Queen's Anniversary Prize
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The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education is a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to Universities and Colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom
. Uniquely it forms part of the British honours system
, to date rounds have occurred in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2009.
The educational award which the Royal Anniversary Trust established was the Queen's Anniversary Prize.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Uniquely it forms part of the British honours system
British honours system
The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement, or service to the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories...
, to date rounds have occurred in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2009.
History
The prize is awarded by the Royal Anniversary Trust, a registered charity founded in 1990 to develop a program to mark 1992 as the 40th year of Elizabeth II's reign as British monarch. The program had these four goals:- celebrate the anniversary
- establish an educational award
- promote cultural awareness of the development of the United Kingdom's constitutional monarchyConstitutional monarchyConstitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, whether it be a written, uncodified or blended constitution...
- to promote commerce, industry, and the advancement of education
The educational award which the Royal Anniversary Trust established was the Queen's Anniversary Prize.
1994
| category | winning institution | winning department or division | rationale | external link to winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering & Technology | Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University is a university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The name commemorates George Heriot, the 16th century financier to King James, and James Watt, the great 18th century inventor and engineer.... in Edinburgh Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area... |
Petroleum Engineering Petroleum engineering Petroleum engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural gas. Subsurface activities are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, which are the activities of... |
UK's leading academic and research department in its field | http://www.pet.hw.ac.uk |
| Environment | Imperial College of Science school of Technology & Medicine | Centre for Environmental Technology Environmental technology Environmental technology or green technology or clean technology is the application of one or more of environmental science, green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic devices to monitor, model and conserve the natural environment and resources, and to curb the negative impacts of... |
leading player in the development of an Master of science Master of Science A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:... degree for environmental management Environmental management Environmental resource management is “a purposeful activity with the goal to maintain and improve the state of an environmental resource affected by human activities” . It is not, as the phrase suggests, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of the interaction and... |
http://www.env.ic.ac.uk/ICCET |
| Engineering & Technology | Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England... |
partnership with the aerospace industry | http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/el/programmes/systems | |
| Medicine, Health & Welfare | Luton Sixth Form College Luton Sixth Form College Luton Sixth Form College is a sixth form college situated in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.-Admissions:It is noted for its multiethnic population; 62% of the College's students are from minority ethnic groups.-History:... |
encouraging student volunteer involvement in health education, especially for HIV prevention | http://www.lutonsfc.ac.uk/lsfcweb | |
| the arts | Royal College of Art Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy... |
promoting manufacturing design for the needs of senior citizens | http://www.hhrc.rca.ac.uk/programmes/designage/index.html | |