Community Colleges Australia (CCA) is calling for nominations for its ninth annual Community Education Student of the Year Awards. These Awards celebrate the achievements of Australia’s adult and community education students, based on career and study; communication, team and leadership skills; and community and other activities.
The CCA Community Education Student of the Year Awards has two categories:
Skills for Study and Life Award
This award is focussed on recognising the achievements of learners who have developed the core foundational skills they need for study and/or life.
Student of the Year Award
This award recognises the student’s commitment to their study/work and demonstrating the relevance of lifelong learning for themselves and their community.
Nomination Deadline
Nominations are now open. CCA requests Student of the Year nominations by Tuesday 6 September 2024, using the relevant Student of the Year nomination form (Word document), or Skills for Life Student of the Year nomination form (Word document). Please submit your nominations to CCA via email at admin@cca.edu.au. CCA welcomes nominations from all Australian ACE providers, not only CCA members. There is no nomination fee, although there is a limit of two nominations per organisation.
Eligibility
This year’s nominations are students who have undertaken formal study with an Australian not-for-profit adult and community education (ACE) organisation during the period 1 September 2023 through 31 August 2024. Nominations are to be submitted through the student’s community education provider, with a maximum of two nominations per provider.
Nominated students must be at least 18 years old, and be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. Organisations do not have to be a member of CCA to nominate a student. More details on judging criteria can be found in the Judging Criteria document (PDF). Funding for the 2024 Awards has been provided by the New South Wales Government.
