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