The THE Awards have, for almost two decades, tracked the exceptional achievements of our universities – surely these islands’ greatest asset. This year, the shortlists and winners reflect a particular moment in time, the 2020-21 academic year, when universities were coming to terms with and continuing to respond to the changed circumstances imposed by the pandemic. As such, it is inevitable that those heroic efforts related to the Covid crisis are represented, but what is perhaps more striking is how rich and diverse the entries to this year’s awards were, how focused on the core missions of universities to deliver world-changing research, life-changing teaching, and all the other ways in which they engage and support communities, regions and countries.

There is little sense in these submissions, and in the winners detailed in this publication, that these were universities struggling through such exceptional times. Instead, the picture that is painted is of a sector that has risen to the occasion with skill and confidence, and refused to be pushed off course. That is as impressive as the Covid-specific initiatives and interventions that also characterised this unusual academic year.

Congratulations again to all of our winners, and to all of those shortlisted.

– John Gill, editor, THE

The winners were announced on 17 November 2022, view the photos of the ceremony in our Flickr album .

Below are the shortlisted and winning entries, and here you will find an e-book profiling all the winners .

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Business School of the Year

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Chester Business School, University of Chester

University of Exeter Business School (winner)

Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise, University of Central Lancashire

Leeds University Business School

Manchester Metropolitan Business School

Stirling Management School, University of Stirling

International Collaboration of the Year

University of East London

Glasgow Caledonian University, in collaboration with City, University of London; University of Galway – Ollscoil na Gaillimhe; Trinity College Dublin; and UCL

Imperial College London

Liverpool John Moores University

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

University of York (winner)

Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year

University of Brighton

University of Glasgow

Manchester Metropolitan University, in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire and Swellaway Ltd

Middlesex University (winner)

Sheffield Hallam University

University of the West of Scotland

Most Innovative Teacher of the Year

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Gary Burnett, University of Nottingham

Michael Daly, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (winner)

Adam Danquah, University of Manchester

Francesco Fornetti, University of Bristol (highly commended)

Lyvia Royd-Taylor, University of Brighton

Will Shuler, Royal Holloway,University of London

Laura Stephenson, Aberystwyth University

Nick Young, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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Abertay University

University of Birmingham

University of Huddersfield (winner)

Kingston University

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Newcastle University

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

University of Bradford

Edge Hill University (highly commended)

University of Leicester

Queen Margaret University, in collaboration with East Lothian Council; Midlothian Council; the STV Children’s Appeal; and a local family charity

Sheffield Hallam University (winner)

Ulster University

Outstanding Entrepreneurial University

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University of Central Lancashire

De Montfort University

London School of Economics and Political Science (winner)

London South Bank University (highly commended)

Robert Gordon University

University of Strathclyde

Outstanding Estates Team

Dublin City University (winner)

University of Glasgow

University of Hertfordshire

Loughborough University

University of Salford (highly commended)

University of West London

Outstanding Library Team

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Global Banking School

Lancaster University (winner)

University of St Andrews

Staffordshire University

University of Strathclyde

University of West London

Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team

Arts University Bournemouth

Edinburgh Napier University

King's College London and ZOE (winner)

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

University of Manchester

University of Sheffield

Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year

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Helen Allan, Middlesex University

Katherine Brickell, Royal Holloway, University of London

Soo Downe, University of Central Lancashire

John Goodwin, University of Leicester

Graham Huggan, University of Leeds

Becky Milne, University of Portsmouth (highly commended)

Andrew Radford, University of Bristol (winner)

Clive Roberts, University of Nottingham

Outstanding Support for Students

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Dublin City University

Greenwich Students' Union, University of Greenwich

St Mary's University, Twickenham (winner)

University College Cork

University of Westminster

University of York

Outstanding Technician of the Year

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Gemma Black, University of Leicester

Tristan Canfer, Science and Technology Facilities Council

Phillip Davey, University of Essex

James Fox-Robinson, Durham University (highly commended)

Hong Lin, University of Reading (winner)

Abigail Mortimer, University of York

Glyn Nelson, Newcastle University

Gillian Riddell, Queen's University Belfast

Russell Wilson, Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot-Watt University

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

University of Central Lancashire

University of Glasgow

University of Leicester, in collaboration with the University of Foggia (winner)

University of Salford

University of Salford, in collaboration with University of Kent; University of Leeds; London School of Economics and Political Science; and Deakin University

University College Cork

Research Project of the Year: STEM

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Anglia Ruskin University

Coventry University, in collaboration with the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

University of Exeter

University of Glasgow, on behalf of the OCTAVE investigators

Heriot-Watt University

University of Reading (winner)

Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

Anglia Ruskin University

Arts University Bournemouth

Coventry University

University of Edinburgh

Royal Northern College of Music (winner)

University of the West of Scotland

Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year

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Dublin City University (winner)

Edge Hill University

Keele University

University of Manchester

St Mary's University, Twickenham

Swansea University

THE DataPoints Merit Award

Entries were not required for this category.

Cardiff University

University of East Anglia

University of Glasgow

University of Limerick

London South Bank University

Trinity College Dublin

University College Cork (winner)

University College Dublin

THE Outstanding Achievement Award

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Mary Beard

University of the Year

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Edinburgh Napier University

Loughborough University

Newcastle University

Northumbria University (winner)

University of Plymouth

Sheffield Hallam University