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About the Private Education Awards

Private Education Awards

LUXlife is delighted to welcome you to the third annual Private Education Awards! The highly anticipated 2023 programme will be the definitive guide to the very best institutions and service providers operating in the industry today. We are proud to once again be hosting an award that honours this essential sector and recognises how valuable Private Education is to global society.

Even with the lingering effects of the pandemic stunting growth for many businesses, demand for Private Education has continued to rise. More and more schools are opening across every continent, and many national governments are introducing legislation and funding that backs the expansion of this industry and the relevant support services that contribute to its development. This recent boom across the K-12 Private Education market has been influenced by a range of factors including advancements in technology, increasing interest in international education, the desire for more varied curriculums, as well as a diminishing trust in public school systems.

This period of significant growth has been well documented in multiple studies, which have found that larger numbers of parents are now favouring alternatives to public education, choosing to enrol their children in independent, specialty, or private day and boarding schools instead of traditional state options. One recent report has shown that Canada in particular – which is revered for having one of the best performing education systems in the world – has experienced a dramatic upturn in its Private Education sector over the past decade, in both number of schools and admissions figures. Many other countries are following suit, with North America and Asia Pacific leading the way in market share and growth.

Through the Private Education Awards 2023, LUXlife will reward those at the forefront of this vital and diverse industry, whose commitment to the youth of today has created an outstanding foundation for future society to thrive. Success in this programme is determined through a fully merit-based system, whereby our independent researchers and judging panel utilise publicly available sources and impose a strict set of unbiased criteria to select the winners.

At LUXlife, we believe that any institution or service provider that demonstrates excellence in their given field should have the chance to take part in the Private Education Awards, and with this in mind we will be considering nominees across a variety of sectors and specialisms. The programme categories will cover everything from schools and teaching facilities, EdTech companies, administration and support, school supplies, course delivery, and more! Should you wish to nominate yourself or a deserving enterprise you know for consideration this year, please use the Vote Now button or reach out to our helpful Nominations Team directly.

Those who are successful will be presented with a choice of advertising options to capitalise on the win – ranging from free-of-charge to premium editorial and digital marketing packages – so there really is something for every coverage and budget level! We wish all potential nominees the best of luck in the Private Education Awards 2023!

Need Help With Your Nomination? We can point you in the right direction.

The Nomination Team can assist with answering any queries that you have regarding a nomination, or the process involved in taking part in one of our award programmes.

Please get in touch with us via email or over the phone if you have any questions - we are happy to help!

Key Dates

Entries Open:

Friday 2nd December 2022

Entries Closed:

Friday 24th March 2023

Winners Announced:

June 2023

See our archive of previous winners

Methodology

How it works

Criteria

We operate an open-vote policy, whereby any organisation can put themselves forward or be nominated by a third party. Votes are cast anonymously via our secure online portal. Voting is promoted digitally to LUX magazine’s extensive circulation, across our social media platforms and where appropriate, across our partner network. We, the publisher, also nominate candidates whom we feel are appropriate and deserving of recognition. The number of votes is not directly influential to the ultimate category winners.

All nominees will be contacted and given the opportunity to accept, or decline, their nomination. Only those who accept, will go on to form our shortlist.

Our specialist researchers scrutinise the shortlisted candidates, putting them through a period of extensive investigation prior to judging where we will make the ultimate decision. We review supporting evidence submitted by the nominees in addition to conducting our own independent research. The probe is typically centred around the evaluation of skills and services on offer; we will consider client and customer feedback and testimonials whilst recognising the nominee’s wider market reputation.

To move successfully, from nominee to winner; there must be evidence of extensive expertise within a given field or discipline, dedication to customer service and client satisfaction with an ongoing commitment to excellence and innovation.

After notification of their success, our winners are given a time-frame to discuss the celebratory items on offer. We are proudly not a pay-to-play enterprise with all winners encouraged to select a promotional package, be it commercial or free of charge.

When we make the formal announcement, we again reach out to LUX magazine’s extensive circulation, as well as our social media followers and, where appropriate, across our partner networks to promote the news.

FAQ

When did LUX launch?
Today, LUX is one of AI Global Media’s most popular standalone publications but it launched as a bi-product of the luxury lifestyle sections from two of our flagship brands, Acquisition International & Wealth & Finance. In this respect, we’ve been active in the Lifestyle Sector since 2010; however, as demand for this type of coverage increased, we made the decision, in 2015, to separate the content and launch LUX, as an independent brand.

Who nominated me?
A large part of the nomination process is driven by LUX, we spend a great deal of time identifying potentially suitable candidates within their appropriate markets. A publisher-cast nomination doesn’t hold any more weight than a self, or third-party nomination, they all filter through to the research stage in the same manner.

If you didn’t self-nominate the nomination will have come from either a third-party vote via our online voting form or, by us the publisher. We run the nomination process via our website entirely anonymously, prohibiting us to provide specific details. Tried and tested over the years, response rates are always higher this way. As we operate in this manner, we run a very rigorous filtering system and do not directly link the number of votes received with success. We store encrypted versions of the IP address associated with the nomination, allowing us to track unusual behaviour.

I’ve accepted the nomination, what happens next?
Once a nomination is accepted, the organisation will be moved on to our shortlist. Shortlisted parties are encouraged to submit supporting materials via our optional questionnaire. This is the perfect opportunity to put forward any specifics you’d like our judging panel to take into consideration before they undertake extensive research for up to 8 weeks.

Who makes the final decision?
We have an entirely unbiased internal panel. It consists of an international, collective of individuals, with backgrounds from a myriad of fields, such as business, economy, politics, media, journalism, history and education. The panel is led by a veteran academic leader with international pedagogic and coaching experience who is well versed in research, fact-checking and mediation; allowing the panel to operate with efficacy and dependability.

When’s the ceremony?
We do not gather our winners together to present the news. We’re a little bit too new-media for that! All announcements are made digitally, online and across our network. Hosting events and celebration dinners is an expense we’d rather our clients not entertain. We’d much rather keep the cost of our services and products low, so our winners can choose to spend money on marketing that generates real-world value.

So, what happens if I do win?
You get to select the level of coverage that suits you and we set to work to prepare all the relevant elements in time for our public announcement. Our main coverage takes the form of a digital winner’s magazine, but we also offer physical trophies, certificates and varied online packages offering social media exposure.
We have a highly experienced editorial and production department who will guide you through this process and give you full control over your eventual coverage.

What are the costs?
There are no obligatory costs in accepting a nomination or winning a LUX award. In fact, to demonstrate our commitment to this, all our winners are offered a free of charge promotional package. Our company policy will always remain, regardless of budget, our clients should always be able to leverage the value of the award and our seal of approval.

We offer a variety of promotional opportunities to our winners. as we have an extensive network and we know, more than anyone, the wider business benefits from promoting industry awards.

It’s important to highlight, all conversations pertaining commercial add-ons are conducted after winners are announced, so there is no possibility an organisation can influence any internal decisions, based on their appetite to spend on marketing; this remains our utmost concern.