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The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education was launched in August 2004 in recognition of Sir John Carrick KCMG who was the Commonwealth Minister for Education between 1975 and 1979. Its mission is to promote and advance learning and teaching in Australian higher education. The stated objectives are that The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education will:

• promote and support strategic change in higher education institutions for the enhancement of learning and teaching, including curriculum development and assessment;
• raise the profile and encourage recognition of the fundamental importance of teaching in higher education institutions and in the general community;
• foster and acknowledge excellent teaching in higher education;
• develop effective mechanisms for the identification, development, dissemination and embedding of good individual and institutional practice in learning and teaching in Australian higher education;
• develop and support reciprocal national and international arrangements for the purpose of sharing and benchmarking learning and teaching processes; and 
• identify learning and teaching issues that impact on the Australian higher education system and facilitate national approaches to address these and other emerging issues.

Of special interest to CALT are the Grants, Projects and Activities and the Australian Awards for University Teaching.

See Also: Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education