The Ako Aotearoa Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards 2010 ceremony was hosted by minister Steven Joyce at Parliament last night. Overall winner from the eleven finalists was Marty Vreede, senior lecturer in printmaking at UCOL Whanganui. Recipient of the inaugural award for teaching in a kaupapa Māori context was Te Kahautu Maxwell, of University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato.  Read more about the awards and the award recipients (who included several active TEU members) at the Ako Aotearoa website.

Thanks to Ako Aotearoa for the photo