Times Higher Education is to hold its first awards ceremony celebrating the achievements of Asian universities.

The inaugural THE Awards Asia will build on the success of THE¡¯²õ long-running UK-focused awards ¨C dubbed the ¡°Oscars of higher education¡± ¨C and will be announced during next year¡¯²õ THE Asia Universities Summit.

The summit is being held at Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates between 30 April and 2 May.

The awards are now open for entries in five categories: Leadership and Management Team of the Year; International Strategy of the Year; Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year; Outstanding Support for Students; and Technological Innovation of the Year.

ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ

Phil Baty, THE¡¯²õ chief knowledge officer, said: ¡°Our 15-year-old series of data-driven university rankings has highlighted outstanding performers and rising stars across a range of university missions and regions and, for almost as long, our THE Awards have celebrated and publicised excellence across a wide range of activities in the UK higher education sector, becoming widely recognised as the ¡®Oscars of higher education¡¯.

¡°Now, we are delighted to be extending the reach of these highly prestigious awards with our inaugural THE Awards Asia.¡±

ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ

The Asia awards, Mr Baty said, would ¡°celebrate excellence in five key areas of university activity, offer a major international platform to recognise outstanding leadership and institutional performance, and celebrate excellence in all its diversity¡±.

For more information, see . The closing date for entries is 31 January.