Alliance universities took home the top prizes at the Guardian University Awards last night.
The Awards recognise inspiring projects around employability, student experience, research impact and business partnerships. Alliance universities were the winners or runner-ups in 11 of the 14 categories.
Maddalaine Ansell, Chief Executive of University Alliance said: “Congratulations to all Alliance universities who have been recognised for their hard work last night. These awards demonstrate that our innovative and entrepreneurial universities are developing a new kind of excellence – based on world-class research that solves real-world problems and a student experience that produces entrepreneurial and job-ready graduates.”
The list of Alliance universities winners and runner-ups is below. You can find the full list of winners and runner ups here:
Business partnership
Winner: Nottingham Trent University
Runner up: Coventry University
Employability
Winner: Coventry University
Entrepreneurship
Winner: Cardiff Metropolitan University
International projects
Runner up: University of the West of England
Online and distance learning
Runner up: Coventry University
Research impact
Winner: University of Greenwich
Social and community impact
Winner: Plymouth University
Student diversity and widening participation
Runner up: Kingston University
Student experience
Winner: University of Hertfordshire
Sustainability project
Runner up: Kingston University
Teaching excellence
Winner: Nottingham Trent University – Dawn of the Unread
Runner up: Nottingham Trent University – SCALE UP
