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CMI Awards of Excellence
Teesside University is a dynamic and modern institution, dedicated to delivering opportunity and providing a high-quality higher education learning environment, offering innovative courses taught by committed and passionate staff.
Awarded Times Higher Education University of the Year 2025 and Daily Mail Modern University of the Year 2026, Teesside University is recognised for its transformative teaching, bold innovation, and life-changing impact.
As a driver of economic growth, directly and through its partnerships, Teesside University transforms lives and economies. It’s an engine of opportunity and social mobility; serving its communities and playing a vital role as an anchor institution within the Tees Valley.
The University’s Future Facing Learning initiative equips every student with cutting-edge digital tools, while its multi-award winning £300m Campus Masterplan provides world-class spaces for learning, collaboration, and discovery.
With triple Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework, Ofsted Outstanding for apprenticeships, and a mission to widen access to higher education, Teesside is setting a new standard for what a modern university can achieve.
Teesside University
We’re very proud of our longstanding partnership with CMI so being shortlisted is a very rewarding feeling for us at Herts Business School. CMI is the pre-eminent professional body we work with, and it has been an integral part of how we deliver our leadership and management apprenticeships.
"For the University of Staffordshire, receiving this award would formally recognise the institution as a national leader in leadership and management education, validating the quality, relevance and impact of its apprenticeship and undergraduate provision. It would confirm that the University is not only delivering academically rigorous programmes, but is also shaping professionally credible, CMI-accredited leaders who make a tangible difference in the workplace and wider society."
"It would truly be the greatest honour possible to win this award, the inspiration for us to target even higher levels of excellence in our team’s delivery and learner achievement. Winning would also place City College Norwich Higher Education firmly in the spotlight, helping attract more managers and leaders to study CMI qualifications with us."
"Winning the CMI Higher Education Partner of the Year Award would be a powerful endorsement of Arden University’s mission to widen access to high-quality higher education and provide them with the skills they need to empower them in their future careers. Our partnership with the CMI enables us to open doors for learners who may not have considered university a possibility — including working professionals, career changers, and those balancing study with other life commitments. Recognition from CMI would highlight the importance of flexible, inclusive pathways that ensure talent can flourish regardless of background or circumstance. "
"Winning the CMI Higher Education Partner of the Year 2025 award would be a powerful recognition of our commitment to social mobility and the success of our learners. It would affirm the impact of our partnership with CMI in ensuring every learner becomes work‑ready, celebrate our staff and students, and reinforce our mission to deliver outstanding, career‑focused education. "
Our roots date back to 1914 and the founding of a new type of college in Stoke-on-Trent to support the city’s coal mining and ceramic manufacture and production. Originally, the Central School of Science and Technology, it became North Staffordshire Technical College in 1926.
In 1971, North Staffordshire Polytechnic was created from the merger of the College with Stoke-on-Trent College of Art and Staffordshire College of Technology, based in Stafford. Shortened to Staffordshire Polytechnic in 1988, we became known as Staffordshire University in 1992. In 2024, we evolved into the University of Staffordshire, cementing our position as a centre for learning and progression for the county, and its people.
With courses, facilities and expertise fuelling the Industrial Revolution, the College’s legacy continues today. As does our reputation for innovation: from Stafford’s hi-tech degree courses of the 1960s to the next generation education and hands-on and hyper-real experiences we offer now.
The largest of our three campuses, Stoke-on-Trent campus has benefited from over £80m investment since 2012. Outstanding facilities there include the Sir Stanley Matthews Sports Centre, a dedicated Science Centre, pioneering Games Hub, crime scene house, drama studio, performance centre.
Always ahead of the game, the University’s presence in London on the site of the former Olympic Park seems rather fitting. Our London campus in Here East was established in 2019 to concentrate our award-winning tech and digital expertise, teaching computer science, games and cyber security.
Students are immersed in a real-world business and tech working environment. They are surrounded by innovators, disruptors, visionaries and industry-leading facilities, including the latest computer systems and software, a professionally rigged Gaming Arena and broadcasting Control Room.
City College Norwich’s Higher Education School champions apprenticeships as a powerful route to success. Working with leading employers, we deliver apprenticeships in partnership with CMI that combine academic excellence with hands-on experience. Our programs are designed to boost employability, develop professional skills, and open doors for apprentices in their careers. With expert support and strong industry connections, our mission is to challenge minds, inspire success, and secure futures by transforming Norfolk through learning.
Arden University is one of the UK’s fastest growing universities and a leading provider of flexible, online and blended learning, supporting thousands of students in the UK and around the world. As an established pioneer in online learning Arden University offers learners personalised academic and digital-skills support from enrolment right through to graduation. Offering online 24/7, multi-media learning materials and a leading-edge virtual classroom study portal called ilearn students enjoy exceptional flexibility.
Blended learning options also combine face to face, academic-led teaching at one of Arden University's campuses in London, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham and Berlin with additional self-study time online.
The university sees student learning opportunities as the key to embedding knowledge and helping to grow and develop graduates that are ready for the workplace.
A wide range of courses across specialisms in Business, Law, Psychology, Healthcare, Marketing and Computing are focussed on furthering career progression and improving career potential - many are accredited from UK professional bodies, and all are internationally recognised.
Arden University's undergraduate and postgraduate programmes also offer flexible entry requirements and course costs help to give a more accessible choice, especially for students who are returning to education.
Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) is a modern, inclusive institution that provides high-quality, career-focused education. With campuses in High Wycombe, Uxbridge and Aylesbury Vale, the University offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across disciplines including nursing, aviation, art and design, business, and creative media.
Building on more than 130 years of educational heritage, BNU takes a practice-based approach to teaching with student engagement and employability at its heart. Through industry-informed teaching, hands-on learning and work placements, the University equips students from all backgrounds with the skills and confidence needed to succeed in their chosen careers.
University of Hertfordshire (Business School)
"We are thrilled and excited to be shortlisted! Colleagues have worked closely with CMI in the past couple of years, building relationships and adding value to the student experience, and it is wonderful to see our close relationship recognised in this way. It has given the whole school a boost!"
"Being shortlisted for the CMI Partner Awards 2024 is an incredible honour. It is rewarding to see our commitment to professional development and educational excellence are being recognised. This acknowledgement not only validates our efforts but also motivates us to to do better."
The University of Hertfordshire is a dynamic and innovative institution with a long history of driving ambition and enterprise across the region. Our inclusive and entrepreneurial nature powers the potential of our students, staff, corporate partners, and members of the community.
The School of Business & Law is a department at Buckinghamshire New University that is made up of a collaborative and creative community of students and academic staff. Alongside our research-active staff in the school, many of our lecturers have joined us from industry and, as we maintain close relationships with local and regional industry partners, we are able to bring the workplace into the classroom - and vice-versa, supporting our students to benefit from an up to date, relevant and authentic learning journey.
London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) delivers world-class, career-focused higher education through fully online bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, finance, marketing, and public health. As a proud member of Global University Systems (GUS), LSBF is part of a network that educates over 100,000 students on campus and more than 20 million students online, preparing graduates for diverse and dynamic careers. The commitment to high-quality teaching and support is reflected in LSBF’s 2024 Trustpilot rating of 4.9. LSBF is dedicated to fostering student success, enhancing post-graduate employability, and advancing social mobility.
It's fantastic to get this recognition at the University of Exeter. We work really hard on developing responsible leadership through all education programs, and it really aligns with all of the work that the CMI do. So it's fantastic to get the recognition from the CMI for the work that we do. Rachael Johnstone, University of Exeter
University of Exeter
"Becoming CMI's Higher Education Partner of the Year would mean a lot for Arden University, an institution dedicated to achieving our 2025 strategic vision – that everyone everywhere has the right to higher education. Through our work with the CMI, especially through our Faculty of Business and our degree apprenticeship programmes, we strive to create accessibility to marginalised UK and international learners, widen participation, and provide exposure to the transformative power of higher education. Being named Higher Education Partner of the Year would aide us in attracting new students and apprentices who may have been overlooked for whatever reason, or may have not previously considered higher education to be an option for them. This in turn would help our efforts to create leaders of tomorrow through our efforts to democratise education and ensure that everyone, no matter their background or location, is able to pursue their dream career."
"Winning this award would have a significant impact for both Gloucestershire Business School, its staff, and our students. Gloucestershire Business School has seen significant growth in recent years and this has in part been due to the nurturing of relationships with key partners such as CMI. Staff are very positive about our relationship with CMI and this is because of the wonderful individuals and teams we work with at CMI. This positivity pervades from staff to students and encourages their use of CMI resources and enhances their pride on receiving their dual accreditation."
"We are delighted to have been shortlisted for this award. Strathclyde is in the distinctive position of successfully delivering apprenticeship degrees for learners based both in Scotland and England in partnership with CMI. Winning this award is important to us as it helps increase awareness among employers and future learners of our success in delivering high quality programmes with impactful outcomes, not only for learners on an individual level but also at organisational and societal level. It’s important that we showcase the achievements of our learners and celebrate the success of our partnership with CMI in continuing to develop a pipeline of exceptional leadership talent for our employer partners."
We are delighted to announce that Solent University are our 2022 Outstanding HE Partner of the Year.
Solent Business School were delighted to be shortlisted for this award as it celebrates the long partnership that we have had with the CMI and the fantastic achievements we have made together in supporting and developing our students to be future leaders and managers.
Claire Hughes, Head of Undergraduate and Partnerships
The University of Huddersfield has been chosen as the Award winner for their development of their people managers and their student population, as part of a wider student employability agenda. This institution made the shortlist because they have shown a strategic attitude to Management and Leadership training in an extensive relationship with CMI. As a CMI Centre, the University has embedded CMI qualifications into undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and has integrated Level 5 and Level 7 programmes into their staff training.
Being shortlisted for this Award really shows our commitment to CMI through the development of our staff community and prospective students. The external recognition it provides will help us stand out within the HE sector during a challenging time for everyone.
Danny Benton, Head of People and Organisational Development
"This Award is very important to us. Whilst we are a recognised Higher Education provider, the apprenticeship market for higher level degrees is still new. Therefore, being shortlisted recognises and emphasises the quality of our apprenticeships."
Dr Dorota Bourne Associate Professor
"We are delighted to be recognised for our relationship with CMI by being shortlisted for this Award. It is great to be appreciated for our work in Leadership and Management education by such a well-known Management Institution."
Trudy Spencer Associate Professor
"We wanted to apply to reflect on what we have achieved over the last year. This Award shortlisting highlights the importance of the huge diversification in our student body that we have cultivated through the innovative delivery of our programmes."
Rachael JohnstoneHead of Department and Director of Degree Apprenticeships
