He has a long-standing interest in student peer review, and pioneered the development of the prototype student peer review software in use at the University of Melbourne. He was the recipient of a Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching in 2007 and an invited assessor for the ALTC Teaching Awards scheme in 2008 and 2009. Since 2000, Raoul has been an investigator on ten teaching innovation grants totalling $216k, with an excellent track record of delivering successful outcomes for these grants. Raoul’s research and teaching interests are in biology, student peer review and the development of critical thinking skills.