VU Online awarded LearnX Platinum in 5 categories

Celebrating recognition at the 2025 LearnX awards
The VU Online team received five Platinum LearnX Awards, the highest honours in each category.
Monday 22 December 2025

The Platinum Awards recognise VU Online’s sustained excellence in online learning and student experience.

VU Online received 2025 LearnPlatinum Awards in the following categories:

  • Best Online Learning Model (for the fifth consecutive year)
  • Best Customer Experience Team
  • Best Customer Experience Training
  • Best eLearning Design – Simulation
  • Best eLearning Design – Product

These accolades  recognise the organisation’s award-winning academic student support model and consistent delivery of high quality education.

VU Online Chief Academic Officer and Dean, Professor Chris Walsh, said that these awards, particularly, the recognition of Best Online Learning Model for the fifth year in a row is “a powerful recognition of VU Online’s commitment to high-quality, student-centred education that genuinely changes lives as a global innovator and pioneer in tailored digital offerings."  

This is quite an achievement for everyone involved.  It’s a powerful acknowledgement of the expertise, innovation and care that our teams bring to online learning, every single day.

“Thank you and congratulations to all who contributed to these wins. I am incredibly proud of what you have achieved together,” Professor Walsh said.

For VU Online CEO Kade Brown, the Customer Experience award “celebrates the heart of what drives our Student Success and Engagement Team: human connection, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to every student’s journey from enquiry through to graduation.

“It affirms the impact a small, agile, and deeply dedicated team can have—not only in lifting retention and strengthening outcomes for VU Online, but in advancing Victoria University’s mission to provide accessible, high-quality education,” Mr Brown said.