Awards, prizes and scholarships
26 September 2022: (With Karen Peel, Brad McLennan and Elizabeth Burnett) Recipients of "Highly Commended" for the category of "Research Excellence Awards" in the 2022 Australian Rural Education Awards under the auspices of the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia
12 April 2022: (With Karen Peel, Brad McLennan and Elizabeth Burnett): Recipients of a 2022 United States Distance Learning Association Silver Award for Quality Research
23-24 November 2021: (With Jay Somasundaram and Mohammad Rasul) Our paper "Increasing scholarly writing from South-East Asia: Strategies for strengthening diversity in higher education" was awarded "Best paper" at the 21st annual conference of the South East Asian Association for Institutional Research
1 October 2021: (With Alice Brown) Recipients of a University of Southern Queensland School of Education citation Award Scheme citation for "CHE principles: Facilitating authentic and dialogical semi-structured interviews in educational research"
24 April 2021: (With Karen Peel, Brad McLennan and Elizabeth Burnett) Recipients of "Highly Commended" for an application about Australian remote education tutors submitted for a 2021 Australian Rural Education Award to the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia in "Category 1: Existing projects that demonstrate a proven link between a rural, regional and/or remote school or learning context and the local community, and benefiting a defined group"
September 2018: (With Jay Somasundaram and Mohammad Rasul) Recipients of an "Outstanding paper" award for "Sustaining competencies and employability: A fishbone model for engineering education to fit the processes of life", presented at the 18th annual conference of the South-East Asian Association for Institutional Research, Ancol, Jakarta, Indonesia
3 April 2017 (With Nick Kelly, Marc Clarà and Benjamin A. Kehrwald) Third prize winner in the 2017 University of Southern Queensland Publication Excellence Awards Authored Research Book (A1) Category for books published in 2016 for the publication of Online Learning Networks for Pre-service and Early Career Teachers (Palgrave Macmillan/Palgrave Pivot, Basingstoke, 2016)
2 April 2015 (With Catherine Arden, Margaret Baguley, Andy Davies, Linda De George-Walker, Janice Jones, Karl J. Matthews and Warren Midgley) Joint third prize winners in the 2015 inaugural University of Southern Queensland Publication Excellence Awards Authored Research Book (A1) Category for books published in 2014 for the publication of Contemporary Capacity-Building in Educational Contexts and Educational Learning and Development: Building and Enhancing Capacity (Palgrave Macmillan/Palgrave Pivot, Basingstoke, 2014)
6 November 2009 (With Catherine Arden, Linda De George-Walker, Robyn Henderson, Warren Midgley, Karen Noble and Mark A. Tyler) Recipient of equal second prize for the inaugural “Best Poster Awards” for “Research Team: Capacity Building, Pedagogy and Social Justice”, presented at the 2nd annual “USQ Community – Engaged Research” evening, University of Southern Queensland
September 2004 (With Jo Luck, David Jones and Jeanne McConachie) Recipient of one of four inaugural “Outstanding Research Paper Awards” for “Course Management Systems: Innovation Versus Managerialism”, published in the refereed proceedings of the 11th international conference of the Association for Learning Technology
3 December 2002 Recipient of a 2003 Central Queensland University Research Advancement Awards Scheme Postdoctoral Fellowship
25 October 2002 Recipient of the 2002 Central Queensland University Student Association Postgraduate Students’ Organisation Supervisor of the Year, “acknowledging excellence in supervision in the areas of: guidance, feedback, publication, pastoral care, technical assistance, access and consultation” (being the only nominee in the Faculty of Education and Creative Arts, and being one of ten nominees across five Faculties)
29 September 1999 (With P. M. Hallinan, B. J. Moriarty, I. D. Kindt, C. G. Rose, L. O. Rowan, R. Thompson and D. W. Wyer) Winners of the 1999 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Award for Excellence in a Book or Non-Print Production Detailing Research for the publication of Beyond the Ferris Wheel: Educating Queensland Show Children (Studies in Open and Distance Learning Number One) (Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, 1998)
Winter Term 1998 Australian Postgraduate Higher Education Contribution Scheme Exemption Award, Central Queensland University
Autumn Term 1998 Australian Postgraduate Higher Education Contribution Scheme Exemption Award, Central Queensland University
1996 Australian Postgraduate Award, Central Queensland University
1995 Doctor of Philosophy Bursary, Central Queensland University
1995 Australian Postgraduate Award, Central Queensland University
1994 Higher Education Contribution Scheme Postgraduate Exemption Scholarship, Central Queensland University
1993 Higher Education Contribution Scheme Postgraduate Exemption Scholarship, University of Central Queensland
1992 Higher Education Contribution Scheme Exemption Scholarship, University of Central Queensland
1991 Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Central Queensland
1991 Winner of the Austin and Valerie Asche Essay Prize in Contemporary Australian Society and Culture for the essay “Notes from the Torres Strait: A Personal View of Anthropological Fieldwork” (awarded annually “to the student who has submitted the best 3000-5000 word essay on an issue or issues in contemporary Australian society and culture from the perspective of any discipline, written by an undergraduate, including Honours, student”), Deakin University
1991 Staff Time Infrastructure Support grant (awarded on the basis of refereed publications during the previous academic year), University of Central Queensland
1990 Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Canberra
1989 Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Canberra
1981Research Grant, North Australia Research Unit (affiliated with the Australian National University)
1978-1980 Teaching Scholarship, Queensland Department of Education
1978 Winner of the inaugural Jean Farnfield Prize in Australian History (awarded annually “to the student who obtains the highest pass in HI2107: 120 [Colonial Australia]”), James Cook University of North Queensland
