MARKETING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Tricia Wombell, director of marketing and communications, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
Clive Parry, sales and marketing director, SAGE
BUSINESS INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Arthur Francis, dean of Bradford Management School
Magnus Goodlad, chief operating officer, IP Group
WIDENING PARTICIPATION INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Deian Hopkin, vice-chancellor, London South Bank University
Sir David Watson, professor of higher education management, Institute of Education, University of London
Jackie Fisher, principal, Newcastle College
YOUNG ACADEMIC AUTHOR OF THE YEAR
June Purvis, professor of women's history, Portsmouth University
Alex Danchev, professor of international relations, Nottingham University
YOUNG RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR
RESEARCH PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Peter Atkins, fellow and professor of chemistry at Lincoln College, Oxford
Philip Esler, chief executive, Arts and Humanities Research Council
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
David Way, director of operations, Technology Strategy Board
Andrew Ramsay, chief executive officer, Engineering Council
OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FOR EARLY-CAREERS RESEARCHERS
Alison Hodge, university partnerships director, QinetiQ, and chair of CBI's inter-company academic relations group
Robert Burgess, vice-chancellor, Leicester University
Dave Delpy, chief executive and deputy chair, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
Sir David Watson, professor of higher education management, Institute of Education, University of London
Jackie Fisher, principal, Newcastle College
Deian Hopkin, vice-chancellor, London South Bank University
OUTSTANDING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Alex Kemp, disabled students officer, National Union of Students
Sean Moran, director of UK services, National Deaf Children's Society
OUTSTANDING STUDENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT PACKAGE
Sir Martin Harris, director, Office for Fair Access
Rhiannon Evans, director, Action on Access
Ian Summers-Noble, chair, National Association of Student Money Advisers
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Baroness Rennie Fritchie, consultant on strategy and leadership, Mainstream Development
Linda Holbeche, director of research and policy, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Sir David Watson, professor of higher education management, Institute of Education, University of London
OUTSTANDING ICT INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Alison Allden, deputy registrar and director of information services, Bristol University, and chair of the Integrated Information Environment Committee of the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc)
David Baker, principal, College of St Mark and St John; and chair of Jisc's Content Services Committee
Sarah Porter, head of development, Jisc
Norman Wiseman, head of services and outreach, Jisc
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sara Parkin, Forum for the Future
Jill Rutter, director, strategy and sustainable development, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN THE ARTS
Sir Christopher Frayling, rector of the Royal College of Art and chairman of Arts Council England
Tom Shakespeare, research fellow, Newcastle University, and North East regional chair of Arts Council England
Althea Efunshile, executive director, Arts Planning and Investment, Arts Council England and former director of the Government's Children and Young People's Unit
UNIVERSITY OF THE YEAR
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Gerard Kelly, Editor, The Times Higher Education Supplement
Baroness Helena Kennedy, barrister and Labour peer
Bernadette Porter, former rector of Roehampton University.