Staff at the University of Derby are celebrating after winning a national award.
The University scooped the award for Outstanding Registry Team at the Times Higher Education (THE) Magazine’s Leadership and Management Awards.
The award was given for the attendance monitoring service at the university.
June Hughes, director of student support and information services and academic registrar at the University of Derby, said: “We are delighted to be recognised – it is a great team achievement.”
Derby beat off competition from the University of Hertfordshire, University of Plymouth, St Mary’s University College, University for the Creative Arts and the University of Wolverhampton.
Derby was also shortlisted in the category for Outstanding Marketing and Communications Team.
THE magazine received 200 entries from 95 different institutions for the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2011.
Ann Mroz, editor of THE, said: “Our annual awards always serve as a reminder of the extraordinary quality and dedication of those working in our universities and colleges.
“This year is no exception. Our sector, like every other, has already gone through some tough times and is facing more turbulence as the new funding regime beds in. But a glance at the shortlist for our Leadership and Management Awards is enough to instil confidence that we have the right people in place to continue to prosper and deliver the world-class higher education for which the country is rightly renowned.”
The awards took place at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London, in June.