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AoC Beacon Awards 2007-2008 Programme


The AoC Beacon Awards 2007-2008 prospectus is now available.

The AoC Beacon Awards prospectus for 2007-2008 will be formally launched by the Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, Bill Rammell at the Beacon Awards National Presentation Ceremony in London on 10th May 2007. A downloadable copy of the brochure can found here. Hard copies can be obtained by contacting the AoC Charitable Trust.

The AoC Beacon Awards Programme

The AoC Beacon Awards, launched in 1994, recognise and are designed to promote the interdependence of further education colleges, business, professional and voluntary sector organisations to their mutual advantage.

The aim of the programme is to highlight the breadth and quality of education in colleges throughout the UK and increase understanding of colleges' contribution to UK educational skills policy and economic and social development.

The Awards:

 

  • Recognise imaginative and exemplary teaching and learning practice in colleges
     
  • Draw attention to provision which encourages and supports learners to approach challenges positively and creatively
     
  • Support learning and continuous improvement through the dissemination of Award-bearing practice.

The Programme represents partnership in action by providing significant benefits for the major players involved:

 

  • An Award acts as a development grant to help realise the full potential of a project based in a college of further education.
     
  • An Award serves to promote the business needs and interests of the sponsor.

The dissemination of exemplary practice represented by the Award-winning projects is a major purpose of each year's AoC Beacon Awards Programme. Project Profiles of each year's winning colleges are written up and are available on the AoC web site approximately a year after their announcement.

Anyone wishing to find out further information on the Awards should contact the Manager of the AoC Charitable Trust, Alice Thiagaraj on 020 7034 9900 or by emailing Alice Thiagaraj.