The shortlist for the 2019?Times Higher Education?Awards ¨C the annual celebration of the UK university sector which is bigger than ever this year ¨C has been announced.

Nearly 80 institutions make the shortlists across 23 categories. This year¡¯s awards incorporate elements from the?THE?Leadership and Management Awards, meaning that they will honour UK higher education institutions across a broader range of activity than ever before, in one single event.

Leading the way with four institutional nominations, plus participation in two collaborative projects?that have been shortlisted, and a further two nominations for individual staff members, is Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ.

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Worcester has five institutional nominations, plus one staff member in the running for an individual award, while the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham has four nominations, plus one collaborative shortlisting. The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Strathclyde and De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ both lay claim to four nominations.

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Strathclyde and Worcester are also among the nominees for the hotly contested 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the Year title, alongside the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Derby, Harper Adams 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Solent 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and Ulster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ.

This year¡¯s awards ceremony will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 28?November.?It will also serve as the celebratory finale of our two-day?THE?Live event, taking place at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel.

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International Collaboration of the Year

Sponsored by Huawei

• De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Essex
• Heriot-Watt 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• The Human Cell Atlas (Wellcome Sanger Institute and the Broad Institute)
• Queen Mary 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Worcester

Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development

Sponsored by Advance HE

• Bucks New 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Chester
• Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Salford
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Strathclyde

Business School of the Year

• Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Aston Business School, Aston 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Bristol Business School, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of England
• Claude Littner Business School, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of West London
• Hertfordshire Business School, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hertfordshire
• Leeds 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Business School

Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Sponsored by Adobe

• Birmingham City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Dundee
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Essex
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Exeter
• Oxford Brookes 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Reading

Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by Pearson

• De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Harper Adams 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Queen Mary 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
• Royal Northern College of Music
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Strathclyde
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of West London

Research Project of the Year: STEM

Sponsored by Elsevier

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Exeter
• Lancaster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham, in collaboration with UCL
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Portsmouth
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Reading
• The Urban Observatory (Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, in collaboration with the universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cranfield, Manchester and Sheffield)

Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Derby
• Leeds Arts 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham
• The Open 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Swansea 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year

Sponsored by UKCGE

• Melanie Green, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sussex
• Nicky Milner, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of York
• Theresa Mitchell, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Worcester
• Gordon Morison, Glasgow Caledonian 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Wen-chin Ouyang, SOAS 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
• Katie Overy, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Edinburgh
• Tong Sun, City, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
• Julie Thornton, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bradford

Excellence in Registry Services

• Abertay 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• AECC 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College
• Bishop Grosseteste 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Loughborough 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Northumbria 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham

Most Innovative Teacher of the Year

Sponsored by Advance HE

• Rachel Bolton-King, Staffordshire 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Sian Burgess, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Derby
• Madeleine Davies, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Reading
• Tom Delahunt, Canterbury Christ Church 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Gill Foster, London South Bank 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Andrew O¡¯Hagan, Nottingham Trent 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Zoe Robinson, Keele 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Sharon Tolaini-Sage, Norwich 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the Arts

Outstanding Support for Students

Sponsored by Anderson Quigley

• Edinburgh Napier 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Glasgow Caledonian 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester
• Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Norwich 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the Arts
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Worcester

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Dundee and Abertay 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Edinburgh Napier 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, in collaboration with the Scottish Prison Service and Fife College
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hertfordshire
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Huddersfield
• Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Worcester

Outstanding Entrepreneurial 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Sponsored by NCEE

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire
• City, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Edinburgh
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hertfordshire
• Loughborough 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of England

Outstanding Strategic Planning Team

Sponsored by Microsoft

• Leeds Arts 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• The London Institute of Banking & Finance
• Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Staffordshire 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Ulster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of England

Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year

• Birmingham City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Huddersfield
• Manchester Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Northern Accelerator (the universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland)
• The Open 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Suffolk

Outstanding Estates Strategy

Sponsored by Aude

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham
• De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Edge Hill 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow
• Harper Adams 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of Scotland

Outstanding Library Team

Sponsored by Veredus

• Abertay 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Edge Hill 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Essex
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
• Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Strathclyde

Outstanding Technician of the Year

Sponsored by Technician Commitment

• Alison Davidson, Staffordshire 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• James Davoll, Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Vicky Forrest, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Lincoln
• Barbara Kunz, The Open 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Mel Leitch, Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Samantha McCormack, Bucks New 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Brian Paterson, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Aberdeen
• Clare Stevenson, John Innes Centre

Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bradford
• Loughborough 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Salford
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Stirling

THE DataPoints Merit Award

Sponsored by THE DataPoints

For this THE DataPoints Merit Award, we used data submitted by UK institutions for our inaugural 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Impact Rankings to explore their success in meeting specific United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Aberdeen
• De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Glasgow Caledonian 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• King¡¯s College London
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Worcester

Outstanding Financial Performance

Sponsored by HSBC

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Huddersfield
• Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of West London

THE Lifetime Achievement Award

Sponsored by Amity 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

There is no shortlist for this category. The winner, chosen by Times Higher Education, will be announced at the awards ceremony.

51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the Year

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Derby
• Harper Adams 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Solent 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Strathclyde
• Ulster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Worcester