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🎓 Keystone Awards 2026
🏆 Winners Announced
Congratulations to the 2026 Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Keystone Awards 2026! Following an incredible response of 500 nominations across 10 categories from students, educators, and institutions around the world, our judges have selected this year's outstanding winners and highly commended nominees.
Huge congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted. You represent the very best of global higher education, and your achievements, dedication, and impact are truly inspiring.
🏆 What Happened Next
🗓️ Judging took place on 8th and 9th June, where our panel carefully reviewed the shortlist and selected one winner per category.
📣 Winners were revealed on 30th June 2026 throughout the day via a series of posts on Keystone Education Group's LinkedIn page. Follow us to stay up to date with future awards news.
🏆 Student winners receive a €500 retailer voucher, and winning institutions receive a trophy in recognition of their outstanding achievement.
Find out more about the awards on the official Keystone Awards webpage.
Find out more about the awards on the official Keystone Awards webpage.
2026 Winners & Highly Commended
Student Categories
Student of the Year (Undergrad & Masters)
🏆 Winner
Shiza Hirani
— University of Regina, Canada
⭐ Highly Commended
Yevhen Kahanovskyi
— KROK University, Ukraine
Research Student of the Year (Previously PhD Student of the Year)
🏆 Winner
Liyan Ming
— Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
⭐ Highly Commended
Raman van Wee
— University of Oxford, UK
International Student of the Year
🏆 Winner
Priscilla Jeyaraj
— Queen's University Belfast, UK
Student Athlete of the Year
🏆 Winner
Conor Gammell
— University College Cork, Ireland
Institution & Organisation Categories
Outstanding Teaching & Mentorship
🏆 Winner
Andy Radford
— University of Bristol, UK
⭐ Highly Commended
Shelini Surendran
— University of Surrey, UK
Higher Education Institution of the Year
🏆 Winner
Luxembourg School of Business
— Luxembourg
Outstanding Education Marketing & Recruitment Campaign
🏆 Winner
Find Your Path at Waterloo
— The University of Waterloo, Canada
Outstanding Student Experience Initiative or Project
🏆 Winner
Think Big Development Programme
— University of Bristol, UK
⭐ Highly Commended
Hope for Rohingya Justice
— Parami University, Myanmar
Outstanding Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative or Project
🏆 Winner
Hack The Gap
— RMIT Vietnam, Vietnam
⭐ Highly Commended
Themed Tea Parties
— University of Chester, UK
Training Provider of the Year
🏆 Winner
KROK Business School
— Ukraine
Meet Our Previous Winners!
Want to see the inspiring individuals and projects that have won in past years?
Check out our previous
Postgrad Awards winners
or see the
2025 Keystone Award winners
.
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