UEL
Wins Outstanding International Strategy at Times Higher Education Awards
The University of East
London won the ‘Outstanding International Strategy Award’ at The Times
Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2012, which took
place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane.
The ceremony celebrated
the talented and dedicated staff working to steer universities and colleges
through a time of unprecedented change. UEL beat off stiff competition from the
University of Birmingham, City University London, De Montfort University, the
University of Exeter and the University of Nottingham to be crowned top of
their category.
The University was
commended on its Global Reach initiative, which is central to the
university-wide Transformation for Excellence strategy. The judges were
impressed by the number of ‘distinct threads’ running through the strategy,
with a range of university schools and services fully involved. Judges were
also impressed by the Going Global bursary scheme, a key element of Global
Reach, providing UK based students the chance to travel, linked to their
studies, whether for a few days or a whole semester. The highly successful
introduction of languages to the curriculum after a nine-year absence was also
praised.
Vice Chancellor,
Professor Patrick McGhee, said, “The great thing about our Global Reach
strategy is its inclusivity. Our aim is to provide a truly international study
experience to students on all UEL programmes whether they are studying in East
London or at our newly launched Cyprus campus. We are equally proud of the
experience provided for those studying UEL programmes across our tremendous
partner institution network which includes not only the BRIC (Brazil, Russia,
India and China) countries but other parts of the world where the UEL brand is
well known such as Malaysia, Greece, Singapore and Vietnam.”
