Type: Awards
ASCILITE Innovation Award and Allan Christie Innovation Award
Alison Wong and I were awarded both the Innovation Award and Allan Christie Innovation Award at ASCILITE 2025 for our Karel initiative.
Wayne Lonergan Award for Outstanding Leadership in Teaching
Alison Wong and I were awarded the University of Sydney Business School (USBS) Wayne Lonergan Award, which is the most competitive teaching award in the school and is accompanied with a $10,000 AUD prize. We were awarded for leading significant initiatives in modernising programming education, which has impacted over 10,000 enrolments in courses we have coordinated and over 7,000 enrolments in other courses.
2023 Educational Innovation Award
I received the Educational Innovation Award in the category 'Transform assessment and feedback practices' for my feed-forward assessment design in QBUS5010 Introduction to Dashboarding.
Academic of the Year - Beta Gamma Sigma Honour Society
The University of Sydney Business School's honour society, Beta Gamma Sigma recognises academic staff and business professionals through the Chapter Honouree Award.
The student who nominated me wrote:
Dr. Tierney is very passionate about the subjects he teaches, especially in area of coding. He was the unit coordinator for Qbus5010 and Buss6002, in which he was very supportive. Especially in Ed Discussion, consultation sessions and emails, he was very active and responded in a timely manner. Moreover, his teaching materials were easy to understand and well-organised, which allows me to master the knowledge more thoroughly. His passion in the field really inspired me to pursue mine.
Toolbox & Innovator Award
As a team, Alison Wong, Priyanka Cheema and myself were awarded the University of Sydney Business School (USBS) Toolbox & Innovator Award, which recognises high quality, novel teaching practices and exceptional contributions to the USBS teaching community.