{"id":2264,"date":"2018-07-19T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T13:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2020-02-24T12:59:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T12:59:26","slug":"university-wins-national-awards-for-recruitment-and-public-engagement-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/university-wins-national-awards-for-recruitment-and-public-engagement-work\/","title":{"rendered":"University wins national awards for recruitment and public engagement work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7xEoZdFkn1E\" data-title=\"\" data-caption=\"A-Z Help Disclaimer Privacy statement Contact us Staff internal Student internal Copyright \u00a9 University of Sussex 2014 Walk-in quantum computer installation created by the University of Sussex\" data-rel=\"iLightbox\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7709.item_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"fusion-text\"><p>The University of Sussex won both gold and silver at the national <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heistawards.com\/\">HEIST Awards<\/a>\u00a0for education marketing in Manchester on Thursday 12 July.<\/p>\n<p>In the category of \u2018best community\/business engagement campaign\u2019,\u00a0the University\u2019s delivery of a powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7xEoZdFkn1E\">public engagement event<\/a> for Quantum Technology received a gold award.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In August 2017, Sussex staff invited members of the public to join them in an innovative pop-up lab in London\u2019s Spitalfields Market to learn about the University\u2019s cutting-edge work to build the world\u2019s first large-scale practical quantum computer..<\/p>\n<p>The project was led by Head of Campaigns, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/profiles\/395174\">Sarah Ross<\/a>, in conjunction with Professor of Quantum Technologies, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/profiles\/179227\">Winfried Hensinger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah said: \u201cThis project was a brilliant creative collaboration with Professor Hensinger and his team, as well as many other colleagues from across the University. I\u2019m really pleased that everyone\u2019s work on the project has been recognised at the HEIST Awards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judges cited the \u2018innovative and creative\u2019 project as a \u2018fantastic example of how research can be commercialised and a great project to get the subject of Quantum Physics to the heart of the financial centre.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sussex\u2019s community festival project was also shortlisted in this category.<\/p>\n<p>The University\u2019s \u2018Let&#8217;s change things\u2019 campaign won silver in the category of \u2018best undergraduate student recruitment initiative\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018powerful and effective marketing campaign\u2019 incorporated new confident messaging, distinctive design and photography, and more focused targeting of potential students \u2013 including on public transport and at competitor open days. It received praise from judges for demonstrating real results and a wider impact beyond recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign was led by Head of Marketing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/profiles\/8105\">Katy Hiles<\/a>. Katy said: \u201c\u201cThese awards are a reflection of what we are already capable of as a division.\u00a0It makes me feel immensely\u00a0proud of us all, and really ambitious\u00a0for our future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Sussex won both gold and silver at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3198,"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264\/revisions\/3198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/physics\/iqt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}