Beacon Awards 2023/24 commended colleges announced

AoC is proud to announce the full list of commended colleges for the 2023/24 Beacon Awards.

There are nine categories in this year’s awards, and our assessors have recommended that the following colleges should be commended for their practice. They all met the AoC Beacon Standard by demonstrating a high level of innovation, impact and sustainability.

The finalists will be announced on Tuesday 14 November at the AoC Conference in Birmingham.

The Inenco Award for Education for Sustainable Development

• Weymouth College
• Solihull College & University Centre
• Suffolk New College
• New City College
• Shipley College

The Careers & Enterprise Company Award for Excellence in Careers and Enterprise

• Middlesbrough College
• Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT)
• Coleg Sir Gar and Coleg Ceredigion

The RCU Award for Support for Students

• Bridgwater & Taunton College
• Coleg Cambria
• College of West Anglia

The City & Guilds Award for College Engagement with Employers

• Telford College
• Capital City College Group
• New College Durham
• South Eastern Regional College
• East Kent Colleges Group (EKC Group)
• College of West Anglia
• Salford City College Group (SCC Group)
• Warrington & Vale Royal College
• Redcar and Cleveland College (Education Training Collective)
• The Sheffield College

The NOCN Group Award for Mental Health and Wellbeing

• Kirklees College
• Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT)
• Barnsley College
• Salford City College Group (SCC Group)
• Coleg Cambria
• Shrewsbury Colleges Group
• Barking and Dagenham College
• Inspire Education Group

The Jisc Award for Effective Use of Digital Technology in Further Education

• Cardiff and Vale College
• Hull College
• NPTC Group of Colleges
• Sunderland College (Education Partnership North East)

The Edge Award for Excellence in Real World Learning

• South Eastern Regional College
• Cambridge Regional College
• Education Partnership North East
• The Isle of Wight College
• Heart of Birmingham Vocational College

The AoC Award for Widening Participation

• Lancashire Adult Learning (Nelson and Colne College Group)
• Capital City College Group
• New City College
• Gower College Swansea

The AoC Award for Excellence in Governance

• East Kent Colleges Group (EKC Group)
• Barnsley College