2020 Shortlist

View the Education Awards 2020 finalists below.​

View the 2020 winners here.

Overall Excellence in Education

  • NUI Galway (winner)

Best College of Business

  • Dublin Business School
  • J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, NUI Galway (winner)

Best College of Science & Engineering

  • School of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, TU Dublin (winner)
  • Schools of Electrical & Electronic Engineering & Computer Science, TU Dublin
  • South Eastern Regional College

Best College of Arts & Social Science

  • College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies, NUI Galway (winner)
  • Dublin Business School
  • Kinsale College of Further Education

Best Language School

  • ACET
  • Bridge Mills Galway Language Centre
  • Conradh na Gaeilge
  • Cork English College (winner)
  • Englishour
  • Galway Cultural Institute
  • Irish College of English
  • Oscars International
  • The Linguaviva Centre

Best Further Education Provider

  • CMIT
  • CSN College
  • Drogheda Institute of Further Education (winner)
  • Kinsale College of Further Education
  • Limerick College of Further Education
  • Pitman Training
  • South Eastern Regional College
  • The College of Progressive Education

Best Erasmus Programme

  • Kinsale College of Further Education
  • RCSI
  • University of Limerick (winner)

Best International Collaboration Project

  • AHA ADHD Augmented - UCD, ITD CNR & WWL
  • Dublin Business School & Kolej Poly-Tech MARA
  • Dundalk Institute of Technology & E.U. Partner Colleges
  • Future Screens NI - Ulster University, Experimental Design LA & Others (winner)
  • International Office, Mary Immaculate College & St John’s University New York
  • Limerick Institute of Technology & Collaborators
  • Maynooth University & Texas Tech Engineering Summer School
  • The 3 Nations Project - Ulster University, Kempten University of Applied Sciences & University of Lapland
  • TU Dublin & Purdue University Indiana, USA

Best Business & Third Level Institution Collaboration

  • AI in the Delivery of Legal Services Partners & School of Law, University of Limerick
  • Atlantic Flight Training Academy & Cork Institute of Technology
  • Chemical Process Safety - Pfizer Pharmaceuticals & CIT
  • DCU Access to the Workplace Programme Collaborators (winner)
  • Enhancing Patient Safety with Work Based & Blended Learning - Galway Clinic & GMIT
  • Irish Football Association & Ulster University
  • Publicity Association of Northern Ireland & Ulster University
  • Spar NI & Ulster University Business School

Best Marketing / Communications Team

  • City Education Group
  • Dublin Business School
  • Griffith College
  • Institute of Technology Carlow
  • LINC Consortium (winner)
  • Marketing Department, Dublin City University
  • University of Limerick
  • Waterford Institute of Technology

Best Library Team

  • Athlone Institute of Technology
  • Cork Institute of Technology Library
  • Norma Smurfit Library, National College of Ireland (winner)
  • Stranmillis University College

Excellence in the Provision of Professional Services

  • ACET
  • LIA (winner)
  • North West Regional College Careers Academy
  • Turlon & Associates

Best Student Experience Award

  • Airfield Estate
  • Bryson Care Practice Learning Centre
  • Cork Institute of Technology
  • CSN College
  • DIFC Ireland
  • Dublin Business School
  • Kinsale College of Further Education
  • University College Cork (winner)
  • Worldskills Ireland

Best Student Campus Award

  • Ulster University
  • University of Limerick (winner)

Career Impact Strategy Award

  • Building Careers for New Employees to Pharma - GetReskilled
  • Cork Institute of Technology
  • Curriculum Design for Career Impact, Occupational Safety & Health Programme - IT Sligo
  • Dublin Business School
  • Embedding Mentoring - Griffith College
  • North West Regional College (winner)
  • Student Transformative Learning Record - TU Dublin
  • The Insurance Practitioner Apprenticeship - The Insurance Institute & IT Sligo

Best Online Learning Experience

  • CMIT
  • Get in the Game - Digital Marketing Institute
  • Hibernia College
  • Higher Diploma in Computer Science Online – Waterford Institute of Technology
  • LINC Consortium (winner)
  • Professional Diploma in Clinical Leadership - RCSI Institute of Leadership
  • School of Computer Science, TU Dublin
  • Setanta College
  • Study Online

Best Education Outreach Award

  • Access to Apprenticeship Programme - TU Dublin
  • Calmast STEM Outreach Centre - Waterford Institute of Technology
  • Centre for Talented Youth Ireland - Dublin City University (winner)
  • Cork Institute of Technology, Cork Prison & Dillon’s Cross Project
  • CSinc - TU Dublin
  • Early Learning Initiative - National College of Ireland
  • Schools Outreach Programmes Access Service - Dublin City University
  • Transition Year Outreach Programme - NUI Galway

Student Engagement & Communications Award

  • Academic Success Coaching, AnSEO - The Student Engagement Office, Cork Institute of Technology (winner)
  • Glucksman Library, University of Limerick
  • LINC Consortium
  • Postgrad Experience Working Group - Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
  • UCC Skills Centre

Business Collaboration Award

  • Co-Creating Solutions to Support Business Growth – Ulster University Business School & Collaborators
  • Cork Institute of Technology & Authentic Assessment Strategy Partners (winner)
  • Logistics Associate Apprenticeship Consortium
  • Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim Education and Training Board & Sales Apprenticeship Consortium
  • Rathmines College & Business Collaborators
  • South Eastern Regional College & Business Collaborators
  • TU Dublin, BioPharmaChem Ireland & Ibec Industry Consortium

Best Use of Educational Technology/ICT Initiative of the Year

  • Centre for Adult Learning & Professional Development - NUI Galway
  • CMIT
  • Griffith College Institutional Analytics
  • Higher Diploma in Computer Science Online - Waterford Institute of Technology (winner)
  • MOSAIC – Meantóir
  • Open Training College & Athlone Institute of Technology
  • South Eastern Regional College
  • Variable Rate Progression - Ulster University

Best Research Project

  • AHA ADHD Augmented - UCD, ITD CNR & WWL (winner)
  • AI for Good, Chatbot for Refugees - Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software at UCD
  • City Colleges & Garda Representative Association
  • DeepReal - ADAPT Centre & Huawei Technologies
  • Ocuco-Lero Global Lean Agile Project - Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software at UL

Best Graduate Training Programme

  • Accenture
  • Arup
  • BDO Ireland
  • EY (winner)
  • First Derivatives Capital Markets Training Programme
  • For Purpose
  • Galway Clinic Graduate Nursing Programme

Best Green Campus Award

  • Dublin City University
  • Kinsale College of Further Education
  • Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin (winner)
  • Ulster University