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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