We love the Heist Awards. In fact, this year got pretty emotional when we saw how proud and inspired our guests were. Your campaigns, events and initiatives were truly sensational. Not just brave and innovative, but genuinely meaningful – in some cases life-changing. Everyone could see just how much talent there is in in our industry.
The winners were announced at our Gala Awards evening onThursday 10th July 2025 at the Royal Armouries, Leeds - and we want to say a huge thank you to all who attended and helped make it such a memorable evening. Of course, we also wish a massive congratulations to all those who were shortlisted for an award this year, and to those who walked away with a win on the night.
You can now catch up on all the winners here, and see how it all went down by checking out our 2025 photo gallery.
In case you missed it on the night, your hosts Havas People also launched their new Gen Alpha research, which you can download here. We hope you all had a fantastic evening, and we can't wait to do it all again with you next year.
Roll on #HEIST2026!
The Heist Awards Team
ABOUT THE HEIST AWARDS
For over 30 years, the phrase ‘Heist Award’ has been synonymous with excellence and innovation in education marketing. Not only are the Heist Awards a time for celebrating the absolute best of our sector, but the awards night itself gives the hardworking marketing teams in higher and further education a chance to let their hair down. And after a show-stopping return in 2023, we're as ready as ever to celebrate the achievements of institutions across the education sector once again. To see the satisfaction of recognition settle in on the faces of overjoyed marketers, and applaud the brave institutions that said ‘yes’ to their bold ideas.
Catch up on all the highlights from the 2024 awards evening in the video below, produced by Revolution Viewing.
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The proud hosts of the Heist Awards. We’re part of One Havas - the world’s most integrated, collaborative and meaningful communications group. Havas People has been supporting the education sector for over three decades. As a full service specialist agency, our media planning and buying, strategy and insight, digital marketing and social media teams work with our clients to plan and deliver campaigns and projects to support their marketing, student recruitment, internal communications and staff recruitment strategies.