2025 Finalists
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Apprenticeship Award
Heart of Yorkshire Education Group
— ApprenticeshipsUniversity of Chester
— The Apprenticeship TeamUniversity of Huddersfield
Warrington & Vale Royal College
— ApprenticeshipsWigan & Leigh College
York College
— Apprenticeship TeamYork St John University
— Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship - Improving the Standard of PolicingBusiness Engagement, Employer Award – HE/FE Sector
Askham Bryan College, Fera Science, The Tree Health Centre at the Yorkshire Arboretum and VISR Dynamics
— Collaborative Tree Health Virtual Reality InitiativeFranklin Sixth Form College
— Emma Swinburn, Jaime Hansen, Honor Walton - Meet the FutureHartlepool College of Further Education and be:ONE partnership
Heart of Yorkshire Education Group and Wakefield District Housing
— Employer EngagementHopwood Hall College
— Billy GilchristTrafford & Stockport College Group
Warrington & Vale Royal College
— Health & Social Care Academy
Sponsored by
Campaign of the Year
Education Partnership North East
— Inspiring Futures: Overcoming barriers through education in Sunderland – school leaver conversion campaignHull College
— The Hullraisers: Join The JourneyKirklees College
— Keep WarmLiverpool Hope University
— Inclusive approaches in support of student continuationNCG
— Transforming Student Recruitment to Open Opportunities for AllNorthumbria University
— NU ALLSTARSTrafford & Stockport College Group
— Empowering Youth: Campaign for Voter RegistrationUniversity of Central Lancashire
— If you might regret it, forget it campaignCommunity Engagement Award – HE/FE Sector
Craven College Projects Team
— For the Provision of Multiply and Rise2Thrive InitiativesEducation Partnership North East & Northumbria Police
— Trainee Detective ProgrammeFranklin Sixth Form College
— Career AcademyHull College
— From Festival Fields to Fresh Starts: The Community Recycling InitiativeNewcastle College
— Bambisanani PartnershipNorthern School of Contemporary Dance
Redcar & Cleveland College
— Dance for Dementia: A Community ConnectionSwarthmore Education Centre
— Creative Communities ProjectCommunity Engagement Award – University Sector
Edge Hill University
— Engaging Communities, Empowering Futures: The Young Marketeers InitiativeLiverpool John Moores University
— Legal Advice Centre: Community Law ClinicManchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan University
— Pro Bono NetworkThe University of Central Lancashire
— Preston Jazz and Improvisation FestivalThe University of Manchester - The Anti-Poverty Collective
— Developing Manchester’s Anti-Poverty Research Community by Co-Producing Grassroots Collaborations for Positive Social ChangeUniversity of Chester
— Chester Community Law ProjectYork St John University
— Converge
Sponsored by
Digital Education and Development Award
Gaia Learning
Learning Curve Group
— EdTech ToolboxThe Sixth Form Bolton
— Shaping Education with TechnologyUniversity of Huddersfield
— Graduate Career ExplorerWigan & Leigh College
York College and University Centre (Quality of Education Team)
— Cube 360York St John University
— EPIC Science
Sponsored by
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Award
Durham University Careers & Enterprise
— Widening participation in Work-Based LearningEducation Partnership North East
— Breaking the through the SEND employment barrierHello Future and University of Cumbria
— Year 7 & 8 Reading ProgrammeHull College
— Silent Voices, Vivid StoriesNorthumbria University
— Inclusion Matters: Transforming Culture at Northumbria UniversityStedyChefs Learning Centre
The University of Law
— Creating networks; building confidence and careers through connectionsupReach & The University of Manchester
— Manchester Rise Programme
Sponsored by
Heart Creative Arts Award
Burnley College
— Creative Arts and Media Division - All Together: Creating CommunityNorthern School of Contemporary Dance
South Craven School
Sunderland College
— Creative Arts ‘Thread of Life’ - A response to the August 2024 Northeast riotsTenderfoot Theatre CIC
The Manchester College Visual Arts department
— Future Creatives partnership with Manchester Art GalleryThe University of Salford & Joss Arnott Dance
— EmergenceUniversity Centre Leeds
— BLANK_Innovation Award
Centre for Sustainable Innovation
— KnowDigitalHeart of Yorkshire Education Group
— Creating the UK’s first Carbon Capture and Storage programmeHopwood Hall College
— Billy Gilchrist, Business Innovation AdvisorLeeds Trinity University
— Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Job EvaluationNewcastle University
— Impact Measurement ScaleThe Christie Hospital
— Teenage & Young Adult ServiceThe Sheffield College and South Yorkshire Regional Education and Careers Team
— Sheffield Health and Social Care Employability ProjectLeadership and Innovation Award
Aline Miller
— The University of ManchesterGary Judge
— Access Sport CollegeGraham Luccock, Chair of the Corporation
— Trafford & Stockport College GroupHello Future
— Hull College and PartnersLes Walton CBE
— Association of Education AdvisersProfessor Christopher Headleand
— University of Staffordshire Games InstituteProfessor Francine Morris
— University of Salford's Business School
Sponsored by
Liverpool Hope Prize; Outstanding Achievement for Social Mobility
Bishop Auckland College
— Transforming Lives Through Education and LearningGreenhead College
— Believe and Achieve ProgrammeNorthern College in Yorkshire
— The North’s only adult residential education collegeThe City of Liverpool College
