2019 Winners

University Entrepreneurs Grant Winner:

Dave Clayton, Wot wud u do?

 

Business/Industry Collaboration – HE/FE Sector

Backstage Academy

 

Business/Industry Collaboration – University Sector

University of Central Lancashire & St. Catherine’s Hospice Collaboration – Developing Futures

 

Social Mobility Award – HE/FE Sector

Birkenhead Sixth Form College – An Engine of Social Mobility

 

Social Mobility Award – University Sector

University of Chester – STEM Green-Power Car Challenge

 

Business Collaboration & Partnerships Award

HE/FE Sector Winner:

Newcastle College

 

University Sector Winner:

Chester Business School, Centre for Work Related Studies – Senior Leaders Master’s Degree Apprenticeship

Employer Engagement Award – HE/FE Sector

Sponsored by Smooth Radio

National Employer Training – a department of Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education

 

Employer Engagement Award – University Sector

Sponsored by Smooth Radio

Newcastle University – Professional Placements in Psychology

 

External Relations Team of the Year

University of Chester – Westminster Centre for Research and Innovation in Veterans’ Wellbeing

 

Innovation Award

Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education – Estuary Student TV Curriculum Model

 

Student Experience Award – HE/FE Sector

Sponsored by Communicorp UK

Lancaster and Morecambe College – Tackling Inactivity Project

 

Student Experience Award – University Sector

Sponsored by Communicorp UK

Winner: Teesside University – Future Facing Learning: Empowering Digital Learning at Teesside University

Highly commended: University of Bradford School of Management

 

International Partnership Award

HE/FE Sector Winner:

Tyne Coast College – South Shields Marine School

 

University Sector Winner:

University of Chester China Centre – Business Research Institute

 

Research Project of the Year

University of Central Lancashire – Stories2Connect Research Project

 

Research Team of the Year

Liverpool John Moore’s University – Face Lab

 

Teaching Excellence Award

Sponsored by Huawei

Winner: Professor Howard Williams, Professor of Archaeology, University of Chester

Highly commended: Dr Glenn Adam Hurst, University of York

 

UK Leadership Award

Sponsored by Smooth Radio

Winner: Angela Williams OBE, Huddersfield New College

Highly commended: Emma Forrest-Leigh, Grimsby Institute

 

UK Apprenticeship Award

Sponsored by Huawei

The Juice Academy

 

Students’ Union of the Year

Sponsored by Heart Radio

Newcastle University Students’ Union

 

Further Education College of the Year

Sponsored by Protocol

Nelson and Colne College

 

University of the Year

Supported by Dr. John Kennedy CBE, Patron of The Educate North Awards

Newcastle University

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

Canon Professor Tim Wheeler