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Plymouth shortlisted as University of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards 2022

The shortlisting acknowledges the university’s international reputation for outstanding marine and maritime research and teaching.

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The University of Plymouth is in the running to earn the most coveted accolade in the Times Higher Education Awards 2022. Its place on the University of the Year shortlist acknowledges the University’s international reputation for marine research and teaching, as well as decades of focus, investment, and impact. It also reflects the University’s commitment to aligning its own ambitious long-term strategy with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the UK’s Maritime and Net Zero strategies, the South-West Development Strategy and Plymouth’s status as Britain’s Ocean City. The shortlisting comes in a year where the University has again been named among the world’s top universities for marine excellence and climate action .

“This is further recognition of our international reputation for outstanding marine and maritime research, teaching and innovation. It acknowledges the contributions of students and staff across the University to understand and address the key global challenges facing our planet. It also endorses our commitment to developing and investing in areas that are crucial to global sustainability, and to working with our partners in Britain’s Ocean City and beyond to generate a global network of advocates for the effective stewardship of the oceans.”

The University has more than 1,300 students on its marine and maritime degrees, the highest number of undergraduate and postgraduate marine students anywhere in the country. The shortlisting covers the 2020/21 period during which the University reaffirmed its position as one of the world’s leading centres for marine research, innovation, and education. In 2020, it collected its second Queen’s Anniversary Prize in eight years recognising its marine research, this time for its work to alert the world to microplastics and to influence solutions and policies that will reduce their future impact. It has been integral to the development of clean energy solutions, leading the UK Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, influencing national investment in offshore renewable energy technology, and securing funding to establish the UK’s national floating offshore wind test facility.

The University led initiatives in the emerging fields of clean maritime and maritime cyber security, installing a network of shoreside charging facilities for electric maritime vessels in Plymouth Sound and establishing the UK’s first Cyber-SHIP Lab to test the cyber resilience of connected maritime systems. It has also worked in partnerships that established the UK’s first National Marine Park, supported government designation of two new Freeports (in Plymouth and on the Thames), advanced the Royal Navy’s work on autonomous marine systems, and cemented the city’s reputation as the UK’s go-to location for marine science. The Times Higher Education Awards are open to anyone involved in higher education across the UK and Ireland, and aim to exemplify the talent, dedication and innovation of individuals and teams across all aspects of university life. The 2022 winners will be revealed at a ceremony in London this November.

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Times Higher Education Awards 2022: Winners announced

Northumbria University’s transformation over more than a decade into a research-intensive modern institution has seen it scoop the coveted University of the Year title at the 2022  Times Higher Education  Awards.

Northumbria’s vision of becoming a “challenger” university offering a “credible alternative to more established institutions” was first set out in 2008 and was completed in 2021 with a Research Excellence Framework submission that recorded the biggest rise in research power of any UK university for the second REF in a row, a measure that reflects academic strength across the campus.

But the judges noted that Northumbria had not lost sight of its role within its city and region, drawing 40 per cent of undergraduates under the age of 21 from widening participation backgrounds and placing as many graduates into highly skilled employment across the north-east as all the Russell Group institutions combined.

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Times Higher Education Awards shortlist

05 September 2022

The University of Reading is shortlisted in two categories for this year's  Times Higher Education (THE) Awards , announced recently (1 September).

• Research Project of the Year: STEM – Paul Williams, Nancy Nichols, and Cathie Wells (Meteorology and Mathematics)
• Outstanding Technician of the Year – Hong Lin (Senior technician)

Widely recognised as the ‘Oscars of higher education’, being short-listed for a Times Higher Education Award is a great endorsement of the work of an individual and their institution. They cover the full range of university activity - both academic and support services, from front-line staff through to all levels of leadership and management.

Professor Paul Williams ’, Professor Nancy Nichols’, and PhD student Cathie Wells’ work on reducing aircraft emissions by improving transatlantic flight routes is ground-breaking. The team used a mathematical algorithm to calculate the optimum routes between European and USA destinations. They found that the routes traditionally used by planes, flying along an invisible motorway in the sky, were up to 16.2% longer than the optimised routes.

