Best Innovation Strategy

The Best Innovation Strategy award is a fantastic way to celebrate your school’s achievement in pushing boundaries in terms of creativity in practice.

This prestigious award is a celebration of innovation and radical thinking in business education delivery across all areas of the business school and has been developed to recognise and reward game-changing new practices, risks and creativity around AMBA & BGA school programmes.

It promotes the values of taking risks in pursuit of the new in different areas such as teaching, learning, recruitment and alumni relations.

Eligibility

AMBA-accredited and BGA member, validated and accredited business schools are invited to nominate themselves if they think they are eligible based on the Award criteria.

Ineligibility

• Ineligible entries may be disqualified at any phase of the competition without notification
• Late submissions will be ineligible
• Incomplete submissions will be ineligible

AMBA & BGA welcomes entries showing innovative practices from:

• Administrations and marketing services
• Alumni relations
• Teaching and learning
• Leadership
• Curriculum
• Careers services
• Other areas with significant innovation impact

Award Criteria

• The entry is innovative
• The market has responded to the initiative
• There has been a quantifiable positive impact from the innovation
• There has been an element of risk
• The innovation has been running for between three months and two years (i.e. from February 2024 to June 2022)
• The innovation has enhanced the reputation of business programmes and our accredited and member schools

Judging Format

Shortlisted Schools will be required to provide a school biography, logo (jpeg and eps), and supporting information for why they should win this award, which we will use for marketing purposes. There will be no further steps required from schools following shortlisting – the judges will select the winners.