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Knowledge Exchange & Public Engagement Awards

The University of Glasgow Knowledge Exchange & Public Engagement Awards recognise and celebrate the partnerships and initiatives led by UofG staff to deliver world-changing impact.

In 2019, there were five categories:

  • Best collaboration (Arts & Culture)
  • Best collaboration (Business)
  • Best collaboration (Policy & Practice)
  • Best community or Public Engagement Initiative
  • Glasgow Entrepreneur of the Year

The awards were announced on 5th February 2019 at the UofG Knowledge Exchange & Innovation Conference. 

Categories

Best Collaboration (Arts & Culture)

Awarded to the best project or initiative in collaboration with external, non-academic partners in Arts & Culture.

Criteria:

  • Depth and breadth of partnership between the academic and non-academic partners
  • The impact of the project/initiative outputs and outcomes
  • Innovation in project/initiative design

Best Collaboration (Business)

Awarded to the best project or initiative in collaboration with external, non-academic partners in Business.

Criteria:

  • Depth and breadth of partnership between the academic and non-academic partners
  • The impact of the project/initiative outputs and outcomes
  • Innovation in project/initiative design

Best Collaboration (Policy & Practice)

Awarded to the best project or initiative in collaboration with external, non-academic partners in Policy & Practice.

Criteria:

  • Depth and breadth of partnership between the academic and non-academic partners
  • The impact of the project/initiative outputs and outcomes
  • Innovation in project/initiative design

Best Community or Public Engagement Initiative

Celebrating the best in community and public engagement with research at the University, this will be awarded to the community or public engagement initiative that is an exemplar of best practice.

Criteria:

  • Demonstrable change or benefit to the audiences engaged with
  • Innovation in project/initiative design
  • Proactive targeting of underserved audiences

Glasgow Entrepreneur of the Year

Awarded to a University of Glasgow staff member, who has best demonstrated the attributes of an entrepreneur in the last year.

Criteria:

  • Demonstration of key entrepreneurial attributes: vision, sense of purpose, resilience, flexibility, and confidence.
  • Leadership of a project that requires an entrepreneurial approach

Judging

The Awards follow a judging process whereby nominations are judged against the criteria set out on this page.  Following initial consideration of all nominations, a number will be shortlisted for each Award category. The strongest nominations from the shortlist will then be chosen as the category winners. The decisions of the judges will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

The University reserves the right not to make an Award in any of the categories, in the event that no nominations are received which sufficiently meet the criteria. Shortlisting will be undertaken by the University’s Knowledge Exchange and External Engagement Group.

Category winners will be chosen by the Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund panel, which comprises of Vice-Principal, International Knowledge Exchange; Colleges Deans of Research; Dean of Public Engagement and Executive Director, Research & Innovation.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Until shortlisted nominations and Award winners are announced, the results of the judging are confidential. Judges are not permitted to discuss or disclose the contents of nominations outside the confines of Award Panel discussions and meetings.  The names, details and contents of nominations which are not shortlisted will remain confidential. 

The award winners: