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THE GREEN GOWN AWARDS UK & IRELAND 2017 WINNERS' BROCHURE
(also available for download at the foot of this page)
Colleges and universities alike won big at the prestigious Green Gown Awards held on Wednesday 15th November. Organised by EAUC, the ceremony was held at Manchester’s magical The Monastery.
Showing institutions are not bound by their size when it comes to exceptional initiatives, winners ranged from Borders College to University of Cambridge, and projects were as diverse as climate change music albums to the UK's first heat system that runs on sewage.
Celebrating the inspirational sustainability initiatives of 113 Finalists, representing over 1.5 million students and 244 thousand staff, the Awards Ceremony had a staggering 22 Winners and 19 Highly Commended entries.
EAUC CEO Iain Patton co-hosted the ceremony alongside poet and Chancellor of the University of Manchester, Lemn Sissay, MBE.
Opening the awards, Iain said: “These initiatives are a shining example of the power education possesses and the importance those that work and study within it place on creating a better world and a new generation of change agents.”
Chancellor of the University of Manchester, Lemn Sissay, MBE, said at the close of the Awards:
“The leadership and innovation that we have seen tonight is truly awe inspiring. If all education institutions created individuals and initiatives like these, we would have a much brighter future full of leading lights.”
WINNER - Borders College
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Northumbria University
WINNER - The College of West Anglia (Small Institution)
WINNER - University of Reading (Large Institution)
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Northumbria University
HIGHLY COMMENDED - University of Chester
WINNER - Durham University
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Ayrshire College
HIGHLY COMMENDED - University of the West of England, Bristol
WINNER - Canterbury Christ Church University
HIGHLY COMMENDED - University of Leicester
WINNER - Perth College UHI (Small Institution)
WINNER - Nottingham Trent University (Large Institution)
HIGHLY COMMENDED - University of Exeter
WINNER - SHRUB Co-op Edinburgh & The University of Edinburgh
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Manchester Metropolitan University
WINNER - The University of Birmingham and UniGreenScheme
HIGHLY COMMENDED - University of Gloucestershire
WINNER - The University of Winchester (Small Institution)
WINNER - University of Cambridge (Large Institution)
HIGHLY COMMENDED - University of Chester
WINNER - The University of Manchester
WINNER - Emily Haggett, University of Southampton
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Laura Salisbury, University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion
WINNER - University of Salford
WINNER - University of Winchester (Small Institution)
WINNER - Ayrshire College (Large Institution)
HIGHLY COMMENDED - University of London
WINNER - University of Cambridge
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Queen Mary University of London
HIGHLY COMMENDED - University of Oxford
WINNER - Angus Allan, South Lanarkshire College (Small Institution)
WINNER - Professor Eunice Simmons, Nottingham Trent University (Large Institution)
WINNER - Indy Sira, The University of Warwick
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Navdeep Dhuti, London South Bank University
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Thomas Haines, The Students' Union at UWE
WINNER - Anne Perkins, Aston University
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Shaunagh Smith, University of Chester
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Dr Michelle Williams, University of Gloucestershire
WINNER - Professor Simon Kemp, University of Southampton
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Dr Georgina Gough, University of the West of England, Bristol
* Included in the International Green Gown Awards
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