THE Awards 2019: shortlist announced

The shortlist for the 2019 Times Higher Education Awards – the annual celebration of the UK university sector which is bigger than ever this year – has been announced.

Nearly 80 institutions make the shortlists across 23 categories. This year’s awards incorporate elements from the THE Leadership and Management Awards, meaning that they will honour UK higher education institutions across a broader range of activity than ever before, in one single event.

Leading the way with four institutional nominations, plus participation in two collaborative projects that have been shortlisted, and a further two nominations for individual staff members, is Newcastle University.

The University of Worcester has five institutional nominations, plus one staff member in the running for an individual award, while the University of Nottingham has four nominations, plus one collaborative shortlisting. The University of Strathclyde and De Montfort University both lay claim to four nominations.

Strathclyde and Worcester are also among the nominees for the hotly contested University of the Year title, alongside the University of Derby, Harper Adams University, Solent University and Ulster University.

This year’s awards ceremony will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 28 November. It will also serve as the celebratory finale of our two-day THE Live event, taking place at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel.

For more information and tickets, visit www.the-awards.co.uk. You can learn more about THE Live at www.the-live.co.uk.

International Collaboration of the Year

Sponsored by Huawei

• De Montfort University
• University of Essex
• Heriot-Watt University
• The Human Cell Atlas (Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Broad Institute)
• Queen Mary University of London
• University of Worcester

Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development

Sponsored by Advance HE

• Bucks New University
• University of Chester
• Newcastle University
• University of Nottingham
• University of Salford
• University of Strathclyde

Business School of the Year

• Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
• Aston Business School, Aston University
• Bristol Business School, University of the West of England
• Claude Littner Business School, University of West London
• Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire
• Leeds University Business School

Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Sponsored by Adobe

• Birmingham City University
• University of Dundee
• University of Essex
• University of Exeter
• Oxford Brookes University
• University of Reading

Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by Pearson

• De Montfort University
• Harper Adams University
• Queen Mary University of London
• Royal Northern College of Music
• University of Strathclyde
• University of West London

Research Project of the Year: STEM

Sponsored by Elsevier

• University of Exeter
• Lancaster University
• University of Nottingham, in collaboration with UCL
• University of Portsmouth
• University of Reading
• The Urban Observatory (Newcastle University, in collaboration with the universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cranfield, Manchester and Sheffield)

Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

• University of Derby
• Leeds Arts University
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• University of Nottingham
• The Open University
• Swansea University

Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year

Sponsored by UKCGE

• Melanie Green, University of Sussex
• Nicky Milner, University of York
• Theresa Mitchell, University of Worcester
• Gordon Morison, Glasgow Caledonian University
• Wen-chin Ouyang, SOAS University of London
• Katie Overy, University of Edinburgh
• Tong Sun, City, University of London
• Julie Thornton, University of Bradford

Excellence in Registry Services

• Abertay University
• AECC University College
• Bishop Grosseteste University
• Loughborough University
• Northumbria University
• University of Nottingham

Most Innovative Teacher of the Year

Sponsored by Advance HE

• Rachel Bolton-King, Staffordshire University
• Sian Burgess, University of Derby
• Madeleine Davies, University of Reading
• Tom Delahunt, Canterbury Christ Church University
• Gill Foster, London South Bank University
• Andrew O’Hagan, Nottingham Trent University
• Zoe Robinson, Keele University
• Sharon Tolaini-Sage, Norwich University of the Arts

Outstanding Support for Students

Sponsored by Anderson Quigley

• Edinburgh Napier University
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• University of Leicester
• Newcastle University
• Norwich University of the Arts
• University of Worcester

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

• University of Dundee and Abertay University
• Edinburgh Napier University, in collaboration with the Scottish Prison Service and Fife College
• University of Hertfordshire
• University of Huddersfield
• Sheffield Hallam University
• University of Worcester

Outstanding Entrepreneurial University

Sponsored by NCEE

• University of Central Lancashire
• City, University of London
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Hertfordshire
• Loughborough University
• University of the West of England

Outstanding Strategic Planning Team

Sponsored by Microsoft

• Leeds Arts University
• The London Institute of Banking & Finance
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Staffordshire University
• Ulster University
• University of the West of England

Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year

• Birmingham City University
• University of Huddersfield
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• Northern Accelerator (the universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland)
• The Open University
• University of Suffolk

Outstanding Estates Strategy

Sponsored by Aude

• University of Birmingham
• De Montfort University
• Edge Hill University
• University of Glasgow
• Harper Adams University
• University of the West of Scotland

Outstanding Library Team

Sponsored by Veredus

• Abertay University
• Edge Hill University
• University of Essex
• University of Kent
• Newcastle University
• University of Strathclyde

Outstanding Technician of the Year

Sponsored by Technician Commitment

• Alison Davidson, Staffordshire University
• James Davoll, Newcastle University
• Vicky Forrest, University of Lincoln
• Barbara Kunz, The Open University
• Mel Leitch, Newcastle University
• Samantha McCormack, Bucks New University
• Brian Paterson, University of Aberdeen
• Clare Stevenson, John Innes Centre

Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team

• University of Birmingham
• University of Bradford
• Loughborough University
• University of Nottingham
• University of Salford
• University of Stirling

THE DataPoints Merit Award

Sponsored by THE DataPoints

For this THE DataPoints Merit Award, we used data submitted by UK institutions for our inaugural University Impact Rankings to explore their success in meeting specific United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

• University of Aberdeen
• De Montfort University
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• King’s College London
• University of Manchester
• University of Worcester

Outstanding Financial Performance

Sponsored by HSBC

• University of Huddersfield
• Newcastle University
• University of West London

THE Lifetime Achievement Award

Sponsored by Amity University

There is no shortlist for this category. The winner, chosen by Times Higher Education, will be announced at the awards ceremony.

University of the Year

• University of Derby
• Harper Adams University
• Solent University
• University of Strathclyde
• Ulster University
• University of Worcester