The Guardian University Awards turn five in 2017 – and each year we’ve seen the number of entries grow as universities recognise the impact a Guardian award has on their reputation in the sector, and on student recruitment.
Winning a Guardian award highlights a university’s achievements to the 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.
League tables and the government’s new Teaching Excellence Framework are all about metrics. University statisticians pore over data as their institutions jockey for position. But these awards recognise qualities and achievements that can’t be reduced to columns of numbers.
Decide where you shine
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.
We invite entries from UK universities and university professionals across 14 categories, which are shortlisted and evaluated by an expert panel. We also invite nominations for the sector’s Inspiring Leader 2016 2017, voted for by readers of the Guardian Higher Education Network. An ideas bank of all winning and shortlisted entries will be published on the Guardian website after the ceremony.
Entry fee:
Early bird from 7-31 December: One entry £199 + VAT
Full rate after the early bird offer expires: One entry £249 + VAT
Multiple entries (after first entry) £150 + VAT
Please note that a booking fee will also apply.
Timeline:
7 December: launch date
6-31 December: early bird period
3 February: applications close
March: shortlisted applicants will be notified after the judging lunch on 1 March.
March: ceremony in central London, date to be confirmed
Good luck!
