Enterprise Awards 2017: Voting opens for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s annual celebration of academic and entrepreneurial excellence
The innovative research and creative focus of Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s most inventive individuals are being celebrated again at this year’s Enterprise Awards – with the public voting now open.
Each year, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é aims to recognise the best entrepreneurial and enterprising academics, undergraduates or postgraduates, who continue to find new and exciting solutions to problems or create a positive impact on everyday life.
Four categories make up the 2017 awards, the winners of which will be announced on Wednesday, May 17, at a ceremony held at the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é campus.
The nominees are aiming for success in: Impact from Research, One to Watch, Graduate Enterprise and Placement Student – the full list of those involved is included below.
Examples of some of the entries include research into managing the outbreaks of disease within animal populations, such as the 2007 foot-and-mouth crisis; technology for predicting flooding up to 48 hours in advance; wearable AI technology for athletes and five students who have excelled during their work placements.
Voting for the competition ends on May 15.
To cast your vote, visit:
Follow the progress of the awards on Twitter using
Categories and nominees
Impact from research
Professor John Mardaljevic:
Professor Gilberto Montibeller and Professor L. Alberto Franco:
Ruth Welsh and James Lenard:
Professor Jo Aldridge:
One to watch
Professor Graham Hargrave and Dr Jonathan Wilson:
Dr James Flint, Professor Neil Dixon and Dr Alister Smith:
Dr Dapeng Yu, Professor Rob Wilby and Dr Mingfu Guan:
Professor Geoff Wilcox, Dr Mark Ashworth, Dr Xujin Bao:
Graduate enterprise
Student placement
Becky Langley:
Brett Friskney:
Charlotte Wise:
Holly Kerslake:
Beth Walker-Smith:
Notes for editors
Press release reference number: 17/53
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is equipped with a live in-house broadcast unit via the Globelynx network. To arrange an interview with one of our experts please contact the press office on 01509 223491. Bookings can be made online via www.globelynx.com
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world to study sports-related subjects in the 2017 QS World University Rankings and top in the country for its student experience in the 2016 THE Student Experience Survey.
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é was ranked 4th in the Guardian University League Table 2017 and 7th in The UK Complete University Guide 2017 and was also named Sports University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017.
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
The innovative research and creative focus of Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s most inventive individuals are being celebrated again at this year’s Enterprise Awards – with the public voting now open.
Each year, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é aims to recognise the best entrepreneurial and enterprising academics, undergraduates or postgraduates, who continue to find new and exciting solutions to problems or create a positive impact on everyday life.
Four categories make up the 2017 awards, the winners of which will be announced on Wednesday, May 17, at a ceremony held at the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é campus.
The nominees are aiming for success in: Impact from Research, One to Watch, Graduate Enterprise and Placement Student – the full list of those involved is included below.
Examples of some of the entries include research into managing the outbreaks of disease within animal populations, such as the 2007 foot-and-mouth crisis; technology for predicting flooding up to 48 hours in advance; wearable AI technology for athletes and five students who have excelled during their work placements.
Voting for the competition ends on May 15.
To cast your vote, visit:
Follow the progress of the awards on Twitter using
Categories and nominees
Impact from research
Professor John Mardaljevic:
Professor Gilberto Montibeller and Professor L. Alberto Franco:
Ruth Welsh and James Lenard:
Professor Jo Aldridge:
One to watch
Professor Graham Hargrave and Dr Jonathan Wilson:
Dr James Flint, Professor Neil Dixon and Dr Alister Smith:
Dr Dapeng Yu, Professor Rob Wilby and Dr Mingfu Guan:
Professor Geoff Wilcox, Dr Mark Ashworth, Dr Xujin Bao:
Graduate enterprise
Student placement
Becky Langley:
Brett Friskney:
Charlotte Wise:
Holly Kerslake:
Beth Walker-Smith:
Notes for editors
Press release reference number: 17/53
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is equipped with a live in-house broadcast unit via the Globelynx network. To arrange an interview with one of our experts please contact the press office on 01509 223491. Bookings can be made online via www.globelynx.com
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world to study sports-related subjects in the 2017 QS World University Rankings and top in the country for its student experience in the 2016 THE Student Experience Survey.
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é was ranked 4th in the Guardian University League Table 2017 and 7th in The UK Complete University Guide 2017 and was also named Sports University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017.
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
