Category: Awards

Last week the UniSA Unstoppable Awards were held in Adelaide/Tarntanya on Kaurna Country. The scheme recognises and celebrates the accomplishments of UniSA academic and professional staff across the UniSA units and campuses, and encompasses the  Research and Enterprise Awards, the Teaching and Learning Awards and the Enterprising Staff Awards.

I am so proud to announce that I was announced as the winner of two awards – the Unstoppable Mid-Career Teaching Award, and the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award. I am privileged to be able to share my thoughts and ideas in this space with my colleagues, and I really loved hearing about the wonderful work of the other nominees – I hope we can get together in the future and further share our ideas!

Below is the lovely write up about me that was shared as a part of the acknowledgement by our Executive Dean. It was so lovely to hear such kind words from my colleagues:

Susannah was awarded the Unstoppable Mid-Career Teaching Award for her outstanding work promoting inclusivity in games design course content, applying Universal Design for Learning principles to course and assessment design so that students are able to select a variety of formats for their assignments that best suit their learning needs, and which provide differentiated assessment opportunities to address assignment criteria in ways that are accessible to each student. Susannah’s work is interdisciplinary, student focused and an innovative exemplar of UniSA’s core teaching and learning mission. 

In the Enterprising Staff Awards, Susannah was also awarded the Unstoppable Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award for outstanding work in increasing and promoting diversity in the games industry, in particular her work in supporting students to build social connections via initiatives such as facilitating regular ‘games nights’, the creation of a ‘safe place’ that is used by students across all year levels of the Games Design & Production courses (which currently has over 100 members), and maintaining and managing social channels where students from the Games Design & Production Major can connect with peers and staff in an informal manner.