THE Awards 2017: shortlist announced

Those working in universities might feel they’re trapped in a game of Whack-a-Mole: for each challenge they overcome, several more pop up. And yet they clear every hurdle, in the process sharpening their focus and setting new standards. To reflect this, we have refreshed our awards categories. It is the adaptability, efficiency and creativity displayed by individuals, teams and institutions that Times Higher Education will honour when the 2017 THE Awards ceremony takes place on 30 November at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. More details at www.the-awards.co.uk

Business School of the Year

Sponsored by Amity University 

• Bristol Business School, University of the West of England
• ESCP Europe Business School (London)
• Fashion Business School, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
• The Open University Business School
• Pearson Business School, Pearson College London
• Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

 International Impact Award

• University of Bedfordshire
• Leeds Arts University
• University of Leicester, in collaboration with the University of Kufa (Iraq)
• Loughborough University
• The Open University
• University of Worcester

Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Sponsored by Elsevier

• Durham University
• University of Exeter
• Heriot-Watt University
• University of London
• Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
• Southampton Solent University

Research Project of the Year: STEM

• University of Exeter
• Heriot-Watt University
• Liverpool John Moores University
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
• Newcastle University
• Queen Mary University of London

Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year

Sponsored by UK Council for Graduate Education

• Gerardo Adesso, University of Nottingham
• Jon Anderson, Cardiff University
• Francesca Arrigoni, Kingston University
• Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Swansea University
• Jelena Grbic, University of Southampton
• Matthew Inglis, Loughborough University

Outstanding Support for Students

• De Montfort University
• Durham University
• University of Essex
• University of Glasgow
• University of Kent
• Sheffield Hallam University

Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development

Sponsored by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

• University of Bradford
• De Montfort University
• Edge Hill University
• University of Exeter
• University of Glasgow
• Ulster University

Outstanding University Entrepreneurship Award

Sponsored by NCEE

• City, University of London
• Falmouth University
• Liverpool John Moores University
• Pearson College London
• University of Salford
• Southampton Solent University

International Collaboration of the Year

• Cardiff University, in collaboration with the University of Namibia
• University of Chester, in collaboration with the Department of Justice and the Police Force of New South Wales (Australia)
• London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, in collaboration with the Institut Français de la Mode (France)
• University of Nottingham, in collaboration with Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (China)
• WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, University of Oxford
• University of Salford, in collaboration with the Zhejiang Fashion Institute of Technology (China)

Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year 

• Cardiff Metropolitan University
• University of Cumbria and HMP Haverigg
• King’s College London
• Kingston University
• Ulster University
• University of Warwick

Most Innovative Contribution to Business-University Collaboration

Sponsored by the National Centre for Universities and Business 

• Hastings Hotels, in collaboration with Ulster University
• NHS Wales Informatics Service, in collaboration with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David
• Nestlé, in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University
• Paxman, in collaboration with the University of Huddersfield
• Rolls-Royce, in collaboration with the universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Swansea
• Ryder Architecture, in collaboration with Northumbria University

Most Innovative Teacher of the Year

Sponsored by the Higher Education Academy 

• Georgina Blakeley, The Open University
• Scott Border, University of Southampton
• Nicci Campbell, University of Southampton
• Russell Crawford, Keele University
• Sharon Edwards, Bucks New University
• Duncan Reavey, University of Chichester

Excellence and Innovation in the Arts

• University of Bedfordshire
• University of Brighton
• University of Exeter
• Loughborough University
• Teesside University
• University of Worcester

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

• Cardiff University
• Durham University
• University of Glasgow, in collaboration with Glasgow Science Festival
• Queen Mary University of London
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Ulster University

THE DataPoints Merit Award

For this THE DataPoints Merit Award, we used our latest World University Rankings data to identify institutions that are excelling on a “bang for the buck” measure of research performance.

• University of Exeter
• King’s College London
• Lancaster University
• University of Leicester
• Queen Mary University of London
• University of Sussex

Technological Innovation of the Year

Sponsored by Jisc

• University of Birmingham
• GW4 Alliance (the universities of Bristol, Bath, Cardiff and Exeter), in collaboration with the Met Office and Cray Inc
• Loughborough University
• University of Manchester
• University of St Andrews
• University of Sunderland

Most Improved Student Experience

Sponsored by Scientia

• Canterbury Christ Church University
• City, University of London
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• University of Hertfordshire
• Staffordshire University
• University of Sunderland

The Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award

Sponsored by EvaSys

There is no shortlist for this category. The winner, chosen by Times Higher Education, will be announced at the awards ceremony.

University of the Year

Sponsored by Santander Universities

• City, University of London
• University of Dundee
• Liverpool John Moores University
• Northumbria University
• Nottingham Trent University
• University of Winchester