The votes are counted, the garlands awarded, and on the 20th anniversary of the THE Awards we have another crop of exceptional winners. The occasion brought a record number of submissions detailing, as ever, a dazzling array of achievements from institutions, teams and individuals, and demonstrating that even though times are tough, the creativity and energy in UK and Irish universities remain undiminished.

Universities are many things to many people, but among the winners this year you will find examples of transformational research, teachers and PhD supervisors who energise and inspire, institutions delivering strategies that extend opportunity, and – in our University of the Year – that provide some of that much-needed glue to maintain a peaceful and cohesive society.

These are all things to be incredibly proud of, and we extend our sincere congratulations – and gratitude – to everyone who made it on to our shortlists this year, and most of all to our winners. It is a privilege for THE to have the role it does in celebrating your successes, and on the occasion of our 20th anniversary we thank you, and look forward to championing you for years to come.

– John Gill, editor, THE

The winners were announced on 28 November 2024. You can view photos of the ceremony in our Flickr album.

Below you will find the shortlist – click on a finalist’s name to read an abridged version of their submission.

You can also read an e-book profiling all the winners.

Find out much more about the work of this year’s finalists – in their own words – in our special THE Campus Spotlight feature.

Watch the highlights video

Finally, the THE Outstanding Achievement Award recipient was Lord Melvyn Bragg, and you can read why we gave him this honour in our winners e-book. Lord Bragg gave a touching and personal acceptance speech, but did not find room for the limerick he had prepared in advance; we’re delighted that he has agreed to us publishing it here.

When discussing the words that we use It’s essential never to lose The snap and the patter Of commonplace chatter As well as the Olympian muse

The Times Higher Educational Trust Is such a rare gem and a must And if it disappears We all have great fears That literacy itself will go bust

So let’s vow to our tried and true alphabet That it will never in our era let Slip slops and mumbles And ignorant fumbles Take over and rule; well, not yet

Business School of the Year

Chester Business School, University of Chester (winner)

ESCP Business School

Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University

School of Business and Management, University of Sunderland

Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde

York Business School, York St John University

International Collaboration of the Year

Anglia Ruskin University

Bath Spa University

King’s College London

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with external partners (winner)

Royal College of Art

University of Leeds

Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with external partners

The Open University

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London

University of East London (winner)

University of Hull

University of the West of Scotland

Most Innovative Teacher of the Year

Ishani Chandrasekara, Queen Mary University of London

Suha Jaradat, Edinburgh Napier University

Vikki McCall, University of Stirling

Alex MacLaren, Heriot-Watt University

Jenny Moffett, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (winner)

Danijela Serbic, Royal Holloway, University of London

Lim Keong Teoh, University of Winchester

Tim Young, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL

Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership

De Montfort University

London South Bank University

University of Aberdeen

University of Exeter (winner)

University of Plymouth

University of Portsmouth

Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Imperial College London

Kingston University

Queen’s University Belfast

University of Bradford (winner)

University of Glasgow

University of Reading

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

Brunel University London

London South Bank University (winner)

Manchester Metropolitan University

University of Bradford

University of Exeter

University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University

Outstanding Entrepreneurial University

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Imperial College London (highly commended)

London South Bank University

University of Dundee (winner)

University of Edinburgh

University of Westminster

Outstanding Estates Team

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Ulster University

University of Glasgow

University of Plymouth (winner)

University of Reading

University of Worcester

Outstanding Library Team of the Year

Cardiff University

Dublin City University (highly commended)

Newcastle University

University of Chester

University of Edinburgh (winner)

University of Nottingham

Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team of the Year

Abertay University (highly commended)

London Metropolitan University

Queen’s University Belfast

University of Exeter

University of Leeds

University of Stirling (winner)

Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year

Miller Alonso Camargo-Valero, University of Leeds

Angela Creese, University of Stirling (highly commended)

Felix Driver, Royal Holloway, University of London (winner)

Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey, Loughborough University

Kimberly Hutchings, Queen Mary University of London

Komang Ralebitso Senior, Liverpool John Moores University

Colin Rickman, Heriot-Watt University

Teal Triggs, Royal College of Art

Outstanding Support for Students

Buckinghamshire New University

London South Bank University (highly commended)

New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering

Queen Mary University of London

University of Manchester with the University of Manchester Students’ Union (winner)

University of Roehampton

Outstanding Technician of the Year

Sarah Bennett, University of Warwick

Sally Carter, Loughborough University

Jodie Chatfield, University of Nottingham (winner)

Mark Dabee Saltmarsh, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Ashley Grimmer, University of Cambridge

Jenna Lowe, University of Liverpool

James McStravick, Manchester Metropolitan University (now the University of Huddersfield)

Mamta Sharma, Wellcome Sanger Institute

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

Bournemouth University (winner)

Edinburgh Napier University

University of East Anglia, in collaboration with Norfolk Museums Service, Norfolk Historic Shipwrecks, and the Gloucester (1682) Charitable Trust

University of Glasgow

University of Nottingham

University of Surrey

Research Project of the Year: STEM

Anglia Ruskin University

Cardiff University

University of Central Lancashire

University of Exeter

University of Leeds

University of Manchester (winner)

Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

Aston University

Imperial College London

RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (winner)

UCL

University of Glasgow

University of the Arts London

Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year

Loughborough University

Royal Northern College of Music

University of Cumbria (winner)

University of Salford, in collaboration with the University of Manchester and IntoUniversity

University of the West of Scotland

University of Warwick

University of the Year

London Metropolitan University

Ulster University (winner)

University of Leicester

University of Stirling

University of Sunderland

University of Surrey