The 2018 winners were announced at the awards ceremony on the 26 April 2018 at the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel in Manchester.
Business / Industry Collaboration
Winner: University of Hull
Highly Commended: Backstage Academy goes on tour
Social Mobility Award
Leeds Beckett University – Junior Leadership Scheme
Employer Engagement Award
University of Chester collaboration with Royal Caribbean International
Environmental Industry Award
Winner: Bradford50@50 – University of Bradford
Highly Commended: University of Chester – Greening the Libraries
External Relations Team of the Year
Winner: Newcastle University – Undergraduate Student Recruitment Team
Winner: Policy@Manchester – The University of Manchester
Innovation Award
University of Central Lancashire – Communications and Engagement In The City
Student Experience Award
Newcastle University Careers Service
Research Project of the Year
University of Chester – Social and economic conditions contributing to homelessness in Cheshire
International Partnership
UCLan and the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine From Devastation to Preston
International Transnational Education
@uclanADF
UK Leadership Award
Professor Mike Thomas, The University of Central Lancashire
UK Apprenticeship Award
Winner: Manchester Metropolitan University
Winner: The Juice Academy
Students’ Union of the Year
Newcastle University Students’ Union
Business School of the Year
Liverpool Hope Business School and University of Chester Business School
Further Education College of the Year
Wigan & Leigh College
Sixth Form of the Year
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
University of the Year
Supported by Dr. John Kennedy CBE, Patron of The Educate North Awards
Newcastle University
Lifetime Achievement Award
Jim Keaton MBE