How does a university stand out from the crowd? In a fast-growing sector with rising student numbers, expanding campuses and noisy social media, every university needs a surefire way to raise its profile.
And that’s where the Guardian University Awards come in. Winning an award highlights your achievements to the Guardian website’s 8 million daily readers around the world. Of those readers, one in five describes themselves as a student - exactly the people who need to know which universities are doing an especially great job.
All you have to do is pick a category in which you believe you stand out. The categories honour excellence in everything from teaching practice to beautiful buildings, and the awards offer universities a seal of approval for their most outstanding work.
The awards recognise the value of specific projects, so entries should be focused around an initiative or campaign or project.
Applications will be judged by expert panels of judges, representing universities of all kinds from around the country, education journalists and higher education organisations.
All shortlisted entrants will be invited to attend the awards ceremony in central London in March 2016, where the winners will be announced.
The Higher Education Network will host a University Awards ideas bank, containing accounts of all the projects that made the shortlist.
Entries, accompanied by the requisite fee, will be accepted from all recognised higher education institutions in the UK
Shortlisted entrants will receive:
- Two tickets to attend the awards ceremony
- Exposure on the Guardian web site (link to awards page on HEN)
- Inclusion in the Guardian University Award ideas bank (winners and runners-up)
