Independent Higher Education Awards 2022
The first IHE Awards in three years were handed out in a ceremony at the end of our Annual Conference 2022. This year providers entered themselves for seven categories, while another two new awards were chosen by our Board directly to recognise outstanding contributions to the IHE community (one for an entire provider and another for an individual).
Details of our deserving winners as well as the entries highly commended by our judges are as follows:
Awards:
Inspiring course
- Sponsor: Lightcast
- Sector expert judge: Mary Curnock Cook
- Highly Commended: Institute for Optimum Nutrition
- Winner: Norland College
Excellence in technology-enhanced learning
- Sponsor: Eversheds Sutherland
- Sector expert judge: Jisc
- Highly Commended: BCNO
- Winner: Backstage Academy
Excellence in supporting student success
- Sponsor: Tribal
- Sector expert judge: AMOSSHE
- Highly Commended: Study Group
- Winner: Academy of Contemporary Music
Outstanding collaboration (commercial, community or employability)
- Sponsor: Communications Management
- Sector expert judge: David Sweeney (former Executive Chair, Research England)
- Winner: UCFB – Global Institute of Sport
Advancing international education
- Sponsor: UCAS
- Sector expert judge: Charlene Allen (The IC Global)
- Winner: Richmond American University London
Transformative staff development
- Sponsor: Brand and Reputation
- Sector expert judge: Advance HE
- Winner: Bloomsbury Institute London
IHE Rising Star
- Sponsor: Pinsent Masons
- Sector expert judge: Graham Atkinson (Atkinson HR Consulting)
- Highly Commended: Craig Coutinho, Escape Studios
- Winner: Dr Olufunke Aluko-Daniels, Study Group
Outstanding contribution to the IHE community – member (institution)
- Sponsor: Shakespeare Martineau
- Winner: Academy of Contemporary Music
Outstanding contribution to the IHE community – member (individual)
- Sponsor: Ellucian
- Winner: David Howell