All the turmoil and uncertainty in the news can be disorientating – but there’s unlikely to be any loss of focus or mission on the campuses that are home to the resourceful and creative people and teams on the shortlist for the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2018. The winners will be announced at our awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London on Thursday 21 June. You can find more details at
Outstanding Strategic Planning Team
Sponsored by Microsoft
- Coventry University
- Durham University
- University of Huddersfield
- London South Bank University
- Middlesex University
- University of Stirling
Outstanding Library Team
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Newcastle University
- Royal Holloway, University of London
- Solent University
- Swansea University
- UCL
- University of the West of England
- White Rose Libraries (the universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York)
Excellence in Registry Services
Sponsored by the AUA
- City, University of London
- University of Gloucestershire
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Northumbria University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- York St John University
Outstanding Digital Innovation of the Year
Sponsored by Jisc
- Birmingham City University
- University of Essex
- Keele University
- Leeds Beckett University
- Newcastle University
- University of Nottingham
- Plymouth University
- University of South Wales
Outstanding Student Services Team
Sponsored by PA Consulting Group
- Birmingham City University
- University of Edinburgh
- Keele University
- London South Bank University
- Loughborough University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of Surrey
- University of the West of England
Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year
Sponsored by Advance HE
- Aston University
- University of Chester
- University of Derby
- Harper Adams University
- University of Salford
- University of Southampton
Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by Elsevier
- University of Dundee
- Loughborough University, in collaboration with the University of British Columbia and other international partners
- University of Nottingham
- SETsquared Partnership (the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey)
- Teesside University
- Ulster University
- University of the West of Scotland
Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team
- Brunel University London
- University of Glasgow
- Keele University
- Loughborough University
- University of Salford
- University of Stirling
- University of Suffolk
- UCFB
Outstanding Estates Strategy
- University of Brighton
- Harper Adams University
- Leeds College of Music
- Norwich University of the Arts
- University of Salford
- University of Strathclyde
Outstanding Financial Performance
Sponsored by HSBC
- De Montfort University
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Hertfordshire
- University of Huddersfield
- University of West London
Outstanding Employer Engagement Strategy
- University of Gloucestershire
- University of Kent
- Leeds Trinity University
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- University of West London
Workplace of the Year
Sponsored by Dixon Walter
- University of Chester
- Lancaster University
- The London Institute of Banking & Finance
- Loughborough University
- School of Engineering and Digital Arts at the University of Kent
- University of Sheffield
THE DataPoints Merit Award
Sponsored by THE DataPoints
- Anglia Ruskin University
- De Montfort University
- University of Derby
- University of Huddersfield
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Portsmouth
- Solent University
- University of York
International Strategy of the Year
- De Montfort University
- University of Greenwich
- Northumbria University
- The Open University
- University of Sheffield
- Swansea University
Outstanding Leadership and Management Team
Sponsored by Advance HE