MPLS Awards
We are delighted to announce the awardees for the four new categories of Professional Services Awards for 2025/26, that sit alongside the existing Impact, Teaching, Supervisory and EDI awards. These new awards recognise and celebrate high-quality professional services across the Division, including IT and AV, Estates, Facilities and Safety, Laboratories and Workshops, and broader Professional Services. All MPLS awardees will be celebrated at the MPLS Annual Reception in September.
The Awards are:
MPLS Professional Services Excellence Award: To recognise high quality planning, delivery and impact of professional services across a service or within a department.
MPLS IT and AV Excellence Award: To celebrate improvements and excellence in IT provision by teams and individuals within or across MPLS departments.
MPLS Excellence in Estates and Facilities Support Award: To celebrate the support provided by teams who maintain and manage our buildings and estate, keeping building users safe; recognising colleagues who provide the operational backbone and the often less visible impact of estates and facilities work.
MPLS Award for Excellence in Lab and Workshop Support: To celebrate the excellent work of lab and workshop staff across MPLS departments.
Professor James Naismith, Head of MPLS Division, said:
“These new Divisional awards recognise staff across professional services, technical and research areas. Our divisional priority of world-leading research that informs exceptional teaching can’t be achieved without the hard work, professionalism and commitment that these awardees exemplify. We are excellent in everything or we are not truly excellent. I am proud to be part of the MPLS community and to celebrate the extraordinary contributions of staff across the Division. My congratulations and thanks to all winners and nominees.”
Click the links below to meet the 2025/2026 awardees.
MPLS Professional Services Excellence Award
The MPLS Professional Services Excellence Awards recognise outstanding planning, delivery and impact within a service or department.
MPLS IT and AV Excellence Award
The MPLS IT and AV Award aims too celebrate improvements and excellence in IT and AV provision by teams and individuals within or across MPLS departments.
MPLS Excellence in Estates and Facilities Support Award
This award celebrates the support provided by teams who manage and maintain buildings and the estate, enabling safe, effective teaching, research and administration across MPLS
MPLS Award for Excellence in Lab and Workshop Support
This award recognises the contribution of technicians (including lab technicians) and workshop staff in supporting high-quality teaching, research and innovation across MPLS.