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9 March 2026 Shortlist announcement
07 May 2026 Awards Ceremony
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The North of England’s Most Prestigious Education Awards

This year’s 12th ENAs highlighted excellence, world-class achievements and improvement across the University, HE, FE and Sixth Form sectors in the North of England.

The event, which which took place at The Point, Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground on 7 May 2026, was presented by one of the UK’s longest ever serving TV presenters, Lucy Meacock. The event attracted 700 education professionals from Further and Higher Education institutions from across the North, together with a range of suppliers to the sector including financial institutions, professional services providers, IT and infrastructure providers and construction and property firms.

A number of exciting sponsorship opportunities are available for the ENAs 2027. For more information please contact educationnorthawards@gmail.com

Our Event Sponsors & Partners

RM Communications
Liverpool John Moores University
The University of Manchester
John Kennedy CBE
Communicorp UK
Esharelife Foundation
Heart Yorkshire
IT Capital
Liverpool Hope University
Mindful Education
Smooth Radio North East & Smooth Radio North West
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Testimonials

The Educate North Awards represent both an important high-point and aspiration for the North’s academics, institutions and indeed students. It provides a platform for sharing excellence and achievement. More importantly it encourages, promotes, and nurtures the sector and talent. Congratulations on reaching 10. Here’s to the next ten celebrations of what the education sector achieves. DR JOHN CATER CBE DL, FORMER VICE-CHANCELLOR
EDGE-HILL UNIVERSITY
I was overwhelmed to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Educate North Awards. It’s inspiring to see so many dedicated people being recognised for their important work across the educational sector and across so many disciplines. I hope the creators will build upon their own success and create more opportunities to showcase what education really means in the North of this country. PROFESSOR NICOLA CURTIN
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
Seeing the Educate North Awards live for the first time was a wonderful experience. To bring an often disparate sector together is wonderful, to share best-practice is fulfilling and to see the superb standards from Sixth-Forms, Further Education and then HE in one room is often, breathtaking. We should embrace the ENAs more and drive it forward beyond this special 10th ceremony. SIR JOHN JONES
EDUCATIONALIST
The idea sounded complex but exciting in 2015. Could the North create a showpiece which would harness the best of the talents we have in our educational sector? Would anyone even enter? Would we create a respected and highly motivated judging panel and find expert leadership for it? Would we also find room, as we did in the first 3 years, to debate the future direction and resources needed to increase social mobility and opportunities for all? Would we find new business ideas and young entrepreneurs as well with a willingness to test their ideas? The answer was yes, and the result is a wonderful parade of superb nominees who are helping shape and change the worlds they occupy. Long may Educate North continue. DR JOHN KENNEDY CBE, KSG, KMCO, DL.
PATRON OF EDUCATE NORTH AWARDS
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