 In 2006, the institute received the ""Queen's Anniversary Prize"" for higher education in recognition for its development of the robotic telescope.In 2007 the ""Times Higher Education Supplement Award"" for 'project of the year' was given for the use of RINGO optical polarimeter at the Liverpool Telescope in measuring gamma-ray bursts.RINGO has since been decommissioned and an updated polarimeter named RINGO2 is since in operation.