The best universities and businesses working in postgraduate education have been recognised as the winners of the Prospects Postgraduate Awards 2014 are unveiled.
More than 150 leaders in the provision of postgraduate education attended the glittering awards ceremony yesterday (10 November) at The Midland Hotel, Manchester, with a gala lunch and networking opportunities.
The Prospects Postgraduate Awards is the only annual event solely dedicated to celebrating best practice and the most exciting campaigns and developments in UK postgraduate education.
It recognises the universities, businesses and agencies that have had an impact on postgraduate education. A new accolade has been introduced this year for ‘Best Careers and Employability Team’, recognising the careers services who facilitate work-related learning opportunities for postgraduates.
The Prospects Postgraduates Awards 2014 Winners:
Best University Campaign: Winner SMRS and Birkbeck, University of London; Highly commended Buckinghamshire New University
Best Faculty Campaign: Winner Postgraduate (PGT) Sport, University of Bedfordshire; Highly commended Brunel Law School, Brunel University London
Best International Campaign: Winner Media Minds on behalf of University of Roehampton; Highly commended Buckinghamshire New University
Best Prospectus: Winner The University of Nottingham; Highly commended London Metropolitan University
Best Agency: Winner Media Minds; Highly commended SMRS
Best Website: Winner Norwich University of the Arts; Highly commended University of Brighton
Best Business Partner: Winner The REACH Centre Ltd (working with Lancaster University); Highly commended GSK (working with University of Strathclyde)
Best Careers & Employability Team: Winner Careers Network and Careers in Business, University of Birmingham; Highly commended UEA Careers Service at CareerCentral
Best Teaching Team (arts & humanities): Winner MA Fine Art Team, Open College of the Arts; Highly commended Postgraduate Diploma Landscape Architecture Team, Birmingham City University
Best Teaching Team (business & social sciences): Winner MA Voluntary & Third Sector Leadership & Management Teaching Team, Business School, Edgehill University; Highly commended Executive Master of Public Administration Teaching Team, London South Bank University
Best Teaching Team (science, technology & engineering): Winner MSc Medical Genetics Team, University of Glasgow; Highly commended MSc/MRes Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation Team, Nottingham Trent University; Judges’ commendation MSc Forensic Archaeology and Crime Scene Investigation Team, University of Bradford
The Awards are run by Prospects, the UK’s leading postgraduate education publisher. Chief executive, Mike Hill said: “It’s fantastic to see such high calibre of entries from some of the UK’s leaders in postgraduate education. Each year we’re overwhelmed by the support and excitement we receive. Congratulations to all of the winners and we look forward to next year.”
The Prospects Postgraduate Awards are sponsored by University Business. The judging panel includes representatives from the NUS, Association of Graduate Recruiters and the Higher Education Funding Council for England.