Ulster University Excellence Awards
About the awards
The awards seek to recognise and reward placement partnerships that have enriched the personal and professional development of our students and cutting-edge collaborations between our academics and researchers with external stakeholders.
This year we have a number of award categories and welcome nominations from staff, students and business partners.
2020 Winners
Public Sector Category
Research
- Professor Siobhan O’Neill; Professor Maurice Mulvenna; Dr Raymond Bond; Dr Edel Ennis
In Partnership with Samaritans Ireland
Placement
- South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust – Clinical Pathology Team
Business Partnership Category, for businesses over 50 employees
Research
- Professor Tara Moore
In Partnership with Randox
Placement
- Extern
Business Category (under 50 employees)
Research
- Dr Justin Magee and Dr Shane Wilson
In Partnership with Axial3D
Placement
- Titanic Foundation
Global Category
Research
- Professor Chris Nugent, Dr Mark Donnelly and Dr Ian Cleland
In Partnership with MEDEA S.r.l.
Placement
- Jedlik Anyos Gimnazium
Research Partnership of the Year
- Professor Tara Moore
In Partnership with Randox
Placement Partnership of the Year – Staff Nomination
- Allstate
Nominated by Mairin Nicell from Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
Placement Partnership of the Year – Student Nomination
- Stryker
Nominated by Todd Ruddock
Online Final
The Excellence Awards 2020 online final took place on 27th August at 6pm. If you missed it you can watch it again below.
Award categories
There are five overall categories - with placement and research awards within each. Find out more and submit your nominations below:
Rules and Regulations
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Research
- The judges' decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Research projects will be ongoing or will have been completed during the 12 months leading up to 14 February 2020.
- PhD research students are permitted to enter, along with academics and researchers employed at Ulster University.
- Each member of University staff is permitted to nominate for any category only ONCE.
- In the first instance, information provided is strictly confidential, however winners will agree to take part in publicity for the Awards.
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Placement
- The judges' decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Placements or internships will have been completed by a student / recent graduate of the University during the 12 months leading up to 6 February 2020.
- Placements completed within the University are not eligible.
- Ulster students currently on industrial placement for the 2019 /20 academic year are not eligible to submit a nomination.
- Each member of University staff is permitted to nominate for any category only ONCE.
- In the first instance, information provided is strictly confidential, however winners will agree to take part in publicity for the Awards.
- Nominations within the up to 50 employee’s categories must be "autonomous” employers, i.e. they must be independent with no participation in other enterprises and no enterprise has a participation in the business.
2019 Excellence Awards Winners and Finalists
The event, which took place at St Anne’s Cathedral Belfast, recognised the University’s collaborations with partners in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, both locally and globally.