We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Open Access Week Awards!
These awards were established in 2020, to celebrate the contribution made by JCU researchers and educators towards Open Access publishing.
The ECR Open Access Champion Award 2025 was awarded to the Early Career Researcher who had made the greatest contribution to Open Access at JCU through their research publications within the last three years. The winners were:
- 2025 ECR Open Access Champion: Dr Alzayat Saleh, College of Science and Engineering
- 2025 ECR Green Open Access Champion: Mohammad Jahanbakht, College of Science and Engineering
- 2025 Highly Commended: Jodie Schlaefer, TropWater
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| From left to right: winner Alzayat Saleh, Cathie Rush, Associate Dean Research, College of Medicine and Dentistry and Bronwyn Mathiesen, Head of Library Services |
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| From left to right: Assoc. Dean Cathie Rush, winner Mohammad Jahanbakht, and Bronwyn Mathiesen |
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| From left to right:Assoc. Dean Cathie Rush, highly commended Jodie Schlaefer and Bronwyn Mathiesen |
The HDR Open Access Advocate Award (jointly organised with the Graduate Research School) was awarded to the Higher Degree Researcher student who had created the poster that best responds to the question, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”
- 2025 Winner: Riley Dimech, JCU Singapore
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| From left to right: Denise Dillon, Associate Dean Research Education, JCU Singapore, and Riley Dimech, 2025 winner |
- 2025 Highly Commended 1: Harshani Hettiwattage Dedunu, College of Business, Law and Governance
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| From left to right: HDR Student Samitha Rajapakhsa receiving the second runner-up award on behalf of Harshani Dedunu, Bronwyn Mathiesen and Liz Tynan, Head of Professional Development, GRS |
- 2025 Highly Commended 2: Robin Weber, JCU Singapore
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| From left to right: Assoc. Dean Denise Dillon and highly commended Robin Weber |
The Open Education Champion Award 2025 is presented to the staff member who, in the opinion of an expert judging panel, has made the greatest contribution to open education at JCU during 2024–2025. The winner was:
- 2025 Winner: Open Education Champion: Colleen Hodgins, Education Design
The JCU Open eBook Excellence and Impact Award 2025 honours an outstanding open educational resource published in 2023 or 2024 and that significantly enhances the JCU student experience.
- 2025 Winner: Communication Skills for Health Professionals. Edited and authored by Brock Cook, CHS
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| From left to right: Mitch Parsell, Deputy Vice Chancellor Education and winner Brock Cook. |
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| From left to right: Jayshree Mamtora (Manager Scholarly Communications), Liz Tynan, Samitha Rajapaksha, Mohammad Jahanbakht, Cathie Rush, Jodie Schlaefer, Mitch Parsell, Bronwyn Mathiesen, Brock Cook and Alzayat Saleh. |
Learn more about open access, its many benefits and more about our awards from our Open Access Library Guide.
For more information about the awards, please contact Jayshree Mamtora, Manager, Scholarly Communications jayshree.mamtora@jcu.edu.au
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