 by the Australian Government, the awards celebrate excellence in higher education and recognise learning and teaching programs that have a positive impact on the student experience.

2022 Career Achievement Award

We are excited to announce that the AAUT 2022 Career Achievement Award has been bestowed on Alfred Deakin Professor David Boud, Foundation Director of the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE). This prestigious award recognises Professor Boud as one of Australia’s most exceptional researchers and educational leaders.

Professor Boud is also Emeritus Professor at the University of Technology Sydney and Professor of Work and Learning at Middlesex University. He is Australia’s most internationally renowned educational researcher in higher education. He is a global leader and pre-eminent scholar in his fields of higher and professional education, workplace learning, and assessment and feedback which has led to reform across the Australian and global higher education sector.

He is the world’s top-cited author in the field of Higher Education, 2019-2022 and in the field of Education 2021-2022 (League of Scholars; citations in the 20 top journals in the field over the preceding five years). His work is used both by researchers and those committed to the scholarship of teaching and learning. His work has led to changing learning and teaching through pioneering research and development that has rebuilt the foundations of assessment practice, and in leading application in Australian university courses. He is a fellow of eminent international societies, holds multiple awards and is a frequent keynote speaker at international research and practitioner conferences.