Winners will be announced at a glittering black-tie ceremony at The Vox in Birmingham on Thursday, 26 November 2026. Please visit the Ceremony page for details on the venue, transport and accommodation.

Approximate timings

18:30 Drinks reception
19:15 Welcome speeches and dinner
21:45 Celebrity host's set
22:00 Winners announcements commence
23:00 End of official proceedings, but there will be further opportunities to socialise until 01:00
01:00 Close

Tickets cover the drinks reception, three-course dinner, entertainment, celebrity host and after-party with DJ, but do not include table drinks during the dinner itself.

This year we are using the venue’s own online platform for beverage orders. This will be available four weeks prior to the ceremony, and we will share more details with all ticket bookers when we have them.

Booking information

• Tables seat 10 people. A booking of 10 seats will automatically be allocated one table, a booking of 20 seats two tables, etc.
• The order in which you list your attendees is the order in which they will be seated.
• You can book more than 10 places in a single booking, so if you book 15 places, we'll seat numbers 1-10 at one table, and aim to seat the remaining five at an adjacent table.
• A 5% discount applies for groups of 5-9 tickets, and 10% for groups of 10+. These discounts are applied automatically when you book the relevant number of places, even if you reach the threshold with separate bookings (as long as you're using the same account).
• If you don't yet know the specific attendees, the relevant fields can be left blank and populated later. The deadline for amendments is 17:00 on Tuesday 3 November, after which changes must be emailed to THEawards@timeshighereducation.com
• We are occasionally asked if finalists themselves receive free tickets, but unfortunately the answer is no – this is an expensive event to put on, so we ask institutions to purchase tickets for all their attendees