Education excellence
Educating for the jobs and skills of the future through innovative curriculum and highly personal, engaging and relevant teaching and learning experiences.
Our curriculum framework
All Deakin courses are rigorously and continuously evaluated to ensure we offer both students and teachers the best possible educational experience. Our teaching and learning is informed by industry; our courses are guided by design principles and practices, and aligned to eight graduate learning outcomes.
Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning
The Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) investigates how we can best assess higher education learning outcomes in an era of rapid digital change.
Advance HE Fellowships
Advance HE Fellowships at Deakin provide our academic and professional staff with formal recognition of their teaching practice or learning support, impact and leadership. The program provides teaching teams across the University with opportunities to apply for various categories of fellowship as they move through their teaching or learning support journey.
Australian Awards for University Teaching
Deakin fosters an environment where teaching and research excellence are recognised and celebrated. Our academics and researchers are regularly acknowledged through the Australian Awards for University Teaching, earning national and international recognition for their outstanding achievements and innovative work.
2025 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Deakin Science Career Education-WIL Team: Associate Professor Sharon La Fontaine, Associate Professor Karen Young, Dr Anthony Rendall, Mrs Sharon Berman, Ms Cathy Caballero, Dr Lynda O’Sullivan and Dr Prue Francis
For their leadership and excellence in education in the optometry field, through an innovative virtual practice simulation. This program promotes evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning through immersive learning.
The Teaching Team for EPO702: The Arts, Humanities and Sustainability in Primary Education Associate Professor Jo Raphael, Dr Merinda Kelly and Dr Fiona Phillips
For sustained innovation in creatively designing a transdisciplinary Master of Teaching unit that empowers preservice teachers to teach Arts and Sustainability with confidence and imagination.
As higher education evolves, Deakin is redefining learning by placing people at the centre of an inclusive, future‑focused and deeply student‑centred experience. Our vision is to enable more flexible, personalised and connected learning experiences that empower every learner to engage fully, succeed confidently and shape a future infused with AI.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic
Student academic integrity
The management of student academic integrity at Deakin University takes a whole-of-organisation approach. It aims to educate and support students to use, generate and communicate information and ideas in an ethical, honest and responsible manner.
Download the 2023 Student Academic Integrity Annual Report (PDF, 638KB)
Download the 2022 Student Academic Integrity Annual Report (PDF, 614KB)
Student complaints
Robust student complaints processes, and thorough analysis of complaints data to identify systemic issues, are key requirements of the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021 (Section 2.4: Student Grievances and Complaints) and the National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018.
Download the 2024 Student Complaints Annual Report (PDF, 555KB)
Download the 2023 Student Complaints Annual Report (PDF, 698KB)
