Helix4HE Nominated in The Founders Awards 2026
Helix4HE named as a 2026 nominee
We are pleased to announce that Helix4HE, a brand of HelixOne Global, has been nominated in The Founders Awards 2026 in the Education & Training category. The award category is “Institutional Advisory in Strategy, Performance and Transformation.”
The Founders Awards recognises UK businesses in their first twelve months of trading. Helix4HE is listed as a nominee under reference FA-GZD4-NZSV. The nomination was submitted on 21 October 2026, and its current status is “Nominee”, with the stage recorded as “Assessed. Result held until the announcement.”
This announcement marks a milestone in our first year of building Helix4HE: a global network of education leaders and specialists focused on the changing needs of education and learning organisations. Further details are available on our nominee page.
What the nomination reflects
Founded in 2026, Helix4HE brings together international expertise through an independent higher education advisory, knowledge and training hub, supporting universities and business schools to strengthen performance and achieve sustainable development.
Our guiding principle is clear: effective institutional work combines rigorous evidence, independent perspectives and an understanding of the realities of higher education. We aim to remain independent of rankings and political organisations, and to consider educational questions through a Quadruple Helix approach that connects academia, industry, government and society.
Our international Advisory Board, associates and representatives unite academics, researchers, professional services specialists and experienced higher education leaders.
The first months of our work
In our first months, Helix4HE has:
Established engagements and institutional relationships across several countries.
Launched its Employability and Alumni portfolio.
Advanced work on AI-driven institutional visibility, research discoverability and global engagement.
Built an international network supporting institutional strategy, university rankings and benchmarking, quality assurance, academic development and transformation.
This reflects our commitment to impartial, evidence-based work aligned with each institution's mission and priorities.
How the programme assesses entries
The Founders Awards programme states that entry is free and that submissions are assessed by AI against five published criteria. The process also includes eligibility checks and human review where evidence is unclear. According to the programme, nominees have passed its eligibility and evidence checks.
These details provide important context for the nomination. The status recognises that an entry has reached the assessed nominee stage; it does not indicate that an award has been received. The programme is holding the result until its announcement, so we will wait for that update before making any statement about the outcome.
A milestone in our first year
Whatever the eventual result, becoming a nominee is a meaningful marker in Helix4HE's first year. We sincerely thank our institutional partners for their trust, and our Advisory Board, associates and representatives for the expertise and commitment they bring to our work. We also thank The Founders Awards for including Helix4HE among this year's nominees.
We are proud of this early milestone and look forward to supporting institutions and partners internationally.
We invite education leaders and colleagues across learning and training to read our public nominee page, follow the programme's announcement and connect with us to share perspectives on the evolving education landscape. More about Helix4HE is available at helix4he.com.
Nomination status is not an award result. Outcomes are determined by The Founders Awards programme.
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