Two Curtin programs were recognised at the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Reimagine Education Awards in Abu Dhabi this week. The Awards acknowledge trailblazers and visionaries who are transforming the educational landscape, enhancing learning outcomes and shaping the employability of future generations.

Dubbed the ‘Oscars’ in Education the 2023 Reimagine Education Awards were highly contested with more than 1200 submissions from around the world.

The Curtin Autism Research Group (CARG) and the Autism Academy for Software Quality Assurance (AASQA) took out the Gold Access, Diversity and Inclusion Award for Empowering Neurodiverse Adolescents. A video about the initiative can be viewed here.

Curtin’s Talk to Me Massive Open Online Course which focuses on improving mental health and suicide prevention in young adults, received the Silver Nurturing Wellbeing and Purpose Award. Watch their video about the student and peer mentor experience here.

Congratulations to all staff involved:

Professor Sonya Girdler, Associate Professor Ben Milbourn and Dr Baraheh Afsharnejad who worked on both initiatives.

The team at AASQUA and CARG including AASQA Director John Curtin Distinguished Professor Tele Tan AM, CARG’s Dr Elinda Lee, HDR student Michelle Wong and AASQA volunteer mentor Jan Kornweibel.

The team behind Talk to Me including Phoebe Simpson, Nicole David, Dr Craig Thompson, Professor Sven Bölte, Patricia Tran, Patrice Williams, Brendan Ameduri, Rachel Sheffield, Rachel Oliver, Saul Karnovsky, Nigel Gribble, Maya Hayden-Evans, Dave Parsons as well as Germany staff Dr Viktor Kacic, Frank Zimmermann and Marcel Romanos.