1976 Dux of the School, Yeppoon State High School, Yeppoon, Queensland
12 April 2022: (With Karen Peel, Brad McLennan and Elizabeth Burnett): Recipients of a 2022 United States Distance Learning Association Silver Award for Quality Research
23-24 November 2021: (With Jay Somasundaram and Mohammad Rasul) Our paper "Increasing scholarly writing from South-East Asia: Strategies for strengthening diversity in higher education" was awarded "Best paper" at the 21st annual conference of the South East Asian Association for Institutional Research
1 October 2021: (With Alice Brown) Recipients of a University of Southern Queensland School of Education citation Award Scheme citation for "CHE principles: Facilitating authentic and dialogical semi-structured interviews in educational research"
24 April 2021: (With Karen Peel, Brad McLennan and Elizabeth Burnett) Recipients of "Highly Commended" for an application about Australian remote education tutors submitted for a 2021 Australian Rural Education Award to the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia in "Category 1: Existing projects that demonstrate a proven link between a rural, regional and/or remote school or learning context and the local community, and benefiting a defined group"
September 2018: (With Jay Somasundaram and Mohammad Rasul) Recipients of an "Outstanding paper" award for "Sustaining competencies and employability: A fishbone model for engineering education to fit the processes of life", presented at the 18th annual conference of the South-East Asian Association for Institutional Research, Ancol, Jakarta, Indonesia
3 April 2017 (With Nick Kelly, Marc Clarà and Benjamin A. Kehrwald) Third prize winner in the 2017 University of Southern Queensland Publication Excellence Awards Authored Research Book (A1) Category for books published in 2016 for the publication of Online Learning Networks for Pre-service and Early Career Teachers (Palgrave Macmillan/Palgrave Pivot, Basingstoke, 2016)
2 April 2015 (With Catherine Arden, Margaret Baguley, Andy Davies, Linda De George-Walker, Janice Jones, Karl J. Matthews and Warren Midgley) Joint third prize winners in the 2015 inaugural University of Southern Queensland Publication Excellence Awards Authored Research Book (A1) Category for books published in 2014 for the publication of Contemporary Capacity-Building in Educational Contexts and Educational Learning and Development: Building and Enhancing Capacity (Palgrave Macmillan/Palgrave Pivot, Basingstoke, 2014)
6 November 2009 (With Catherine Arden, Linda De George-Walker, Robyn Henderson, Warren Midgley, Karen Noble and Mark A. Tyler) Recipient of equal second prize for the inaugural “Best Poster Awards” for “Research Team: Capacity Building, Pedagogy and Social Justice”, presented at the 2nd annual “USQ Community – Engaged Research” evening, University of Southern Queensland
September 2004 (With Jo Luck, David Jones and Jeanne McConachie) Recipient of one of four inaugural “Outstanding Research Paper Awards” for “Course Management Systems: Innovation Versus Managerialism”, published in the refereed proceedings of the 11th international conference of the Association for Learning Technology
3 December 2002 Recipient of a 2003 Central Queensland University Research Advancement Awards Scheme Postdoctoral Fellowship
25 October 2002 Recipient of the 2002 Central Queensland University Student Association Postgraduate Students’ Organisation Supervisor of the Year, “acknowledging excellence in supervision in the areas of: guidance, feedback, publication, pastoral care, technical assistance, access and consultation” (being the only nominee in the Faculty of Education and Creative Arts, and being one of ten nominees across five Faculties)
29 September 1999 (With P. M. Hallinan, B. J. Moriarty, I. D. Kindt, C. G. Rose, L. O. Rowan, R. Thompson and D. W. Wyer) Winners of the 1999 Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia Award for Excellence in a Book or Non-Print Production Detailing Research for the publication of Beyond the Ferris Wheel: Educating Queensland Show Children (Studies in Open and Distance Learning Number One) (Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, 1998)
Winter Term 1998 Australian Postgraduate Higher Education Contribution Scheme Exemption Award, Central Queensland University
Autumn Term 1998 Australian Postgraduate Higher Education Contribution Scheme Exemption Award, Central Queensland University
1996 Australian Postgraduate Award, Central Queensland University
1995 Doctor of Philosophy Bursary, Central Queensland University
1995 Australian Postgraduate Award, Central Queensland University
1994 Higher Education Contribution Scheme Postgraduate Exemption Scholarship, Central Queensland University
1993 Higher Education Contribution Scheme Postgraduate Exemption Scholarship, University of Central Queensland
1992 Higher Education Contribution Scheme Exemption Scholarship, University of Central Queensland
1991 Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Central Queensland
1991 Winner of the Austin and Valerie Asche Essay Prize in Contemporary Australian Society and Culture for the essay “Notes from the Torres Strait: A Personal View of Anthropological Fieldwork” (awarded annually “to the student who has submitted the best 3000-5000 word essay on an issue or issues in contemporary Australian society and culture from the perspective of any discipline, written by an undergraduate, including Honours, student”), Deakin University
1991 Staff Time Infrastructure Support grant (awarded on the basis of refereed publications during the previous academic year), University of Central Queensland
1990 Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Canberra
1989 Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Canberra
1981Research Grant, North Australia Research Unit (affiliated with the Australian National University)
1978-1980 Teaching Scholarship, Queensland Department of Education
1978 Winner of the inaugural Jean Farnfield Prize in Australian History (awarded annually “to the student who obtains the highest pass in HI2107: 120 [Colonial Australia]”), James Cook University of North Queensland
1976 Dux of the School, Yeppoon State High School, Yeppoon, Queensland