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 University of Glasgow and the University of Central Lancashire share the honour of making the most appearances in this year¡¯s shortlist, with five each. The University 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 University and University College Cork ¨C have received three nominations apiece. They join Edinburgh Napier University, the University of Manchester, Newcastle University, the University of Salford and Sheffield Hallam University in?recording a hat-trick of nominations.

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In the running for the coveted University of the Year title are Edinburgh Napier, Loughborough University, Newcastle, Northumbria University, the University 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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Outstanding Entrepreneurial University

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

Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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• Abertay University
• University of Birmingham
• University of Huddersfield
• Kingston University
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• Newcastle University

Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year

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

Business School of the Year

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

Outstanding Library Team

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

International Collaboration of the Year

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

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

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

Outstanding Support for Students

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

Most Innovative Teacher of the Year

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

Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year

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

Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team

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

Outstanding Estates Team

• Dublin City University
• University of Glasgow
• University of Hertfordshire
• Loughborough University
• University of Salford
• University of West London

Outstanding Technician of the Year

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

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

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

Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

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

Research Project of the Year: STEM

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

Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year

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

THE DataPoints Merit Award

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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 University
• University of East Anglia
• University of Glasgow
• University of Limerick
• London South Bank University
• Trinity College Dublin
• University College Cork
• University College Dublin

THE Outstanding Achievement Award

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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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University of the Year

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• Edinburgh Napier University
• Loughborough University
• Newcastle University
• Northumbria University
• University of Plymouth
• Sheffield Hallam University