For flights between London Heathrow and New York JFK airports alone, this resulted in 6.7 million kg of unnecessary CO2 emissions in total, over a period of three months in 2019 and 2020.

By hitching a ride on the jet stream, transatlantic flights could save fuel and reduce emissions. As such, greater route flexibility for aircraft could deliver significant and immediate emissions cuts, with little associated financial cost. In fact, the study was cited by air-traffic controllers as evidence to permanently abolish the old transatlantic routes. Since 1 March 2022, all flights at and below 33,000 feet have benefitted from this greater route flexibility.

Hong Lin is an outstanding technician, who is in high demand from research groups at the University of Reading. Hong is the go-to person for advice on several techniques, including cell culture, radio-ligand binding, immunostaining, and western blot, as well as general laboratory practice . She is also championing the role of technicians and raising the profile of the profession among students and colleagues.

During 2020 and 2021, Hong Lin was involved in two major breakthroughs: The first cannabinoid-derived medicine to become fully available to the NHS, and a COVID-19 therapy with the potential to be considered for clinical trials, which uses antibodies produced in llamas at the university’s farm.

Hong is passionate about the visibility of the technician’s role, a particularly of technicians from underrepresented groups. So, although modest and most comfortable working behind the scenes, last year she challenged herself, being interviewed for the UKRI 101 Jobs that Change the World Campaign.

Without skilled technicians acting as a linchpin, working behind the scenes, and promoting quality in research, universities would cease to have a working environment that is conducive to success.

Professor Parveen Yaqoob, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading, said : "Congratulations to Paul and Hong! We are delighted to have been nominated in the THE Awards, once again, and whether or not we win an award this year, it is an opportunity to celebrate the excellent work and achievements of our colleagues.

“The University of Reading seeks to bring about positive change in the world. Both Paul and Hong have made significant contributions in that respect and should be justly proud of themselves. Their work sits in the context of an active, lively, and successful research community, here at the University of Reading.”

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Fantastic five: UCLan shortlisted for five Times Higher Education Awards

University’s strengths in business, research, teaching and entrepreneurship all showcased after making it onto shortlists for the ‘Oscars of higher education’

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is today celebrating having been shortlisted in no less than five categories for the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2022.

It’s one of the highest number of nominations UCLan has ever received and places us alongside the University of Glasgow as being the Universities with the most nominations in this year’s awards.

Widely regarded at the 'Oscars of higher education', UCLan is a finalist in the following THE 2022 categories: Business School of the Year ( Lancashire School of Business & Enterprise ; Outstanding Entrepreneurial University; Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year ( Professor Soo Downe , Professor of Midwifery); Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (Domestic Abuse Policy Guidance for UK Universities – Dr Roxanne Khan ); and Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year (Manchester Metropolitan University, in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire - Professor Jim Richards and Dr Jill Alexander - and Swellaway Ltd ).

Now in their 18th year, the awards celebrate achievements during the 2020-21 academic year. The shortlists have been whittled down from more than 550 entries, amongst the most ever submitted, showcasing the huge and impressive breadth of activity, talent and innovation at universities across the country.

" What fantastic news. It’s such a testament to the innovation, hard work and commitment at the University of Central Lancashire that we are one of only two universities with an impressive five nominations for these awards " — Vice-Chancellor Professor Graham Baldwin

Responding on behalf of the University to this year’s incredible nomination success, Vice-Chancellor Professor Graham Baldwin said: “What fantastic news. It’s such a testament to the innovation, hard work and commitment at the University of Central Lancashire that we are one of only two universities with an impressive five nominations for these awards.

“UCLan is a place where we are always striving to make things better – whether that’s for our students through the real world learning experiences and the support we provide, or through our academics’ strength in research, which can and does change lives. We are all very proud to be recognised on these shortlists once again, as we continue to grow and develop within the sector.”

John Gill, THE’s editor, said this year’s awards “celebrate the best that UK higher education has to offer, across 20 categories covering all aspects of university activity.

“Once again, the shortlists reflect universities doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times, during the 2020-21 academic year, when the pandemic continued to force higher education and all who work in it to respond to an unprecedented challenge. That universities did so with alacrity and creativity is clear from the truly exceptional stories told in the awards submissions…”

This year’s awards will be presented at the Hilton London Metropole on 17 November. The full awards shortlist can be viewed online .

