FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS GUIDELINES FOR 2016
Terms and Conditions
The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Student Leadership Award recognises undergraduate or postgraduate
(coursework or research) students who have demonstrated sustained, outstanding leadership providing this
leadership is demonstrated in any or all of the themes below.
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The University of Sydney
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Discipline or profession
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Health related community issue
Criteria
The nominee will have engaged in leadership activities that further the goals and values of The University
of Sydney, while enrolled as a student at the Faculty of Health Sciences and have maintained satisfactory
academic progression during the leadership period.
Students or student teams may nominate themselves or be nominated by a peer or academic staff member.
Nominations must address the following criteria:
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Description of the leadership activities undertaken by the nominee(s) (for team applications, a brief
explanation of the role of each group member will need to be provided) including a brief Curriculum
Vitae (CV)-no more than 2 pages for each member. CV should be included as an attachment with
the application.
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Evidence of the impact and outcome of their leadership and how their leadership has influenced the
outcome
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Description of the nominees’ approach to leadership and evidence of inclusive leadership practices
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Evidence of succession and sustainability planning
Process
The faculty is now calling for nominations for the 2016 FHS Student Leadership Awards. Up to 2 awards will
be made. Nominations will open on Monday 19th September, 2016 and close at midnight on Sunday 16th
October 2016. Awardees will be notified in November 2016. The Award will be formally presented at the
faculty’s annual awards and scholarship ceremony on Thursday 1st June, 2017.
Nominations will be judged by a panel consisting of 3 nominated academic staff members and two student
representatives from the FHS Student Staff Consultative Committee. The panel will be chaired by the
A/Dean Education or nominee.
The Award
Each successful student or student team will receive a certificate and $1,000. Awardees will be invited to
address future student groups and engage in alumni activities. Successful awardees must be willing to be
profiled in Faculty and University publications and websites and to share their experiences with current
students and staff.
All enquiries should be directed to the Executive Support Project Officer [email protected].
Completed applications should be forwarded to the Executive Support Project Officer as one PDF document to
[email protected]. Separate documents will not be accepted.
Applications close: midnight on Sunday 16 October 2016
2016 Application for Student Leadership Award
Application for Student Leadership Awards
Please read the Faculty’s Guidelines for Student Leadership Awards before completing this form
Tick one box:
Individual nomination
Team nomination
Contact details (for individual applicant or one representative of the team)
First name
Last name
Email address
Phone/mobile
Postal Address
Course
For team applicants only:
A brief explanation of the role of each group member should be included in criteria 1 on page 3 of this
application.
Please list names of other team members (to a maximum of five).
Note that teams may be of any size, but no more than five members may be named.
First name
Last name
Please select/nominate which student leadership theme/themes you are applying in (please tick ).
University of Sydney
Faculty of Health Sciences
Your discipline or profession
Health related community issue
For all applicants:
Please address each of the listed criteria on the following pages (400 word limit per criteria)
Up to two additional pages of supporting evidence may be provided
(this may include but is not limited to: references; documents attesting to the leadership achievements).
Enquiries and submissions:
All enquiries should be directed to, and completed applications should be forwarded to the Executive Support
Project Officer [email protected].
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1. Description of the leadership activities undertaken by the applicant/nominee. If you currently
hold a leadership position, this should be above and beyond your leadership activities in this
position (20%). (400 word limit for individual applicant/nominee. In addition to the 400 words, group
applications/nominations must provide 1-2 sentences on the leadership contribution of each group
member).
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2. Evidence of the impact and outcome of leadership activity. Please also include a brief
Curriculum Vitae (CV)-no more than 2 pages for each member. CV should be included as an
attachment with the application. (30%) (400 word limit)
(Evidence may include, but is not limited to, activities such as: implementing or influencing student
policies and outcomes that enhance the student experience across campuses; introducing initiatives
that benefit students; community-based activities and outcomes).
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3. Description of the applicant/nominee approach to leadership and evidence of inclusive
leadership practices (30%) (400 word limit)
(Description may include, but is not limited to, leadership type - eg, achievement oriented, modelling
best practice, democratic. Evidence of inclusive leadership focuses on how you demonstrated your
leadership and the strategies used to ensure that it was inclusive).
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4. Evidence of succession and sustainability planning (20%) (400 word limit)
(Evidence can include but is not limited to: encouragement of others to become leaders; sharing
knowledge with team members to allow them to become future leaders; putting structure and guidelines
in place for others to follow; building a network of contacts).
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