2018 UHR Awards for Excellence in HR

The winners of the 2018 UHR Awards for Excellence in HR were announced at the UHR Conference in Bristol. 

The categories

• Business effectiveness and organisational performance: for an initiative that has driven and demonstrably enhanced organisational performance and competitive advantage.
• Organisational development and culture change: for an initiative that achieved transformational culture change or greater staff engagement, or involved collaborative work with another organisation, enabling the university effectively to meet future challenges and uncertainty.
• Equality and diversity: for an initiative that improved equality or diversity in the organisation, and brought demonstrable improvements to performance or engagement.
• Exceptional HR: for exceptional achievement by an HR team or individual.

The shortlist, runners up and winners

Winners

Business effectiveness and organisational performance – Northumbria University

Runners Up

• Liverpool John Moores University

Shortlisted Universities

• SOAS
• Staffordshire University

Organisational development and culture change – Imperial College London

Runners Up

• University of Birmingham

Shortlisted Universities

• University of Huddersfield
• Leeds Beckett University

Equality and Diversity – University of Edinburgh

Runners Up

• Glasgow Caledonian University

Shortlisted Universities

• Aberystwyth University

Exceptional HR – University of Liverpool

Runners Up

• Canterbury Christ Church University

Shortlisted Universities

• University of Exeter
• Leeds Trinity University

Original article: https://www.uhr.ac.uk/awards/awards-2018/