THE University of Nottingham is in contention for two national awards.
Its Nottingham Open Online Course is shortlisted in the distance or online learning category of the Guardian University Awards.
And the school of pharmacy's five-year undergraduate programme, which launched in September, is nominated for teaching excellence.
The awards celebrate the outstanding innovation, creativity and impact of UK universities in delivering world-class teaching, research and engagement.
Nottingham Open Online Courses are free and open to all students and staff at the University of Nottingham in the UK, China and Malaysia.
Dr Sarah Speight, who leads the open online courses team, said: "We feel that we have come up with a winning format. "We've had 1,500 enrolments on the Sustainability NOOC, which has just finished its second run. Being shortlisted for a Guardian University Award tells us that other people can see the potential of the format, too, for organisations that are looking to build their community across time zones."
The university's five-year undergraduate pharmacy course is the UK's first to fully integrate scientific, clinical and pre-registration training, providing students with an education to allow them to stay at the cutting edge of the modern profession.