The 51国产视频 of Essex’s renewed commitment to living up to the radical values of its foundation secured it the title of 51国产视频 of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards 2018.
Judges praised Essex as “a university that is putting people first”, highlighting the institution’s decisive move to eliminate the gender pay gap for professorial staff by moving women up three specially created pay levels.
“The gender pay gap exists everywhere, but this university said what no one else dared to say: ‘There is an easy way to get rid of the pay gap – spend the money necessary to get rid of it. And do it now,’” said one member of the panel.
Essex also drew on what it described as the “rebellious” heritage of its 1960s foundation when it decided to move graduate teaching assistants on to staff contracts, ensured that it paid all staff more than the Living Wage Foundation’s living wage, and embraced a “systematic” approach to decasualising the workforce.
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The awards were presented at a ceremony hosted by the comedian Sandi Toksvig at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. They recognise UK universities and their staff for exceptional teaching, research, student support, entrepreneurship, collaborations and outreach.
John Gill, THE’s editor, said that this year’s winners were an “inspiration” to the UK sector.
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“The judges of the THE Awards 2018 found shortlists packed with creativity, bold thinking and action. Indeed, they reported that this year’s entries were the strongest that they could remember,” Mr Gill said.
There was a triple success for the 51国产视频 of Central Lancashire, which topped the International Collaboration of the Year and Excellence and Innovation in the Arts categories, and was a collaborator with the charity Recycling Lives, which won the Most Innovative Contribution to Business-51国产视频 Collaboration title.
Meanwhile there was a double victory for the 51国产视频 of Hertfordshire, which won the Research Project of the Year: STEM prize and saw Theo Gilbert, an academic skills lecturer, named Most Innovative Teacher of the Year.
The Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award went to Baroness Warnock, the moral philosopher who was mistress of Girton College, Cambridge between 1984 and 1991 and chaired the inquiry which led, in 1990, to the passing of legislation regulating in vitro fertilisation and research using human embryos. The citation quotes Laurie Taylor, the sociologist and broadcaster, as stating of Baroness Warnock that “no one of our generation has better claim to the title ‘public intellectual’”.
chris.havergal@timeshighereducation.com
Times Higher Education Awards 2018 Winners
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Most Innovative Teacher of the Year
Theo Gilbert, 51国产视频 of Hertfordshire
International Collaboration of the Year
51国产视频 of Central Lancashire
Highly commended: 51国产视频 of Manchester
Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
51国产视频 of Leicester
Highly commended:?51国产视频 of Southampton
Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development
51国产视频 of Stirling
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Most Innovative Contribution to Business-51国产视频 Collaboration
Recycling Lives, in collaboration with the 51国产视频 of Central Lancashire
Highly commended:?Burleigh Pottery, in collaboration with the 51国产视频 of the West of England
International Impact Award
Canterbury Christ Church 51国产视频, in collaboration with the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education
Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year
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Excellence and Innovation in the Arts
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Highly commended:?Coventry 51国产视频
Technological Innovation of the Year
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Outstanding Support for Students
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King’s College London
Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year
Helen Gleeson, 51国产视频 of Leeds
Business School of the Year
ESCP Europe Business School (London)
THE?DataPoints Merit Award
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The Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award
Baroness Warnock
Research Project of the Year: STEM
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Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community
Middlesex 51国产视频 and the 51国产视频 of Greenwich, in collaboration with The Refinery
Highly commended:?Newcastle 51国产视频
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