The shortlists for the 2022?Times Higher Education?Awards ¨C the ¡°Oscars of higher education¡± ¨C have been announced.

Having recovered from the initial shock of the pandemic,?the sector was regaining its feet by the start of the 2020-21 academic year. Stories of how institutions in the UK and Ireland successfully picked themselves up and moved ahead are well represented in the shortlist for the 18th iteration of the awards.

More than 70 institutions and teams are in the running, the standouts from?over 550 entries from all corners of the UK and ?Ireland. The 20 categories cover the full range of univer?sity activity ¨C both academic and professional services, from front-line staff through all levels of?leadership and ?management.

The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow and the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire share the honour of making the most appearances in this year¡¯s shortlist, with five each. The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester came a close second with four. In only the second year that Irish institutions?have been invited to enter, two?¨C Dublin City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College Cork ¨C have received three nominations apiece. They join Edinburgh Napier 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester, Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Salford and Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ in?recording a hat-trick of nominations.

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In the running for the coveted 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the Year title are Edinburgh Napier, Loughborough 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Newcastle, Northumbria 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Plymouth and Sheffield Hallam.

John Gill, °Õ±á·¡¡¯s editor, said the awards will ¡°reflect universities doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times, when the pandemic continued to?force higher education and all who work in it to respond to an unprecedented challenge.

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¡°That universities did so with alacrity and creativity is clear from the truly exceptional stories told in the awards submissions,¡± Mr Gill added.?

This year¡¯s awards will again be presented at the Hilton London Metropole on the evening of 17?November.?The ceremony will?follow the two-day , held at the same venue.

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Shortlists for Times Higher Education Awards 2022

Outstanding Entrepreneurial 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Sponsored by NCEE

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire
• De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• London School of Economics and Political Science
• London South Bank 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Robert Gordon 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Strathclyde

Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Sponsored by Advance HE

• Abertay 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Huddersfield
• Kingston 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Brighton
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow
• Manchester Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, in collaboration with the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire and Swellaway?Ltd
• Middlesex 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of Scotland

Business School of the Year

• Chester Business School,?51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Chester
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Exeter Business?School
• Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire
• Leeds 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Business School
• Manchester Metropolitan Business School,?Manchester Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Stirling Management School, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Stirling

Outstanding Library Team

Sponsored by Kortext

• Global Banking School
• Lancaster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of St Andrews
• Staffordshire 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Strathclyde
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of West London

International Collaboration of the Year

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of East London
• Glasgow Caledonian 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; City, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Galway / Ollscoil na Gaillimhe; Trinity College Dublin; and UCL
• Imperial College London
• Liverpool John Moores 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of York

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bradford
• Edge Hill 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester
• Queen Margaret 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, in?collaboration with East Lothian Council; Midlothian Council; the STV Children¡¯s Appeal; and a?local family charity
• Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Ulster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Outstanding Support for Students

Sponsored by Studiosity

• Dublin City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Greenwich Students¡¯ Union, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Greenwich
• St Mary¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Twickenham
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College Cork
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Westminster
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of York

Most Innovative Teacher of the Year

Sponsored by Advance HE

• Gary Burnett, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham
• Michael Daly, RCSI 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Adam Danquah, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester
• Francesco Fornetti, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bristol
• Lyvia Royd-Taylor, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Brighton
• Will Shuler, Royal Holloway, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
• Laura Stephenson, Aberystwyth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Nick Young, Cardiff Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year

Sponsored by Elsevier

• Helen Allan, Middlesex 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Katherine Brickell, Royal Holloway, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
• Soo Downe, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire
• John Goodwin, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester
• Graham Huggan, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leeds
• Becky Milne, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Portsmouth
• Andrew Radford, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Bristol
• Clive Roberts, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham

Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team

• Arts 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Bournemouth
• Edinburgh Napier 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• King¡¯s College London and ZOE
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sheffield

Outstanding Estates Team

• Dublin City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hertfordshire
• Loughborough 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Salford
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of West London

Outstanding Technician of the Year

Sponsored by Technician Commitment

• Gemma Black, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester
• Tristan Canfer,
• Phillip Davey, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Essex
• James Fox-Robinson, Durham 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Hong Lin, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Reading
• Abigail Mortimer, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of York
• Glyn Nelson, Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Gillian Riddell, Queen¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Belfast
• Russell Wilson, Edinburgh Napier 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ?and Heriot-Watt 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

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

• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester,?in collaboration with the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Foggia
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Salford
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Salford, in collaboration with 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent; 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leeds; London School of Economics and Political Science; and Deakin 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College Cork

Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

• Anglia Ruskin 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Arts 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Bournemouth
• Coventry 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Edinburgh
• Royal Northern College of Music
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of Scotland

Research Project of the Year: STEM

Sponsored by Elsevier

• Anglia Ruskin 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Coventry 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, in collaboration with the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Exeter
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow, on behalf of the OCTAVE investigators
• Heriot-Watt 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Reading

Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by Veredus

• Dublin City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Edge Hill 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Keele 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester
• St Mary¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Twickenham
• Swansea 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

THE DataPoints Merit Award

Sponsored by THE DataPoints

Universities cannot just act on sustainability, they must also be transparent in formalising their institutional approaches so as to serve as beacons of global best practice. This year, we re-examined data submitted by UK and Irish institutions for our Times Higher Education Impact Rankings to identify measures that reveal the most open, visible leadership in this area.

• Cardiff 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of East Anglia
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Limerick
• London South Bank 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Trinity College Dublin
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College Cork
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College Dublin

THE Outstanding Achievement Award

Sponsored by Anderson Quigley

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

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51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the Year

Sponsored by Adobe

• Edinburgh Napier 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Loughborough 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• Northumbria 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Plymouth
• Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