NT academic awarded for vocational teaching

Charles Darwin University’s Northern Territory manager of the primary industries and community services industry division, Dr Brian Heim, is the winner of the Institute of Trade Skills Excellence Teacher of the Year award for 2008. He was also named agricultural teacher of the year award. Originally from Texas, Heim has worked at CDU’s Katherine campus for the past five and a half years. The award comes with a $10,000 cash component to help fund a project to benefit industry, students and the teacher themselves. Heim is planning to use the money to develop his existing animal studies program into an online course.