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Outstanding Library Team Award at the Times Higher Education Awards

Lancaster University has been awarded the Outstanding Library Team trophy at the 2022 Times Higher Education Awards .

The THE Awards attracted hundreds of entries from higher education institutions across the UK and Republic of Ireland, with nearly a thousand people gathered at the Hilton London Metropole hotel for the awards ceremony on November 17.

Andrew Barker, Director of Library Services & Learning Development, said; “It was an absolute honour to win the award for Outstanding Library Team at the THE Awards in London, and I’m still giddy at the news. I am privileged to lead a team that I’ve long known to be outstanding. Everyone who works across all our activities does so collaboratively as one team living the University’s values. Their dedication, hard work and good humour is why our library sits at the heart of our university community.”

The Library team won the award for their aim to “connect, innovate and include”, ensuring that the wider community see the University’s library as a resource they can use.

A Library Community Card allows the public to use library services for free and the Library has hosted a three-day Library Festival and the Slavery Family Trees Conference. This was part of the Lancaster Slavery Family Trees Community Project, alongside the Lancaster Black History Community Group, students, schools and volunteers.

The judges highlighted the Library team’s “strategic and holistic approach” to delivering culture change.

They said: “The work of the Library succeeded in its aim of deepening the connection between the campus and the local community and of demystifying the University by partnership working to both increase access and to develop collections. The submission focused on the Library’s work in addressing a challenging topic, that of Lancaster’s history as a slave trading port, and in collaborating with the Lancaster Black History Community Group to expose, share and further grow locally held knowledge.

“It demonstrated a partnership approach between the university library, academics and the local community that is sustainable and would also be scalable to other parts of the sector.”

THE Editor, John Gill, said: “This year, the shortlists and winners reflect a particular moment in time, the 2020-21 academic year, when universities were coming to terms with and continuing to respond to the changed circumstances imposed by the pandemic.

“As such, it is inevitable that those heroic efforts related to the Covid crisis are represented, but what is perhaps more striking is how rich and diverse the entries to this year’s awards were, how focused on the core missions of universities to deliver world-changing research, life-changing teaching, and all the other ways in which they engage and support communities, regions and the country.”

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May 10th, 2022

Nominations are now open for the annual  Times Higher Education Awards .

These annual ‘Oscars of Higher Education’ celebrate excellence in research, teaching, student support and international practice across the sector. Colleagues are encouraged to consider nominations that would profile the excellence found across our university.

Consider your entry now

To co-ordinate the highest standard of entries in an intense competition, colleagues are invited to submit a 300-word precis of their nomination to  [email protected] by Friday 27 May 2022 .

Nominations will be reviewed by a senior panel led by Registrar Paul Greatrix. Approved nominations will then receive full drafting support to enter the competition by the deadline of Wednesday 8 June 2022.

Success in THE Awards 2021

Last year, university researchers won two major awards at the Times Higher Education Awards 2021. Professor Heike Bartel’s project, Hungry for Words, which uses the creative arts to raise awareness of eating disorders in men and boys, won Research Project of the Year (Arts). The award for Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community went to a joint project with Nottingham Trent University led by Professor Louise Mullany and Dr Loretta Tickett on gender hate crime and tackling harassment, violence and abuse of women and girls in public spaces.

Further accolades went to the university’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Science – runner up in the Outreach Initiative of the Year for its virtual work experience project, an open-to-all online course that has boosted applications from students from low socio-economic backgrounds. Runner up in the Outstanding Research Supervisor category was Dr Ravinder Anand-Ivell, Director of Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Research in the School of Biosciences.

Award categories

Full details of the awards categories and criteria are posted at  Times Higher Education Awards  – please note entries are only usually considered where the majority of activity is delivered in the 2020/21 academic year. The awards ceremony will take place in London on 17 November 2022.

