11 February 2025 - The UCISA Awards 2025 – Shortlist Announced!
- University of Durham – CIS Rising Star Programme
- University of Glasgow – Student Support Hub
- Amazon Web Services (Nominated by University College London)
- Courseloop (Nominated City St George’s, Liverpool John Moores, St Mary’s University Twickenham, University of Chester, University of Greenwich)
- Methods CoreAzure (Nominated by University of Greenwich, University of Huddersfield, University of South Wales)
- Waterstons (Nominated by University of Sunderland)
- Stacey Downton, University of Bristol
- Ashton Duncan-Whitelaw, University of Glasgow
- Catherine McLean, Queen Mary University of London
- Lauren Regan, City St George’s, University of London
- University of London - Global Employability Skills Micro-Module - University of London Online Education and Careers Service Collaboration
- Queen’s University Belfast - Empowering Education: QUB AI Hub Strategy for Staff and Student Success
- University of Aberdeen – Print and Copy
- University of Edinburgh – Working closely with our students to drive the digital sustainability agenda forward
- University of Glasgow - University of Glasgow Design System
- Bath Spa University - Digital Transformation (spotlight on Digital Fluency)
- Heriot-Watt University – Digital Transformation
- Nottingham Trent University – Student Data Transformation Programme – MyStudentRecord
- University of Chester – Collaborative Co-design: the Education Technology Forum as a vehicle for digital transformation
- University of Strathclyde – StrathApp Student Co-creation Development Model
- Supporting each other and inclusivity in leading the development of digital innovation, capabilities and technologies to transform education and research.
- Quantifiable impact and doing it 'together' / across boundaries. This may be within your organisation, between institutions, with commercial partners or for the sector.
- Stakeholder Engagement demonstrating change in attitudes, behaviors, values and outcomes. Measuring and reporting benefits achieved.
- Value to institutional priorities and stakeholders. Institutional context/support; transformation, impact and return on investment achieved (realised or expected)
- Delivery of innovation, transformation or positive change through groundbreaking digital technologies, services, or partnerships.
- Sustainability and scalability of activity that demonstrates positive environmental and financial impact for the long-term.
- A Model that is motivating, inspiring or being adopted by others.
The UCISA Awards 2025
With the UCISA Awards Dinner due to take place at the UCISA 25 Leadership Conference in March, we are pleased to announce the shortlisted nominees for each award category below.
Thank you to everyone who nominated themselves or a colleague for the UCISA Awards 2025, and congratulations to our shortlisted nominees. We look forward to the awards dinner on Wednesday 19 March where the winners will be announced.
You can still book places for the UCISA Awards dinner or the full UCISA25 Conference here: UCISA25 - UCISA
The shortlisted nominees across the 7 categories are:
Diversity and Inclusion
The Diversity and Inclusion Awards seeks to recognise institutions that can demonstrate a holistic and long-term commitment to diversity and inclusion within your culture. You must be able to highlight your strategy and how it has had a positive impact and is represented through all levels of your organisation and have championed actions to remove barriers and improve the working experience and engagement.
Outstanding Corporate Member
The UCISA Award for the Outstanding Corporate Member recognises a business that has worked in partnership, delivering exceptional services that have positively impacted an institution or the sector.
Rising Star
The UCISA Rising Star Award seeks to recognise an emerging leader in digital technology. Demonstrating ongoing technical and creative expertise as well as growth in responsibility and leadership.
Supporting Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Research
The UCISA Award for Supporting Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Research recognises digital innovations which have had a transformative effect on learning, teaching and research activities. Demonstrating the application of innovation in support of how academics research, teach and students learn.
Sustainable Digital Project or Initiative
The UCISA Award for Sustainable Digital Project or Initiative celebrates an innovative activity that not only provides exceptional value to the institution but demonstrates a positive environmental sustainability impact for the future.
Transformation
The UCISA Transformation Award celebrates groundbreaking digital innovation that has transformed and delivered for the institution and beyond. Contributing to improved processes, better student and staff experiences, management of risk and control of costs. Enabling your institution to make exceptional progress in daily activities.
CIO / IT Director of the Year
The UCISA CIO / IT Director of the Year Award celebrates outstanding contribution by an exemplary leader who demonstrates vision, innovation, transformation and professional excellence. This individual will be a role model not only within their institution but throughout the wider UCISA community.
The shortlist and winner for CIO / IT Director of the Year will be announced at the UCISA Awards 2025 ceremony on Wednesday 19 March.
Criteria
The judging of the awards looked at the project / individual's achievements as a whole, with particular interest in the following criteria. Applicants addresses any of the criteria they believe to be applicable or pertinent to their project or entry.
