Open College of the Arts shortlisted in Prospects Postgraduate Awards 2013

The Open College of the Arts http://www.weareoca.com (OCA) has been shortlisted for a Prospects Postgraduate Award https://www.postgraduateawards.co.uk/, which recognise and reward excellence and innovation in postgraduate education.

More than 150 students, universities and businesses from across the UK entered the Awards across eight categories. OCA will compete against three other higher education institutions for the title of Best Teaching Team (Arts and Humanities).

The Awards, launched for the first time this year, they are the only annual event solely dedicated to celebrating best practice and the most exciting developments in UK postgraduate education.

The winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony on 19 November 2013 at the Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel in Manchester with a gala lunch and networking opportunities.

The Awards are run by Graduate Prospects, the UK’s leading postgraduate education publisher, which also operates prospects.ac.uk and the official postgraduate course database.'
Mike Hill, chief executive of Graduate Prospects said: “It’s fantastic to see such a positive response to our first awards in the postgraduate arena. The standard of entries was high across the board, reflecting the calibre of postgraduate education in the UK. I wish OCA the best of luck.'

Gareth Dent, chief executive of OCA, said: ‘As a higher education charity delivering through online learning, we are delighted to have been shortlisted alongside three more established higher education institutions for a Prospects Postgraduate Award. The recognition of excellence in teaching a cohort of students based in the UK and North America is a tremendous boost for the tutors teaching on the programme.’

The judges include representatives from Universities UK, AGCAS, NUS, UK Council for International Student Affairs, Higher Education Academy, Association of Graduate Recruiters, British Council, Higher Education Data and Information Improvement Programme, Million+, Thirtythree, Higher Education Academy and the UK Council for Graduate Education.

For more information or tickets for the awards ceremony visit www.postgraduateawards.co.uk. You can follow The Prospects Postgraduate Awards @postgradawards

Ends


Media enquiries:

Elizabeth Underwood, Open College of the Arts, 0759 0848783, elizabethunderwood@oca-uk.com
Clare Tregaskis : Graduate Prospects : 0161 277 5285 : c.tregaskis@prospects.ac.uk
Vicky Miles : Graduate Prospects : 0161 277 5326 : v.miles@prospects.ac.uk

About Graduate Prospects

Graduate Prospects is the UK's leading provider of information, advice and opportunities to students and graduates. We produce the market-leading Prospects portfolio of graduate employment and postgraduate study guides – online, digitally and in print. Prospects.ac.uk is the UK’s biggest and busiest graduate careers website with around one million unique visitors every month. With over one million students and graduate registrants, the Prospects portfolio can provide employers and postgraduate course providers with a targeted audience of unrivalled breadth and depth.

Graduate Prospects is the commercial trading subsidiary of the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU), a higher education agency and registered charity.

Unlike commercial competitors, Graduate Prospects is not responsible to a remote body of shareholders and instead reinvests profits back into the higher education system to the benefit of all – careers services, students and graduates, and recruiters.

For more information on Prospects products and services visit: www.prospects.ac.uk

For more information on advertising with Prospects visit: www.prospectsnet.com

Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/prospects

Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/graduateprospects