It was great to win the award, especially bearing in mind calibre of the other competitors and previous winners (PWC, Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, Coca Cola etc). We’re lucky to have a really supportive environment here at the University of Liverpool, so if you do good work you’re always made to feel appreciated – but there’s something extra special about external validation.

It also underlines that internal development teams in HE can be just as effective, if not more so, than our counterparts in the private sector and at design agencies. Some folks would have you believe that outsourcing mobile development is more effective than keeping it in house, but at the University of Liverpool we’re proving that’s not always the case! Since winning the award we’ve been invited to talk about our experiences both in the UK and overseas, so it’s given us a great opportunity to fly the flag for the innovative work being carried out by our Mobile Development team.