Winner
The Student Choice Awards (WhatUni) 2017- Top 10 for 6 out of 12 categories:
Postgraduate (1st)
International (3rd)
Courses & Lecturers (4th)
University of the Year (4th)
Clubs and Societies (4th)
Giving Back (6th)
Athena SWAN
First Welsh University and the only smaller research intensive institution outside of the traditional large scale civic institutions to achieve a Silver Athena SWAN Charter award.
Winner - “Physics Society of the Year” University Student Networks 2nd Annual Societies Forum 2017
Winner - Chwarae Teg Womenspire Awards – Professor Hilary Lappin-Scott in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Pioneer Category
The People and Planet Green League 2017 – 1st Class award.
Learned Society of Wales Awards 2007 - Dillwyn Medal for Outstanding Early Career Research in the Creative Arts and Humanities, Dr Amanda Roger (Senior Lecturer in Human Geography)
Fulbright Award 2017 – British Fulbright Scholar Award Grantees:
Cyber Security Scholar Award, Dr Lella Nouri
All Disciplines Award, Professor Siwan Davies
Royal College of Surgeons Research Award, Zita Jessop
Stonewall Cymru Workplace Equality Index Awards 2017 – Network of the Year, Swansea University LGBT+
Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 2017 – Ranked 2nd in the UK in list of 100 most inclusive places to work
Famelab Wales 2017- Winner, Carol Glover (College of Engineering)
Construction Excellence Wales Awards 2017 - Innovation Award, the “Active Classroom” built by SPECIFIC. Swansea University was also shortlisted for three other categories: Young Achiever Award (Tom Griffiths), Integration & Collaborative Working Award (in conjunction with Tata Steel), Sustainability Award
Young Gastroenterologist of the Year 2017, British Society of Gastroenterology - Laith Alrubaiy, Clinical Lecturer in Medicine and Gastroenterology
Leading Wales Awards - Finalist, Mary Gagen, Associate Professor of Geography
Swansea City of Sanctuary Awards 2017 – Recognition award for historic and ongoing awareness raising activities - Department of Adult Continuing Education
Welsh Book of the Year Awards 2017 – Three authors from College of Arts and Humanities feature in the shortlist for awards
Santander Cycles University Challenge – Winner
BMA Cymru Wales/BMJ Clinical Teacher of the Year Awards – Four Swansea University Healthcare Professionals nominated
Shortlisted
Guardian University Awards 2017 – Shortlisted for:
Sustainability Project Award
Business Partnership Award
Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 (THELMA) – Shortlisted in two categories:
Outstanding Library Team
Outstanding Administrative Services Team
The Times Higher Education Awards 2017 – Shortlisted for two awards:
Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year - Yogesh Dwivedi
Most Innovative Contribution to Business-University Collaboration- Rolls-Royce, In collaboration with the Universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Swansea
Student Nursing Times Awards - Shortlisted for awards in four categories:
Nurse Education Provider of the Year (pre-registration)
Return to Practice Course of the Year
Adult Student of the Year – Michelle Bowen
Educator of the Year – Debbie Rowberry
International Museums and Heritage Awards 2017 – Egypt Centre shortlisted for Volunteer Team of the Year