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º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Enterprise Awards 2017: Winners announced

The winners of º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s annual Enterprise Awards competition were announced at a ceremony last night.

VC Bob at the 2017 Enterprise Awards

An audience of more than 120 guests, from a wide range of public and private sector organisations, celebrated the best of the University’s entrepreneurial and enterprising academics, students and graduates.

The event was held at the Sir Denis Rooke building, on the University’s Science and Enterprise Park.

Visit the Enterprise Awards 2017 homepage.

More than 9,000 public votes were cast to find the most talented individuals and ventures from each of this year’s four categories, which were Impact from Research, One to Watch, Graduate Enterprise and Student Placement.

As well as recognising individual excellence, the annual awards are focussed on building, growing and maintaining relationships with the numerous professional organisations which work in partnership with the University throughout the year.

Last night’s winners were:

The evening was hosted by º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise, Tracy Bhamra.

Speaking after the event, she said: “These partnerships are fundamental to so much of what we do as a University.

“Not only do they enable successful enterprise activities to take place, they also help strengthen research, support teaching and deliver placements and graduate employment.

“I’m delighted that so many of our external partners are here this evening.

“An increasing number of them are based here on our campus on the Science and Enterprise Park –which is part of the new º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and Leicester Science and Innovation Enterprise Zone.”

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º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ 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.

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ was ranked 4th in the Guardian University League Table 2017 and 10th in The UK Complete University Guide 2018 and was also named Sports University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017.

º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ 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, º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.

The º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ 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.

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