Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2022: the nominations

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The nominations are in for the 2022 Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs), our annual event celebrating the hard work of higher education providers across the UK.

As the leading higher education awards ceremony based solely on student choice, each year we receive around 35,000 verified university reviews from on-campus visits across the country and from students submitting them online using this very site.

The WUSCAs are the only annual awards that are based solely on the views of real students studying in the UK and allow students to access honest, unbiased data to make the right choices about their future. The winners of the University of the Year, Postgraduate, Small or Specialist, and Outreach and Widening Participation categories will each win £10,000 in student bursaries, to be awarded to deserving students to improve their educational experience.

The categories and nominees for this year’s WUSCAs are:

1) University of the Year

• BANGOR UNIVERSITY
• EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY
• HARTPURY UNIVERSITY
• LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
• NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
• PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY (ST MARK & ST JOHN)
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
• UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH, LONDON
• UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
• YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY

2) Students' Union

• ASTON UNIVERSITY
• BANGOR UNIVERSITY
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY
• CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
• NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
• UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
• UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
• UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
• UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

3) Student Life

• ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY
• CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
• LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
• NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
• NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
• PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY (ST MARK & ST JOHN)
• UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
• UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
• UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
• UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

4) Student Support (sponsored by Prompt Marketing)

• BANGOR UNIVERSITY
• BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY
• EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY
• HARTPURY UNIVERSITY
• LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
• NEWMAN UNIVERSITY
• PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY (ST MARK & ST JOHN)
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
• UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE

5) Career Prospects

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY
• HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY
• HARTPURY UNIVERSITY
• LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
• LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
• UNIVERSITY OF BATH
• UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
• UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
• UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH

6) Halls and Student Accommodation

• ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY
• ASTON UNIVERSITY
• BANGOR UNIVERSITY
• COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
• EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY
• LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
• QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
• UNIVERSITY OF BATH
• UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN

7) Facilities

• DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
• EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY
• FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY
• HARTPURY UNIVERSITY
• LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
• LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
• NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
• UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH, LONDON
• UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK

8) Lecturers and Teaching Quality

• ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY
• BANGOR UNIVERSITY
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY
• HARTPURY UNIVERSITY
• PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY (ST MARK & ST JOHN)
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
• UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER
• UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
• UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK
• UNIVERSITY OF WALES, TRINITY SAINT DAVID

9) Postgraduate (sponsored by Postgraduate Search)

• BANGOR UNIVERSITY
• DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
• EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY
• NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD
• UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER
• UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH, LONDON
• UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN
• UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
• UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

10) International

• BANGOR UNIVERSITY
• BRISTOL, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY
• DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
• NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
• UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER
• UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH, LONDON
• UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
• UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

11) Small or Specialist (sponsored by Havas Education)

• ARTS UNIVERSITY BOURNEMOUTH
• DBS INSTITUTE
• DYSON INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
• FUTUREWORKS - MEDIA SCHOOL
• NORLAND COLLEGE
• NORWICH UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
• PLYMOUTH COLLEGE OF ART
• POINT BLANK MUSIC COLLEGE
• ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
• UCEN MANCHESTER

12) Outreach and Widening Participation Submission Award

• BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY
• FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY
• LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
• LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
• MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY
• SWANSEA UNIVERSITY
• UCEN MANCHESTER
• UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER
• UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
• UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER

This year’s Whatuni Student Choice Awards winners will be announced on Tuesday 24 May 2022 at a special ceremony in Canary Wharf, London – be sure to follow along on Twitter. We'll also publish the winners on this site.

We wish all the nominees best of luck.

And of course, we have thousands of student reviews to help you make up your mind about the best university. Start browsing here.