The award categories are as follows:

• Business School of the Year • Widening Participation or Outreach Initiative of the Year • Knowledge Exchange/Transfer Initiative of the Year • Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences • Research Project of the Year: STEM • Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year* • Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community • Outstanding Support for Students • Outstanding Entrepreneurial University • Outstanding Library Team • Outstanding Estates Team • Outstanding Contribution to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

• Outstanding Technician of the Year

* Outstanding Marketing/Communications Team • Most Innovative Teacher of the Year • International Collaboration of the Year

• Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year

• THE Outstanding Achievement Award • THE DataPoints Merit Award

• University of the Year

*The University nomination for Research Supervisor of the Year has already been identified through the Research Academy’s as part of its annual researcher awards scheme.

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Entries for the 20 th annual THE Awards, widely known as “the Oscars of higher education”, are now open.   

There are twenty categories to choose from, covering a wide range of university activity. Each year we receive hundreds of entries from the UK and Ireland that exemplify the talent, innovation and commitment of individuals and teams, across all aspects of university life.   

Entries will be judged by a prestigious panel of higher education experts who give their time so generously each year.  

Entry to THE Awards 2024 is free and closes at 23:55 BST on Monday 10 June 2024 . The shortlist will be published on Thursday 5 September, with further details in the magazine (and in the digital version for subscribers) on Thursday 12 September.   

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Key facts about the nation’s 47.9 million Black Americans

The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 47.9 million in 2022, up about a third (32%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. This group is diverse, with a growing number and share born outside the U.S. and an increasing number saying they are of two or more races.

For Black History Month, here are key facts about the nation’s Black population. In this analysis, the Black population is made up of three main groups: single-race, non-Hispanic Black people; non-Hispanic, multiracial Black people; and Black Hispanics. You can also read our newly updated fact sheet about Black Americans in 2022 .

This analysis is based on Pew Research Center tabulations of microdata from the Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey, provided through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) from the University of Minnesota. The analysis identifies the nation’s Black population through self-reports of racial and ethnic identity on the 2022 ACS. The Black population includes single-race non-Hispanic Black people, multiracial non-Hispanic Black people and those who say they are Black and Hispanic. All displayed numbers are rounded. Shares and percent changes are calculated using unrounded numbers.

The analysis relies on respondent self-identification of race and ethnicity in the Census Bureau data sources such as the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) to identify the nation’s Black population. The racial and ethnic categories used in census data have changed over time – including question wording, format and instructions – and may affect how people identify by race and ethnicity. Read “ What Census Calls Us ” for more details on how U.S. racial and ethnic categories have changed since 1790. Moreover, respondents’ perceptions of the questions and their own racial and ethnic identity can change in response to individual circumstances and the way the nation sees race and itself . Starting in 2000 , Americans could select more than once racial category in census forms. Before that, many multiracial people were counted in only one racial category.

Analyses of race and ethnicity of spouses can only be done for those spouses residing in the same household; that is, the spouse does not have a separate official residence, is not stationed away from home with the military, is not institutionalized, etc. For married Black adults, 91% reside with their spouse.

U.S. Black population or total Black population refers to the population of Americans who self-identify as Black in the United States. This includes those who say their race is only Black and that they are not Hispanic; those who say Black is one of two or more races in their identity and they are not Hispanic; and those who say they are Hispanic or Latino and either Black alone or in combination with other races. The terms Black population and Black people are used interchangeably.

Adults refers to those who are ages 18 or older.

The terms single-race, non-Hispanic Black ; Black alone, non-Hispanic ; and single-race Black are used interchangeably to refer to the same population. This population is made up of individuals who self-identify only as Black and do not identify as Hispanic or Latino.

The terms multiracial, non-Hispanic Black and multiracial Black are used to refer to people who self-identify as two or more races and do not identify as Hispanic or Latino.

The term Black Hispanic is used to refer to those who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino and as Black, either alone or in combination with other races. This group is not the same as the nation’s Afro-Latino population as not all Black Hispanics identify as Afro-Latino and not all Afro-Latinos identify as Black or Hispanic.

Foreign born  refers to persons born outside of the United States to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The terms  foreign born  and  immigrant  are used interchangeably.

U.S. born  refers to persons born in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. The term also refers to those born abroad to a parent who was a U.S. citizen.

