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Rankings and awards

Our achievements are recognised through consistent strong performance in sustainability rankings, alongside internal and external awards.

Sustainability Rankings

External benchmarking via rankings provides independent assurance of our progress whilst also raising the profile of our work. The University participates in all 3 major sustainability rankings and has consistently performed within the top 100 globally (QS and THE) and top 50 in the UK (People & Planet) over the past 4 years. 

Our latest ranking positions can be found below:


Results of the 2025 NSS survey also provide useful benchmarking data relating to our Environmental Sustainability performance, as viewed by current students. These scores are not as high as we would like them to be, but we will place strong emphasis on improving them in 2026 through more targeted student engagement and promotion of the new requirements embedded in the Liverpool Learning Framework.

  • My institution encourages good environmental practice: Score 72.5
  • My course has encouraged me to think about environmental sustainability:
    Score 59.5
  • I have had opportunities to take part in activities supporting environmental 
    sustainability: Score 51.8

Awards 

Internal contributions toward achieving our sustainability goals is recognised through our annual staff awards.

In 2025 Waste and Recycling Officer, Sam Hay (Property and Campus Services) received the Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability individual award, and the Residential Services Sustainability Group (Property and Campus Services) received the team award. Commendations were received by Dr Sandra Pereira Cachinho (Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology), and Professor Paula Williamson (Department of Health Data Science) and the Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer Project team (Liverpool Shared Research Facilities) and the Centre for Sustainable Business (Management School).

External recognition was also received with University of Liverpool staff being shortlisted for the following awards:

  • Outstanding Technician of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards – Jenna Lowe, Laboratory Sustainability Officer (Sustainability Team).
  • Excellence in Sustainability award at the Papin Prizes– Jenna Lowe, Laboratory Sustainability Officer, (Sustainability Team).
  • Green Gown Award in the ‘Campus Health, Food and Drink’ category – Campus Food and Drink Team, (Property and Campus Services).