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- Beacon commended colleges announced
Beacon commended colleges announced
We are excited to announce the Beacon commended colleges for the 2019/2020 Beacon Awards. This year’s AoC Beacon Awards programme again provides assessors the opportunity to recommend those applications that should be commended for their practice in each of the award categories, having demonstrated a high level of innovation, impact and sustainability.
Congratulations to the colleges that have met the AoC Beacon Standard 2019/20.
British Council International Award
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Southern Regional College
Burton & South Derbyshire College
North West Regional College
South West College
The Chichester College Group
Lincoln College
Gower College Swansea
The Careers and Enterprise Company Award for Innovation in Careers and Enterprise
LTE Group
Cambridge Regional College
Barnsley College
Sunderland College
Bridgend College
Harlow College
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Hull College Group
Wigan and Leigh College
Newham College of Further Education
Westminster Kingsway College
Yeovil College
Edge Award for Excellence in Real World Learning
London South East Colleges
Calderdale College
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Abingdon & Witney College
Cambridge Regional College
Cardiff & Vale College
Derby College
LTE Group
Pears #iwill Award for Social Action and Student Engagement
East Kent Colleges Group
South West College
Derwen College
Weston College
Bradford College
LTE Group
NOCN Award for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Barnsley College
Bridgend College
Gower College Swansea
East Coast College
College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London
Tyne Metropolitan College
Hartpury College
Bournemouth & Poole College
South Devon College
Boston College
North Warwickshire & South Leicestershire College
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Peter Symonds Sixth Form College
Westminster Kingsway College
Fircroft College of Adult Education
Blackpool & The Fylde College
Lewisham College
Jisc Award for Effective use of Digital Technology in Further Education
Bridgwater & Taunton College
Derwen College
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
LTE Group
City and Guild Award for College Engagement with Employers
Weston College
Fareham College
Bridgwater & Taunton College
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Exeter College
Bradford College
Cardiff & Vale College
Hugh Baird College
Birmingham Metropolitan College
LTE Group
London South East Colleges
Activate Learning
The College of West Anglia
Lincoln College
Eastleigh College
Derwen College
Gower College Swansea
Stockton Riverside College
South Eastern Regional College
RCU Award for Support for Students
New College Durham
Northampton College
Abingdon & Witney College
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Preston's College
Kingston Maurward College
North Hertfordshire College
Hull College Group
Cambridge Regional College
LTE Group
Eastleigh College
East Durham College