was a finalist for the University Commercial Impact Award at the LexisNexis Legal Awards.
In 2025, ARU was a finalist for three awards: Co-created Employability Initiatives, Employer and Community Partnerships, and Enterprise and Entrepreneurship at the Academic Employability Awards.
ARU Peterborough's Lab building won the Best Building Award at the Pineapple Awards in 2025.
In 2025, Anglia Ruskin Enterprise Academy (AREA) was shortlisted for the Entrepreneurship Catalyst Award at the National Enterprise Educator Awards (NEEA) 2025.
In 2025, ARU Peterborough's The Lab is shortlisted for the Project of the Year at the national Education Estates Awards.
== Notable people ==
=== Alumni ===
Michael Ashcroft, English investor, billionaire and former Conservative vice chairman
Eddie Ballard, former English cricketer for Cambridge UCCE and Hertfordshire
Syd Barrett and David Gilmour, Pink Floyd members
Chris Beckett, academic, author and science-fiction novelist
Manish Bhasin, sports journalist and BBC presenter
Henry Brock, specialist linguist at University of Cambridge and illustrator
Pips Bunce, banking executive and LGBTQ activist
John Burnside, academic and T. S. Eliot Prize winning author
Elsie Vera Cole, artist
Nick Crane, English geographer and TV presenter
Sarah-Jane Crawford, TV presenter, radio presenter, and model
Hugh Crossley, 4th Baron Somerleyton, restaurateur, hotel owner, landowner, conservationist
Grahame Davies, poet, novelist, and lyricist
Geraldine Finlayson, researcher and director of John Mackintosh Hall
Peter Fluck and Roger Law, creators of Spitting Image
Angela Hartnett, entrepreneur and chef
Kim Howells, Labour politician and former Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee
Paul Hopfensperger (politician, GB open water swimmer, best-selling author and musician with The Teazers)
Leila Khan, actress
Lon Kirkop, Maltese visual artist, award winning published author, songwriter and theatre practitioner
Hussain Mohamed Latheef, Vice President of Maldives
Patrick Le Quément, automobile …
