A record turnout of over 400 people filled the Hilton on Deansgate in Manchester last night to celebrate the region’s education sector at the Educate North Awards.
Academics, leaders, students, executives and business people from across the North and indeed the UK made it an occasion to remember as a total of 23 awards were handed out, with the quality of entries so competitive that a further three Highly Commended prizes were awarded.
Delivered in association with RM Productions, Don’t Panic Events and Prolific North, the top prize of University of the Year went for the second successive year to Newcastle University.
The Lifetime Achievement Award, meanwhile, was awarded to Canon Professor Tim Wheeler, who is retiring this year after more than two decades as Vice Chancellor of the University of Chester.
