GLASGOW University took the main prize at The Herald Higher Education Awards as well as scooping the honours in four more categories.
The event, hosted by STV’s Jennifer Reoch at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow was attended by key influential figures from the Scottish Higher Education Sector.
They saw Glasgow University pick up the overall Higher Educational Institution of the Year Award for the third year running.
In addition, the university picked up the Enhancing Student Learning Award for its Closing the Feedback Loop project, Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community for its ‘Chasing the Waves’ theatre show, Campaign of the Year for The Simpsons Campaign and the Innovation Technology Excellence Award for its Vires project.
GLASGOW University took the main prize at The Herald Higher Education Awards as well as scooping the honours in four more categories.
The event, hosted by STV’s Jennifer Reoch at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow was attended by key influential figures from the Scottish Higher Education Sector.
They saw Glasgow University pick up the overall Higher Educational Institution of the Year Award for the third year running.
In addition, the university picked up the Enhancing Student Learning Award for its Closing the Feedback Loop project, Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community for its ‘Chasing the Waves’ theatre show, Campaign of the Year for The Simpsons Campaign and the Innovation Technology Excellence Award for its Vires project.
Other winners included Edinburgh Napier University, Robert Gordon University, West College Scotland and the University of the West of Scotlandwho picked up two awards on the night.
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Craig Mahoney said: “At UWS we have been thrilled to have been involved in supporting these awards. It was a real pleasure to see the standard of entrants across all of the categories. The quality of work that is being done within Scottish higher education is astounding and I would like to congratulate all institutions for their fantastic work and submissions.”
Fiona Killen, Education Governance Lead at Anderson Strather said: “What a brilliant evening celebrating the successes of Scotland’s higher education sector. It’s inspiring to see so many education institutions pushing boundaries and celebrating innovation.”
Alastair Sim, Director of Universities Scotland: “Last night’s awards demonstrated the strengths of Scotland’s higher education sector. The awards highlighted the impact higher education can have on individual’s lives as well as recognising the enormous contribution of our universities to the wealth of the nation. Congratulations to every single nominee who contributed to making this a night to remember for the sector in Scotland.”
Jason Miles-Campbell, head of Jisc Scotland, said: “Each of the finalists has shown how new digital tools can make for better teaching, learning and research, with Scottish higher education at the cutting edge of technology-led transformation.”
The University of Glasgow emerged a worthy winner, however, demonstrating in its ViRES project how virtual reality can give medial experiences an insight into seizures from a patient’s perspective.”
A City of Glasgow College spokesperson said: “What a great evening. Once again we were reminded of the innovative and world leading work going on across Scotland’s colleges and universities. It was a particular honour to support the Lifetime Achievement Award and our congratulations go to Alice Brown on her well-deserved recognition.”