Overview
This event brought together shortlisted nominees to recognise outstanding
achievement and sectorleading practice in widening access. The sixth annual NEON
Awards were held at the Palace of Westminster and hosted by Gordon Marsden
MP, Shadow Minister for Higher Education, Further Education and Skills.
2019 NEON Awards winners & commendations
NEON Contribution to Widening Access Award
Gail Nicholls (University of Leeds) – Winner
Ian Freedman (Harper Adams University) – Commendation
Lisa Jackson (University of Cumbria) – Commendation
NEON Higher Education Institution of the Year Award
City, University of London – Winner
The University of Nottingham – Commendation
University of Winchester – Commendation
NEON School or College Widening Access Award
Kings College, Guildford – Winner
Energy Coast University Technical College – Commendation
Peacehaven Community School – Commendation
NEON Students of the Year Award
Alison Vitalis (University of East London) – Winner
Leanne Armitage (St George’s, University of London) – Commendation
Rochelle Watson (Kingston University) – Commendation
Salma Mahmoud and Hawwa Bham (Lancaster University) – Commendation
NEON Widening Access Initiative (Outreach) Award
BrightMed (University of Sussex, Brighton & Sussex Medical School) – Winner
Medical Aspirations (University of East Anglia) – Commendation
The Access Project – Commendation
NEON Widening Access Initiative (Retention and Progression) Award
Plus Programme (University of Leeds) – Winner
KU Cares (Kingston University) – Commendation
The HELM Project (Blackpool and The Fylde College) – Commendation
NEON Widening Access Partnership Award
Finding Our Futures (Kings College, Guildford and the University of Surrey) – Winner
Kent and Medway Progression Federation – Commendation
Reading Together (Queen’s University, Belfast) – Commendation
The Service Children’s Progression Alliance (University of Winchester) – Commendation
Get involved
NEON is the professional organisation supporting those involved in widening access to higher education at all levels and in all sectors to affect change in their own organisations and communities.