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Prospects Postgraduate Awards 2013 Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the inaugural Prospects Postgraduate Awards has been unveiled.

More than 150 students, universities and businesses from across the UK entered the Awards across eight categories.

GlaxoSmithKline, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, The National Autistic Society and Media Minds Global are just some of the organisations shortlisted in either the Best Business Partner or Best Agency categories.

Forging ahead in the higher education categories are The University of Nottingham, University of Bedfordshire, Cranfield University, Bucks New University, Lancaster University and Anglia Ruskin - all of which have been shortlisted more than once.

The Prospects Postgraduate Awards launched for the first time this year, they are the only annual event solely dedicated to celebrating best practice and the most exciting developments in UK postgraduate education.

The winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony on 19 November 2013 at the Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel in Manchester with a gala lunch and networking opportunities.

The Awards are run by Graduate Prospects, the UK’s leading postgraduate education publisher, which also operates prospects.ac.uk and the official postgraduate course database.

Mike Hill, chief executive of Graduate Prospects said: “It’s fantastic to see such a positive response to our first awards in the postgraduate arena. The standard of entries was high across the board, reflecting the calibre of postgraduate education in the UK. Good luck to all those who made the shortlist.”

The judges include representatives from Universities UK, AGCAS, NUS, UK Council for International Student Affairs, Higher Education Academy, Association of Graduate Recruiters, British Council, Higher Education Data and Information Improvement Programme, Million+, Thirtythree, Higher Education Academy and the UK Council for Graduate Education

For the full shortlist or tickets for the awards visit www.postgraduateawards.co.uk. You can follow The Prospects Postgraduate Awards @postgradawards

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