The University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery have been shortlisted in categories including ‘best student experience’, ‘teaching innovation of the year’, ‘partnership of the year’ and ‘nurse education provider of the year (pre-registration)’.
Professor Jacqueline Leigh Interim Associate Dean Student Experience said: “At Edge Hill, we pride ourselves on a culture of support and excellence, where staff go above and beyond to prepare our students for the frontline of care.
“Our students never fail to inspire us with their resilience and hard work. Being shortlisted for the Student Nursing Times Awards is a well-deserved recognition of their dedication to the nursing and midwifery profession and the patients they serve.”
The full list of nominations is as follows:
- Nurse education provider of the year (pre-registration): Edge Hill University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has been recognised for nurturing the whole person, inspiring every student to achieve their full potential.
- Student nursing associate of the year: Jonathan Richardson -Edge Hill University and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
- Best student experience: The University’s Nursing and Midwifery Student Voice strategy uses creative ways to encourage student feedback in a variety of ways including poetry and QR Code evaluation, which help to create a culture and sense of belongingness for students.
- Student placement of the year – community: For embedding social care placements into the nursing curriculum.
- Teaching innovation of the year – curriculum: A transformative educational initiative designed to empower student nurses with the courage and confidence to raise concerns in practice.
Edge Hill has also been nominated for four awards for our partnerships:
- Partnership of the year: Edge Hill University and Sefton Training Hub hosted by Cheshire and Merseyside Training Hub: Co-producing future care, an innovative higher education institution and primary care partnership empowering student nursing associates.
- Partnership of the year: Edge Hill University and Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, for building the future children’s nursing workforce: a strategic university-clinical partnership model.
- Partnership of the year: Edge Hill University, Cheshire and Mersey Training Hub & Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust (community division): Footprints to Care, for advancing community partnerships for student nurse education in primary care.
- Partnership of the year: Edge Hill University and Act for Action CIC – for increasing inclusivity within nursing standardised participants.
Colin Johnson, Interim Dean of Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, added: “While being shortlisted for a single award at the Student Nursing Times Awards is a significant honour, to be shortlisted nine times is a truly phenomenal achievement.
“I am immensely proud of all our staff and students as well as the teams driving our three shortlisted partnership schemes. Their dedication is not only a credit to Edge Hill, but a testament to the talent and passion within our wider nursing and midwifery community.”
Winners will be announced at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair, London, on 24 April 2026.
Edge Hill University’s Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine is one of the largest providers of health, social care and medicine education in the North West of England and home to its Medical School.
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February 19, 2026
