One central aspect of promoting entrepreneurship and engagement in higher education is the celebration of achievements on various levels, including the organisational, team, individual or initiative level. Looking around the world, we recognised in 2019 that especially institutional-level awards for entrepreneurship and engagement exist in very few countries. For example, for many years the Times Higher Education Awards feature an „Entrepreneurial University of the Year“ Award (today called „Outstanding Entrepreneurial University“). A similar award exists in Malaysia. However, in most countries and regions around the world, no celebration of third mission excellence exists. But not only on an institutional level we recognise a lack of recognition. This extends to the people driving entrepreneurship and engagement and the various initiatives and approaches development to advance higher education impact. With the Triple E Awards, we aim to change this! Our idea is simple but powerful. We build a platform to promote and celebrate university entrepreneurship and engagement around the world, finally giving universities the recognition they deserve for the excellent work they are doing.
REGIONAL AWARDS
The Triple E Awards acknowledge regional differences regarding the development of the third mission of universities, specially in terms of entrepreneurship and engagement. Therefore, the Awards are not global, but implemented in four different regions around the world (Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific).
DIVERSE CATEGORIES
Aiming to capture a wide variety of entrepreneurship and engagement aspects in higher education, the Triple E Awards allow individuals and institutions to submit entries in a broad range of categories.
