The theme for this year’s awards is “shake your tail feather and strut your stuff” and there are 20 categories open to entrants to showcase their PR excellence.  Entries will be judged in a two-stage process, the first by a regional team of judges that will shortlist the candidates (I will be part of this panel) and a second stage judging panel held in London and chaired by Mark Borkowski. 

The closing date for entry is Friday 11th December 2009. 

Now in their fifth year, the Times Higher Education Awards are the leading awards for the higher education sector, created to recognise, celebrate and reward the highest standards of excellence and talent in UK academia. This year the awards attracted over 600 entries from more than 130 higher education institutions.

The Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBE) was recognised by the panel of specially selected judges for its sheer breadth of innovation in the areas of medical diagnosis and treatment, personalised healthcare, regenerative medicine and biomedical imaging. The panel was impressed by the range of innovation achieved and its transferability into other fields.

The IBE, which opened its state-of-the-art, purpose-built facilities in 2006, combines the strengths of Imperial’s world class research schools in engineering and medicine to drive major advances in biomedical technology and accelerate the commercial realisation of technologies to improve the lives of people around the world.

Congratulations to all of the team at the IBE!