University of Exeter receives four nominations for 2025 THE Awards
Inspirational research, teaching and climate communication taking place across the University of Exeter and beyond has been recognised by a prestigious national awards programme.
The University has been shortlisted in four categories at this year’s THE Awards, orchestrated by Times Higher Education and commonly referred to as “The Oscars of Higher Education”.
They encompass Business School of the Year, International Collaboration of the Year, Most Innovative Teacher of the Year, and Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
The University of Exeter Business School was shortlisted for its outstanding achievements and commitment to sustainability. These included being named the top UK business school in the Corporate Knights’ 2024 Better World MBA ranking, its partnership in the world’s first UN-backed centre of excellence for circular economy research, and its collaboration with John Lewis on a new ‘circular collection’ of products.
There was further recognition for the Business School when one of its respected academics, Dr Edvard Glücksman, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Futures, was nominated for Most Innovative Teacher. Dr Glücksman has become renowned across the sector for the way he has embedded sustainability into his teaching, with a focus on creating global connections across disciplines. He co-leads the Future17 programme with Quacquarelli Symonds, which brings together students from around the world to tackle UN SDG challenges with real clients, as well as leading on executive education initiatives.
The nomination for International Collaboration of the Year recognised the University’s work leading the Global Tipping Points Report, which was first published in December 2023 at the COP28 Climate Conference in Dubai. Backed by the Bezos Earth Fund, Tipping Points brings together more than 200 researchers from 26 countries to assess the dangers of negative planetary ‘tipping points’, as well as the potential of ‘positive tipping points’. The inaugural report was referenced by global leaders and earned widespread media coverage. Earlier this year, the second Global Tipping Points Conference was held successfully in Exeter, and the second report will be published at COP30 in Brazil.
The fourth nomination, in the hugely competitive Research Project of the Year for HASS, was earned by academics in the University of Exeter Law School, for their work on the Post Office Scandal. Their study was the first to measure the impact on the mental health of those involved, surveying 101 wrongly accused victims, many of whom now suffer from significant post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms. This has aided sub-postmasters in their search for compensation and justice.
Commenting on the shortlist, Professor Lisa Roberts, President and Vice-Chancellor, said: “Congratulations to all of those individuals or teams nominated for these awards. The breadth of activity these nominations encompass is a testament to the wonderful work taking place across the institution in inspirational teaching and impactful research, towards our mission of a greener, healthier, fairer future. Our entire University wishes the nominees every success on Awards night.”
The THE Awards are now in their third decade, and this year’s ceremony will take place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Thursday, 13 November.
In addition to this, the aforementioned Future 17 programme has itself been shortlisted for the Sustainability International Impact Award, at this year’s PIEoneer Awards, announced this week.
