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Honours Award

Nominations close December 1st, 2012. (Please contact the TASA Office if your ‘results’ date falls after December 1st).

The Australian Sociological Association is pleased to announce a new award to recognise the achievements of Sociology Honours graduates.

The TASA Honours Student Award will be given annually to the best Honours student in Sociology in each Australian university.

The Award will be:

Determined by the convenor (or equivalent) of the Sociology Honours program in each university
Available to Honours students who have a) completed a sociology major, and b) had their Honours thesis supervised and/or examined by a recognised sociologist in the current year
In recognition of receiving the best overall mark in Honours for that year

Each winner will receive a one-year student membership to TASA, making the student eligible for conference discounts, membership of Thematic Groups and copies of Nexus and the e-list (weekly newsletter). The award may be used to complement existing Departmental awards, providing they recognise the best Sociology Honours student.

The aim of the Award is to introduce Honours sociology graduates to TASA and to encourage them to see themselves as sociologists as they enter the workplace or undertake a PhD. The development of a professional identity for sociologists working outside of academic departments is important if sociology is to be recognised as relevant in the broader community. We also hope that this initiative will provide opportunities for networks to develop between sociologists working in academic and other workplace settings.

Winners will be recognised on TASAweb, and will receive a Certificate and letter from TASA along with a 12 month membership.

If you would like further information regarding the TASA Honours Student Award, please contact the TASA Office.

Nomination form

To nominate your best Honours student in Sociology please complete the Honours Award Nomination Form and forward to the TASA office by December 1st - 2011, via email (admin@tasa.org.au).

Instructions for Activating the TASA Honours Student Award

The instructions for activating the TASA Honours Student Award are available in Word (1.1MB) and Pdf (565kb). Please note, TASA membership is based on a calendar year (Jan 1 to Dec 31). Please wait until after January 1st to activate your TASA Honours Student Award. Please direct all your questions regarding this Award to admin@tasa.org.au.

2011 Recipients

Recipients will be added to this page when the submissions are received. Nominations to date are shown in bold below:

Australian Catholic University - no candidates in 2011

Australian National University - Catherine Ayres

Bond University - do not offer sociology

Central Queensland University - no candidates in 2011

Charles Darwin University

Charles Sturt university - no candidates in 2011

Curtin University of Technology

Deakin University - Linda Marchioni

Edith Cowan University - do not offer sociology

Flinders University

Griffith University

James Cook University

La Trobe University - Andrew Gilbert

Macquarie University

Monash University - Madeleine Pape

Murdoch University

Queensland University of Technology - Kerry Egan

RMIT University

Southern Cross

Swinburne University of Technology - Katie Moore

University of Adelaide - no candidates in 2011

University of Ballarat - no candidates in 2011

University of Canberra - no candidates in 2011, 2012, 2013 - possibly in 2014

University of Melbourne

University of New England

University of New South Wales - Aviva Beecher Kelk

University of Newcastle - Georgina Ramsay

University of Notre Dame Australia

University of Queensland - Andrew Clarke

University of South Australia

University of Sydney - Lyndel Spence

University of Tasmania - Robyn Moore

University of Technology of Sydney

University of the Sunshine Coast

University of Western Australia

University of Western Sydney

University of Wollongong - Amanda Begley

Victoria University