University Award Winners 2020 01 Understanding Times Higher Education What is “THE” about? 02 Nominations for the Year 2020 Which UK universities were in the race? 03 THE University of the Year 2020 Who secured the top achievement? 04 Winners in Major Categories Who bagged the coveted awards? 05 THE World University Rankings 2021 What are the prospects this year? © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 2 Understanding THE © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 3 What is THE About? The Times Higher Education (THE – formerly known as The Times Higher Education Supplement or THES ) is the UK’s leading magazine in higher education field and is published weekly THE became popular by publishing the annual Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings since 2004 The magazine also provides two awards annually : Times Higher Education Awards and Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards ( Thelmas ) The publication is a go - to guide , especially for international students who wish to study in the UK © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 4 The Nominations For 2020 © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 5 The Nominees 05 The following five universities were nominated for the coveted University of the Year Awards by the The Times Higher Education for the year 2020 Not all of them could win, but they sure are institutions of excellence Won the University of the Year award in 2014 and 2015. One of the ancient Scottish universities in the UK Formerly secured first place for Quality Education Gold rating for Teaching Excellence Framework Ranked top three in England consistently © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 6 University o f the Year © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 7 Times Higher Education recognised the efforts of the university to redress its historic connections to slavery through the reparative justice programme The awarding body commended the university for assuming a moral position, acknowledging their ties to slavery, and then making the necessary amends THE also shortlisted the university for Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year awards category Glasgow made significant improvements in their Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021 rankings as well University of Glasgow THE University of the Year 2020 © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 8 University of Glasgow was the first educational institution in the United Kingdom to recognise their historical roots to slavery by performing intensive research on their past and being open and transparent about their findings with everyone T o address the issues of racial justice happening in the UK and all over the world, the University of Glasgow initiated “The Programme of Reparative Justice ” Glasgow aims to shape itself as an educational institution in the United Kingdom that focuses on and prioritises justice and equality Still in its initial phase, the University envisions to develop it more with new initiatives The institutions believes that it will send a positive message to all their past, present, and future students about owning its history, no matter how negative it was, and then taking appropriate action to correct the errors of the past The University vows to work tirelessly to represent every student and work alongside others to help them succeed by distancing themselves from their past and rebuilding a fair and equal future for all Remarks by University of Glasgow’s Principal and Vice - Chancellor (paraphrased) Why Glasgow? © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 9 The Winners f or 2020 © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 10 THE 2020 Winners University of Glasgow University of the Year The Top UK Universities by Times Higher Education Admissions teams, UK higher education THE Outstanding Achievement Award Nottingham Trent University Outstanding Support for Students Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University Business School of the Year Heriot - Watt University Research Project of the Year: STEM © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 11 THE 2020 Winners Royal Holloway, University of London Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences The Top UK Universities by Times Higher Education University of the West of Scotland Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year University of Exeter Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year University of Manchester Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community Aston University Outstanding Entrepreneurial University © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 12 THE 2020 Winners University of Surrey THE DataPoints Merit Award The Top UK Universities by Times Higher Education University of Edinburgh Outstanding Library Team University of Birmingham Outstanding Estates Strategy Royal Northern College of Music Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year Swansea University International Collaboration of the Year © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 13 See More THE Winners The Prospects f or 2021 © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 14 Who Will Bag the 2021 Awards? The World University Rankings 2021 by THE consists of more than 1 , 500 universities across 93 countries and regions and is one of the largest rankings of its kind world - wide The publication looked for excellence in 5 different areas in order to decide the winners : teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook Unsurprisingly, the University of Oxford tops the rankings for the fifth consecutive year, adding one more dazzling jewel to the institution’s crown in higher education Notably , University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and UCL are in the top 20 globally © AH&Z Associates Ltd. 2021 15 Thank You