2018 Winners

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