Shortlist
The 2019 THE Awards finalists can be found below.
The winners will be announced at the THE Awards ceremony taking place on Thursday 28 November 2019 at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane in London – you can buy your tickets here.
This year we also wanted to provide more information about the submissions that have made it onto our shortlists.
Click on the names and you will find brief snapshots of the brilliant work taking place both on the frontline and in the engine rooms of UK higher education – we hope this taster encourages you to dig a little deeper.
And for those of you featured below, don't forget there's another brilliant opportunity to showcase your work in our Nominee Showcase at THE Live on the day before the awards ceremony. This will also double as the event's main drinks reception, so up to 400 delegates will be able to read about the work that has made you a THE Awards finalist. For this, we're asking you to create a digital depiction of your entry using Bulb, which will be on display throughout the two days of the event, but we'd particuarly like you to join us there for the showcase.
If you have any questions, please email THEAwards@timeshighereducation.com.
University of the Year
Sponsored by HSBC
Outstanding Technician of the Year
Sponsored by Technician Commitment
Alison Davidson, Staffordshire University
James Davoll, Newcastle University
Vicky Forrest, University of Lincoln
Barbara Kunz, The Open University
Mel Leitch, Newcastle University
Samantha McCormack, Bucks New University
Brian Paterson, University of Aberdeen
Clare Stevenson, John Innes Centre
International Collaboration of the Year
Sponsored by Huawei
The Human Cell Atlas (Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Broad Institute)
Queen Mary University of London
Research Project of the Year: STEM
Sponsored by Elsevier
University of Nottingham, in collaboration with UCL
Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Sponsored by Adobe
Most Innovative Teacher of the Year
Sponsored by Advance HE
Rachel Bolton-King, Staffordshire University
Sian Burgess, University of Derby
Tom Delahunt, Canterbury Christ Church
Madeleine Davies, University of Reading
Gill Foster, London South Bank University
Andrew O'Hagan, Nottingham Trent University
Zoe Robinson, Keele University
Sharon Tolaini-Sage, Norwich University of the Arts
Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year
Sponsored by Amazon Web Services
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community
University of Dundee and Abertay University
Edinburgh Napier University, in collaboration with the Scottish Prison Service and Fife College
Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year
Sponsored by UK Council for Graduate Education
Melanie Green, University of Sussex
Nicky Milner, University of York
Theresa Mitchell, University of Worcester
Gordon Morison, Glasgow Caledonian University
Wen-chin Ouyang, SOAS University of London
Katie Overy, University of Edinburgh
Tong Sun, City, University of London
Julie Thornton, University of Bradford
Outstanding Entrepreneurial University
Sponsored by NCEE
University of Central Lancashire
University of the West of England
Outstanding Strategic Planning Team
Sponsored by Microsoft
The London Institute of Banking & Finance
University of the West of England
Business School of the Year
Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
Aston Business School, Aston University
Bristol Business School, University of the West of England
Claude Littner Business School, University of West London
Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire
Leeds University Business School
Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development
Sponsored by Advance HE
Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by Salesforce.org
Queen Mary University of London
Royal Northern College of Music
Outstanding Support for Students
Sponsored by Anderson Quigley
Norwich University of the Arts
Excellence in Registry Services
Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by Huawei
Manchester Metropolitan University
Northern Accelerator (the universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland)
Outstanding Financial Performance
Sponsored by HSBC
Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team
Sponsored by Havas Education
Outstanding Estates Strategy
Sponsored by AUDE
University of the West of Scotland
Outstanding Library Team
Sponsored by Veredus
THE DataPoints Merit Award
Sponsored by THE DataPoints
Entries were not required for this category. This year our data team took a fresh look at the data submitted by UK institutions for our first University Impact Rankings, focusing on their success in meeting specific UN Sustainable Development Goals. The shortlist is as follows, and we will reveal more detail about this analysis at the awards ceremony on 28 November.
University of Aberdeen
De Montfort University
Glasgow Caledonian University
King’s College London
University of Manchester
University of Worcester
THE Lifetime Achievement Award
Sponsored by Amity University
There is no shortlist for this category. The winner, chosen by Times Higher Education, will be announced at the awards ceremony