Shortlist 2017


The winners will be announced at the THE Awards ceremony taking place on Thursday 30 November at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.


Business School of the Year

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Bristol Business School,
University of the West of England

ESCP Europe Business School (London)

Fashion Business School, London College of Fashion,
University of the Arts London

The Open University Business School

Pearson Business School,
Pearson College London

Saïd Business School,
University of Oxford

International Impact Award

University of Bedfordshire

Leeds Arts University

University of Leicester, in collaboration with the University of Kufa (Iraq)

Loughborough University

The Open University

University of Worcester

Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

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Durham University

University of Exeter

Heriot-Watt University

University of London

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in collaboration with Fevered Sleep

Southampton Solent University

Research Project of the Year: STEM

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University of Exeter

Heriot-Watt University on behalf of the Edinburgh Super-Resolution Imaging Consortium (ESRIC)

Liverpool John Moores University

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, on behalf of The WOMAN Trial

Newcastle University

Queen Mary University of London

Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year

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Gerardo Adesso,
University of Nottingham

Jon Anderson,
Cardiff University

Francesca Arrigoni,
Kingston University

Yogesh K. Dwivedi,
Swansea University

Jelena Grbic,
University of Southampton

Matthew Inglis,
Loughborough University

Outstanding Support for Students

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De Montfort University

Durham University

University of Essex

University of Glasgow

University of Kent

Sheffield Hallam University

Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development

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University of Bradford

De Montfort University

Edge Hill University

University of Exeter

University of Glasgow

Ulster University

Outstanding University Entrepreneurship Award

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City, University of London

Falmouth University

Liverpool John Moores University

Pearson College London

University of Salford

Southampton Solent University

International Collaboration of the Year

Cardiff University, in collaboration with the University of Namibia

University of Chester, in collaboration with the Department of Justice and Police Force of New South Wales (Australia)

London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, in collaboration with the Institut Français de la Mode (France)

University of Nottingham, in collaboration with Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China)

WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, University of Oxford

University of Salford, in collaboration with the Zhejiang Fashion Institute of Technology (China)

Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year

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Cardiff Metropolitan University

University of Cumbria and HMP Haverigg

King’s College London

Kingston University

Ulster University

University of Warwick

Most Innovative Contribution to Business-University Collaboration

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Hastings Hotels, in collaboration with Ulster University

NHS Wales Informatics Service, in collaboration with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Nestlé, in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University

Paxman, in collaboration with the University of Huddersfield

Rolls-Royce, in collaboration with the universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Swansea

Ryder Architecture, in collaboration with Northumbria University

Most Innovative Teacher of the Year

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Georgina Blakeley,
The Open University

Scott Border,
University of Southampton
Nicci Campbell,
University of Southampton

Russell Crawford,
Keele University

Sharon Edwards,
Bucks New University

Duncan Reavey,
University of Chichester

Excellence and Innovation in the Arts

University of Bedfordshire

University of Brighton

University of Exeter

Loughborough University

Teesside University

University of Worcester 

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

Cardiff University

Durham University

University of Glasgow, in collaboration with Glasgow Science Festival

Queen Mary University of London

Sheffield Hallam University
Ulster University 

THE DataPoints Merit Award

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For this THE DataPoints Merit Award, we used our latest World University Rankings data to identify institutions that are excelling on a “bang for the buck” measure of research performance.

University of Exeter

King’s College London

Lancaster University

University of Leicester

Queen Mary University of London

University of Sussex

Technological Innovation of the Year

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University of Birmingham

GW4 Alliance (the universities of Bristol, Bath, Cardiff and Exeter), in collaboration with the Met Office and Cray Inc

Loughborough University

University of Manchester

University of St Andrews

University of Sunderland

Most Improved Student Experience

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Canterbury Christ Church University

City, University of London
 
Glasgow Caledonian University

University of Hertfordshire

Staffordshire University

University of Sunderland 

The Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award

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There is no shortlist for this category. The winner, chosen by Times Higher Education, will be announced at the awards ceremony.


University of the Year

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City, University of London

University of Dundee

Liverpool John Moores University

Northumbria University

Nottingham Trent University

University of Winchester