Finalists 2021

We offer our congratulations to all the finalists for the 2021 KE Awards. Winners will be announced at a dedicated, digital awards ceremony on the 18th November. 

KE Partnership of the Year 

Academic Engagement of the Year 

  • Turing Data Study Groups - The Alan Turing Institute
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  • Making an Impact 2021 - Promoting Innovation and Knowledge Exchange for 820 academic-related staff across 30 institutions – University of Liverpool
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  • Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) – University of Sheffield
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KE Deal of the Year 

  • Apollo Therapeutics – Attracting major investment to empower a unique, multi-university portfolio-based biopharmaceuticals venture - UCL Business and on behalf of Imperial College London and University of Cambridge
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  • Management of Stress Risks in the Workplace: Enhancing and modernising the existing tools and evidence base to improve worker wellbeing and organisational sustainability - University of Hull
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KE Team of the Year 

  • Industry Partnerships and Commercialisation - Engineering, Imperial's Enterprise - Imperial College London
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  • Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in the Mathematical Sciences - KTN / ICMS / INI / Newton Gateway
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  • University of Central Lancashire Creative Innovation Zone - University of Central Lancashire 
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Place-Based Initiative of the Year 

  • Space Park Leicester - University of Leicester
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  • NTU Women in Leadership - Nottingham Trent University
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  • Anchoring collaborative R&D in the Northeast of Scotland: The National Decommissioning Centre – University of Aberdeen
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Pandemic Pivot of the Year