The Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education (formerly Queen's Anniversary Prizes) are a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to

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and

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in the further and higher education sectors within the

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. Uniquely it forms part of the British honours system, to date rounds have occurred in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. The Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education recognise outstanding work by UK colleges and universities that shows quality and innovation and delivers real benefit to the wider world and public through education and training. The Prizes are the highest national Honour awarded in UK further and higher education.

History

The prize is awarded by the Royal Anniversary Trust, a registered charity founded in 1990 to develop a program to mark 1992 as the 40th year of Elizabeth II's reign as British monarch. The program had these four goals: *celebrate the anniversary *establish an educational award *promote cultural awareness of the development of the United Kingdom's

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*to promote commerce, industry, and the advancement of education Past winners have been recognized for work in a wide range of disciplines such as science, engineering, arts and the creative industries, education, the humanities, the environment and medicine. The next round of winners will be introduced in Autumn of 2025. The educational award which the Royal Anniversary Trust established was the Queen's Anniversary Prize. In October 2024 the name of the Prizes scheme changed to the Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Higher and Further Education.

Prize winners

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

References

External links

* {{Authority control Educational awards in the United Kingdom Anniversary Prize