ANU congratulates Australia’s best teacher

Dr John Minns, Director of ANCLAS.
Dr John Minns, Director of ANCLAS.
ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb has congratulated Dr John Minns, who tonight was awarded higher education teaching's highest honour - the 2010 Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teaching. Dr Minns is a senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations and Director of the Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies (ANCLAS) at ANU. He was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teaching at a ceremony at Parliament House this evening. The prestigious award is worth $50,000 and was presented to him by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Senator the Hon Chris Evans. The Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teaching is part of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council's (ALTC) national awards. ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said that Dr Minns richly deserved the award for his commitment to his students. 'I heartily congratulate Dr John Minns on the award recognising him as Australia's best higher education teacher.
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