The Black population in the U.S. has grown by 32% since 2000, rising from 36.2 million then to 47.9 million in 2022. Notably, the number of people self-identifying as another race in addition to Black has increased nearly 254% since 2000. This reflects a broader national shift in the number of Americans identifying as multiracial , as well as changes to how the U.S. Census Bureau asks about race and ethnicity . The number of Black Americans who say they are Hispanic has also risen sharply over this period, up 199% since 2000.

The arrival of new immigrants from Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere has been an important contributor to Black population growth. In 2022, there were 5.1 million Black immigrants in the U.S., up from 2.4 million in 2000, according to our analysis of Census Bureau data. Immigrants accounted for 11% of the Black population in 2022, up from 7% in 2000.

The Black population has grown fastest in states that historically have not had large numbers of Black residents. Utah experienced the fastest growth in its Black population between 2010 and 2022, with an increase of 86%. The Black populations of Hawaii and Nevada increased by 57% and 56%, respectively, during that span. (This only counts states with Black populations of at least 25,000 in 2010.)

The states that experienced the largest numerical increases in Black residents between 2010 and 2022 are also those with the largest Black populations overall: Texas (which saw growth of 1 million Black residents between 2010 and 2022); Florida (up 745,000) and Georgia (up 595,000). Each of these states now has a Black population larger than that of New York, which ranked first in 2010.

Meanwhile, the Black population declined in the District of Columbia (-2%) and Illinois (-1%) between 2010 and 2022.

New York City has more Black residents than any other metropolitan area. About 3.6 million Black Americans live in the New York metro area. Other metro areas with large Black populations include Atlanta (2.2 million), Chicago (1.7 million) and Washington, D.C. (1.6 million).

As a share of the population, the Atlanta area is home to a higher percentage of Black people than any other metro area with at least 1 million Black residents. Nearly four-in-ten residents of the Atlanta metro area (36%) are Black. The next highest shares are the metro areas of Washington (28%), Detroit (24%) and Philadelphia (23%).

The Black population of the U.S. is relatively young. In 2022, the median age of Black Americans was 32.1 years, meaning half of the nation’s Black population was younger than that age and half was older. By comparison, the median age of the nation overall was 38.0 that year.

The median age among single-race, non-Hispanic Black Americans was 34.9 in 2022, compared with 21.0 among Black Hispanics and 19.5 among multiracial, non-Hispanic Black Americans.

Educational attainment among Black Americans is on the rise. In 2022, 26.1% of Black adults ages 25 and older – 7.8 million people – had earned at least a bachelor’s degree. That was up from 14.5% in 2000.

Growing shares of Black women and Black men alike have earned at least a bachelor’s degree. But Black women have made faster gains than Black men.

In 2022, 28.9% of Black women ages 25 and older had earned at least a bachelor’s degree, up from 15.4% in 2000. Among Black men in the same age range, by comparison, 22.8% had earned at least a bachelor’s degree in 2022, up from 13.4% in 2000.

Black Americans are less likely than other Americans to be married. About a third of Black adults (32%) are currently married. That compares with 53% of adults who are not Black.

Among Black adults, 36% of men are married, compared with 29% of women. Black women, in turn, are slightly more likely than Black men to be divorced (14% vs. 10%) or widowed (8% vs. 2%).

About a sixth of married Black adults (17%) are married to someone who is not Black. This includes 21% of married Black men and 13% of married Black women. These shares only consider those who are married and whose spouses live in the same households.

Married Black women, in turn, are more likely than married Black men to have a spouse who is also Black (87% vs. 79%). This includes spouses who are single-race Black, multiracial Black and Black Hispanic.

Black households had a median annual income of $50,000 in 2022. That included a median income of $60,000 among multiracial Black households, $56,500 among Black Hispanic households and $49,500 among single-race Black households.

Looked at another way, about half of all Black households (51%) had a household income of $50,000 or more in 2022, while 49% earned less than that.

Meanwhile, a recent Pew Research Center analysis found that Black households made gains during the pandemic when it comes to wealth – the difference between the value of assets owned and debts owed. The typical single-race, non-Hispanic Black household saw a 77% increase in its wealth from December 2019 ($15,300) to December 2021 ($27,100).

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