The finalists for this year’s Guardian University Awards have been selected in each category. The decisions were made by expert judges with a wide range of experience in the higher education sector.
Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 29 March.
Advancing staff equality
University of Essex
University of Greenwich
University of Wolverhampton
Buildings that inspire
Cardiff University
Nottingham Trent University
University of Essex
Business partnership
Newcastle University
Swansea University
The Open University
Digital innovation
The Open University
University of Central Lancashire
University of Leeds
Employability initiative
Henley Business School
University of Liverpool
University of Nottingham’s school of veterinary medicine and science
Entrepreneurship
Supported by National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education
Falmouth University
University of Greenwich
University of Southampton
International projects
The Open University
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
University of Nottingham
Marketing and communications campaign
Supported by Net Natives
Nottingham Trent University
University of Leicester
University of Sheffield
Research impact
Supported by Emerald Publishing
Coventry University
Heriot-Watt University
Queen Mary University of London
Social and community impact
De Montfort University
Heriot-Watt University
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Student diversity and widening participation
Supported by Net Natives
De Montfort University
University of East London
University of Sunderland
Student experience
Imperial College London
Newcastle University
Nottingham Trent University
Sustainability project
Cardiff University
Swansea University
Teaching excellence
City University London
Kingston University
University of Salford
Inspiring leader
Supported by HSBC
Janet Beer, vice-chancellor, University of Liverpool
Leszek Borysiewicz, vice-chancellor, University of Cambridge
Martin Eve, professor of literature, Birkbeck University
Chris Husbands, vice-chancellor, Sheffield Hallam University
Karma Nabulsi, professor of politics, University of Oxford
