The Award for Innovation showcases organisations within ELICOS that demonstrate original and creative problem solving in response to challenges faced. It is designed to celebrate new ideas and innovative approaches to any aspect of ELICOS delivery.
The Award recognises that there are two key elements underpinning innovation: individuals and/or teams that develop initiatives to address challenges in ELICOS, and organisations that have a culture of support for these initiatives.
Watch what the 2023 winner of the Innovation Award has to say about the Award below.
Innovation is the action required to create new ideas, processes or products which when implemented, lead to positive change. Innovation creates new value for your language centre.
Innovation does not have to be the ‘next big idea’. It can start small. It could be using new offerings, new business models, new services. The key is: does your innovation make a positive difference?
Ideas for innovation often come from your students. There may be issues that need to be solved to make their experience more interesting or enjoyable.
Innovation can be a product, a service or an approach that addresses an identified student need or improves the student experience. Examples are:
Watch webinar: “Innovation Conversation” – a conversation with Katherine Olston, Centre for English Teaching, the University of Sydney, winners of the 2017 Innovation Award.
The winner receives:
The winning organisation is able to demonstrate an innovative approach they have taken to addressing a specific need /issue or to demonstrate how they have taken the lead in developing innovative products and / or services that will improve the student experience and keep their organisation at the forefront of ELICOS delivery.
Submissions should include a description of the nature of the innovation and give a rationale for the new approach and an account of how it was piloted and put into practice, together with the results of the innovation and the added value in comparison with previous practice.
Products and services in the following areas are eligible to be considered:
Submissions should demonstrate to the judging panel how the approach/product/service nominated meets the following criteria:
