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Over 200 people from across the UK attended the inaugural Educate North Awards last week and judging by the excellent feedback, the Awards have announced their arrival as a valuable and innovative new contribution with aplomb.
An initiative that was established to recognise the huge economic and social and contribution that the HE and FE sectors add to the North, was clearly very warmly welcomed and embraced and the timing of the initiative, in the midst of the growing confidence and optimism fuelled by the “Northern Powerhouse” was perfect.
Given that over 160,000 people are directly employed by universities alone across the North of England with annual capex budgets of billions and exports of HE services currently running at £12 billion, the challenges and growing opportunities that lie ahead for the sector, are deserving of an initiative which is anchored in the North and duly celebrates achievements in the North.
The three organising partners (Carm Productions, Don’t Panic and Prolific North) would like to thank our outstanding panel of judges for their time and also our event partners without whom this exciting new initiative could not have taken place.
Educate North was staged in association with The Daily Telegraph and Barclays, the University of Manchester Intellectual Property UMIP, the businessman John Kennedy OBE and Liverpool and Sefton Chambers of Commerce.
John Kennedy
Educate North Awards 2015: the shortlist and winners
University of Liverpool’s Central Teaching Laboratories
Student Experience Award
- Learning Curve Group
- Newcastle College/HE Directorate – Embedding Undergraduate Research Within College-based Higher Education
- Royal Northern College of Music
- University of Chester Student Support and Guidance
- University of Cumbria – English Team
- University of Liverpool’s Central Teaching Laboratories
Highly Commended: Learning Curve Group
Winner: University of Liverpool’s Central Teaching Laboratories
Newcastle College
Access Award
- Newcastle College – Learning Support Service
- University of Cumbria – Get it Right Career Planner
Winner: Newcastle College – Learning Support Service
Lancaster University
Commercial Engagement Award
Winner: Lancaster University
Chester Students’ Union
Student Union of the Year
- Calderdale College Student Union
- University of Chester – Chester Students’ Union
- University of Liverpool – Liverpool Guild of Students
Winner: University of Chester – Chester Students’ Union
M&S Company Archive
Employer Engagement Award
- Leeds City College – Employee Responsive Initiative
- M&S Company Archive – University of Leeds Partnership Tea
- MPloy Solutions Ltd
- Shipley College Centre of Excellence for Business
Winner:- M&S Company Archive – University of Leeds Partnership Team
University of Chester Sustainability Unit
Environment Award
- Edge Hill University Capital Developments: Environmental Initiatives
- University of Chester Sustainability Unit
Winner: University of Chester Sustainability Unit
Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences
Research Team of the Year
- Liverpool John Moores University – Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES)
- University of Hull – Environmental and Evolutionary Genomics Research Group
Winner: Liverpool John Moores University – Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES)
University of Chester – Standing Desks
Research Project of the Year
- University of Chester – Standing Desks
- University of Huddersfield – Extended Play
Winner: University of Chester – Standing Desks
Barnsley College – iTrust
Innovation Award
- Barnsley College – iTrust
- Learning Curve Group
- University of Central Lancashire – Lancashire Science Festival
Winner: Barnsley College – iTrust
University of Hull Federation of Colleges
Academic Co-operation Award
Winner: University of Hull Federation of Colleges
Professor Bob Cryan – University of Huddersfield
Leadership Award
Winner: Professor Bob Cryan – University of Huddersfield
The Institute of Infection and Global Health
Specialist Institute of the Year
Winner: University of Liverpool – The Institute of Infection and Global Health
Dr Neil Pickles, University of Chester
Lecturer of the Year
- Toni Bewley, Edge Hill University
- Dr Neil Pickles, University of Chester
- Roger Styan, Craven College
- Professor Vini Lander, Edge Hill University
Winner: Dr Neil Pickles, University of Chester
University of Liverpool Management School
Business School of the Year
- Edge Hill Business School
- University of Liverpool Management School
Winner: University of Liverpool Management School
Newcastle College
Further Education College/Sixth Form of the Year
- Bishop Auckland College (South West Durham Training)
- Newcastle College
- Winstanley College
Winner: Newcastle College
University of Huddersfield
New University of the Year
- Edge Hill University
- University of Chester
- University of Huddersfield
Winner:
- University of Huddersfield
University of York
University of the Year
- Lancaster University
- Newcastle University
- University of York
Winner: University of York
