The awards celebrate the sector’s leadership, management, financial and business skills.

Vice-Chancellor, Nick Petford commented: “We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the prestigious Times Higher Award for Leadership and Management.

“We are proud of our strategic plan, ‘Raising the Bar’, which set out the vision, mission, values, strategic aims and objective of the University. The plan articulates our vision to become an internationally-facing university, recognised for a culture of entrepreneurship, purposeful research and social enterprise. 2011/12 was a pivotal year in the embedding of our strategy and our place on the shortlist for this category is testament to the significant successes the University has achieved over the last year.”