Guardian University Awards 2014: winners and runners up

The winners of this year's Guardian University Awards have been announced at a ceremony in London

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Guardian University Awards 2014
All award winners on stage. Photograph: James Turner for the Guardian

Business partnership:

Winner: University of Hull

Project: For Entrepreneurs Only

Runners up:

Leeds Metropolitan University: Project: Work-based BSc(Hons) in professional aviation practice

Middlesex University: Project: Improving the thermal performance of homes

Comms campaign:

Winner: University of East Anglia

Project: AshTag app

Runners up:

University of Leicester: Project: Discovery of Richard III

University of Sheffield: Project: Get Higher 2013 clearing and adjustment campaign

Community contribution:

Winner: De Montfort University

Project: Square Mile stem cell register recruitment project

Runners up:

University of Strathclyde: Project: The Strathclyde Literacy Clinic

De Montfort University: Project: The Homework Club

Distance or online learning

Winner: The Open University

Project: OU Anywhere app

Runners up:

The University of Nottingham: Project: Sustainability Nooc (Nottingham open online course)

The University of Central Lancashire: Project: The Digital Shift

Diversity initiative:

Sponsored by Equality Challenge Unit

Winner: Kingston University

Project: OU Anywhere app

Runners up:

The University of Sheffield: Project: Raising the number of women in senior posts

Keele University: Project: Dignity and Respect Framework

Employability initiative:

Winner: Queen Mary University of London

Project: QProjects work experience scheme

Runners up:

Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield: Project: RISE:Sheffield

University of the Arts London: Project: Fair internships campaign

Facilities project:

Winner: The University of Manchester

Project: Alan Gilbert Learning Commons

Runners up:

Staffordshire University: Project: UNIQ educational regeneration project

Birmingham City University: Project: The Parkside Building

International project:

Winner: University of Wolverhampton

Project: International Knowledge Exchange

Runners up:

University of Sheffield: Project: #weareinternational

Liverpool John Moores University: Project: Global career development partnership

Research Impact:

Sponsored by Amity University

Winner: University of Greenwich

Project: Active Dynamic Signage Systems

Runner up:

University of Bath: Project: Treating burns in young children

Student experience:

Winner: The Open University

Project: OU Anywhere app

Runners up:

Oxford Brookes University: Project: Oxford Brookes social entrepreneurship awards

Northumbria University: Project: Transforming student mental health services

Sustainability project:

Winner: Loughborough University

Project: Eat Your Campus

Runners up:

University of Northampton: Project: The Biodiversity Index

London School of Economics and Political Science: Project: The Sustainable Projects Fund

Teaching excellence:

Sponsored by Higher Education Academy

Winner: University of Reading

Project: Virtual Rome

Runner up: University of Nottingham: Project: Five-year pharmacy degree with integrated clinical pre-registration training

Widening participation:

Winner: University of Sunderland

Project: Attracting care leavers into higher education

Runner up: Central St Martins, the University of the Arts: Project: Clothes Talk

Inspiring leader of the year:

Sponsored by Leadership Foundation

Winner: Jamie Agombar, ethical and environmental manager, NUS

Runners up:

• Robert Burgess, vice chancellor, University of Leicester

• Wendy Hall, professor of computer science, University of Southampton

• Tricia King, Pro-vice master for student experience and director of external relations, Birkbeck, University of London

• Alan Langlands, vice chancellor, University of Surrey

• Richard Taylor, chief operating officer, Loughborough University

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