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THE Awards 2024
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