— NHS Clinical Trials Database, Virtual Production for NHS Clatterbridge, and VR Project for The Walton CentreupReach
— Transforming Social Mobility in the North of England
Sponsored by
Mental Health and Wellbeing Award
Hopwood Hall College
— Addressing Emotionally Based Non-Attendance in RochdaleNewcastle College
— Central Support ServiceNewcastle University, Student Health and Wellbeing
— Outdoor TherapyNorthumbria Students' Union
— Mental Health and Wellbeing InitiativeNorthumbria University
— Mental Health and Wellbeing TeamSalford City College Group
— #WellStudent InitiativeUniversity of Central Lancashire
— Advancing Suicide Prevention, Working in Partnership with FamiliesWinstanley College
— Mental Health and Wellbeing Team
Sponsored by
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Initiative Award
Burnley College
— The Cyber Pioneers TaskforceGivEnergy, Higher Horizons & Keele University
— GivEnergy 850 Learning LabLeeds Beckett University: School of Health
— Theory into PracticeNorthumbria University & Woodhorn Mining Museum
— STEM CommunitiesThe Sixth Form Bolton
— Aspiring to STEMThe University of Central Lancashire & STEMFirst
— Space in SchoolsUniversity Centre Leeds
— Widening Participation and Outreach Team
Sponsored by
Student Experience Award - HE/FE Sector
Access Sport College
— Career Focused Global ToursBurnley College
— Student Experience – Elite Athlete ProgrammeGreater Manchester Institute of Technology (GMIoT)
— A Distinctive Student ExperienceLearning Curve Group
— AcademiesNew College Durham
— Creating a unifying experience through sportThe Sheffield College
— Overseas Work-related Activity ProgrammeThe Sixth Form Bolton
— Women into Leadership ProgrammeStudent Experience Award – University Sector
Northern School of Contemporary Dance
Teesside University
— Student Futures ‘Empowering and inspiring our students to achieve their career ambitions’.The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University
— The Student Self-Care MovementUniversity of Central Lancashire
— Student Achievement ProgrammeUniversity of Central Lancashire
— Transforming Interprofessional EducationUniversity of Chester
— Academic Skills Team, The Skills PodUniversity of Sheffield
— Social Sciences Faculty Education Team, Active Student Voice Group (ASVG)York St John University
— Degree ApprenticeshipsThe Sustainable Green Initiative
Barnsley College
— Catalysing Carbon Literacy and ESDEdge Hill University
— The Big Campus ClearoutFranklin Sixth Form College Sustainability Group
— Agency and Partnership to Unleash the GreenHull College
— Rising Tides, Rising MindsKirkley Hall Zoo at Northumberland College
— ‘NGCP’ Northumberland Global Conservation ProjectRoyal Northern College of Music
— The Future Is GreenUniversity of Manchester and the RoundView
— Libraries as nodes for sustainability learning with UK National Commission for UNESCO and Manchester UNESCO City of LiteratureThird Sector Award
HMT St Hughs Hospital & Humber Health Partnership, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital
— Sepsis, Together We Can Succeed ConferenceSwarthmore Education Centre
Sponsored by
College or FE Student Achievement of the Year
Aston Aldred
— Wigan & Leigh CollegeEmily Cassap
— Sunderland CollegeEshan Bilal
— Burnley CollegeGeorgia Elston
— Hopwood Hall CollegeJamaal Sajid
— Nelson College GroupJack Woodforth
— Franklin Sixth Form CollegeMadison Chantry
— York CollegeMaksym Kokhan
— Hopwood Hall College
Sponsored by
University/PHD Student Achievement of the Year
Alexia Lopez
— University of Central LancashireDan Smith
— Newcastle College University CentreJulia Marcet-Alonso
— University of Liverpool Management SchoolLucia Crowther
— University of Hull
Sponsored by
Further Education College of the Year
Barnsley College
Education Partnership North East
Greenhead College
Hull College
— Hullraisers champions of success – leading the wayNew College Durham
Trafford & Stockport College Group
Wigan & Leigh College
— Creative Skills Solutions for a CommunityYork College
Sponsored by
Business School of the Year
Liverpool John Moores University - Liverpool Business School
University of Huddersfield – Huddersfield Business School (HBS)
Law School of the Year
Edge Hill University School of Law and Criminal Justice
— Supporting widening participation and student employabilityFranklin Sixth Form, College Social Sciences and Law Department
— Legal Skills CertificateManchester Law School
University of Central Lancashire, School of Law and Policing
— Legal Social Mobility InitiativeUniversity of Chester, School of Law and Social Justice
— Embedding employability in the Law Curriculum – joined-up thinking and action
Sponsored by
University of the Year
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Business Engagement, Employer Award – University Sector
Edge Hill University Business School and SME Productivity and Innovation Centre
— Leadership for Growth training programmeThe North-East and Yorkshire Dietetic Placement Partnership
— A collaboration between dietetic programmes at Hull, Leeds Beckett, Newcastle and Teesside universities and their practice partnersThe University of Manchester
— Industrial Biotechnology Innovation CatalystUniversity of Central Lancashire
— Centre for SME and Enterprise Development (CSMEED) and the Institute for Research into Work and Employment (iROWE)University of Chester
— Enterprise DNA (Diversity, Networks, Action)Our Event Sponsors & Partners
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