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* PLEASE NOTE: NOMINATIONS FOR 2009 ARE NOW CLOSED *
Outline
Please read the guidelines here before submitting a nomination for yourself or another alumni. These guidelines are also available in Chinese, however, should any inconsistency emerge the English guidelines will prevail. For more information please contact us.The Australia China Alumni Awards are a new initiative of the Australia China Alumni Association (ACAA) and CPA Australia. The Awards will celebrate excellence in Australian university education and will recognize the significant achievements of Australian-educated university alumni who are now based in China. The aim of the awards is to demonstrate how Australian university education can help people to succeed in an international context, and across a variety of fields.
The Australia China Alumni Awards welcome nominees of any nationality, provided they graduated from an Australian university program (either in Australia or through an off-shore program in any other country) and have been based in mainland China for at least the 12 months prior to the launch of the awards on 22 July 2009. It is anticipated, however, that awardees will have been living in China for many years.
Nominations are open to alumni of any age, except for the AEI Young Alumni of the Year award which is restricted to applicants who are 35 years or under in the year of nomination.
Alumni do not have to be working in the discipline from which they graduated, but it is essential to display an on-going high level of achievement in the award category. Nominees will be assessed according to merit and their achievements in relation to the award category for which they are nominated. Applications will include a short statement explaining why the nominee is deserving of the award, together with a short professional resume.
Nomination
i. Nominations for the awards can be made online at www.AustChinaAlumni.org/awards by members of the public in China and Australia.ii. Alumni are permitted to nominate themselves, but they must provide a contactable referee (Chinese and English language speakers are acceptable) who will second their nomination.
iii. If nominating someone else, the nominating party must acknowledge consent from the Australian alumna/us they are nominating in order for the nomination to be valid. ACAA will follow-up with nominated alumni to confirm their consent.
iv. Nominations open on Tuesday 28th July 2009 and close on Friday 25th September 2009. Applications submitted until midnight on this date will be accepted. Any nominations submitted after this date will not be accepted by the online system and will not be considered for the awards.
v. Through completion of the nomination process, alumni agree to allow the ACAA to contact their university to confirm the conferring of their degree.
Judging Process
vi. Entries will be screened by the ACAA, and a short-list of candidates will be hand-picked by a group of judges including representatives from the ACAA, CPA Australia, other sponsors and the Australian Embassy.vii. Five alumni will be short-listed for each award.
viii. The award winners will be selected by a judging panel of alumni and government representatives, at a confidential meeting shortly before the awards ceremony.
ix. The winners will be announced formally at the awards ceremony and media reception in Beijing on 7 November 2009. Winners will be presented with a trophy and will have the opportunity to make a short speech.
Eligibility of Alumni
x. Entry is open to:a) Graduates of an Australian University, having studied in Australia;
b) Graduates of an Australian University, having studied on-line;
c) Graduates of an Australian University off-shore/twinning program, having studied outside Australia / partially outside Australia.
xi. Alumni who have demonstrated excellence in the field in which they were nominated.
xii. Alumni who received an Australian Alumni Award for a particular category in previous years cannot receive the same award twice. Alumni can, however, receive an Australian Alumni Award for a different category in a different year.
xiii. Alumni may nominate (or be nominated) for more than one award, but they cannot receive more than one award per year.
xiv. Nominees must be currently based (ie spend more than 50% of their time) in the P.R. China, and must have lived and worked predominantly in mainland China for at least the twelve months before the launch of the awards on 28 July 2009.
xv. Entry is open to alumni of all nationalities, provided they currently reside in mainland China.