Award Categories

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Learner Engagement Award

This award relates to the ways in which college staff have successfully implemented their learner engagement strategy.

Winner - Forth Valley College –Engaging Learners through Fairtrade

Highly Commended - Clydebank College – We're Listening!

Commended - John Wheatley College - Transitions to Learning

Professional Learning and Enhancement Award

This award relates to the ways in which a college has used creative and innovative approaches to the development of its staff.

Winner - Angus College – Enhancing Teaching through Action Learning

Highly Commended - Forth Valley College - Learning with and from Learners - Co-creation in Practice

Commended - Cumbernauld College – How Cumbernauld gets the best it can from its team

Equality and Diversity Award

This award relates to ways in which a college has promoted diversity well beyond the requirements of equalities legislation.

Winner - Cumbernauld College – Equalities Evaluation tool

Highly Commended - Elmwood College – Supported Accommodation

Commended - Langside College – CPD Week

Partnership Working Award

This award relates to the ways in which a college has worked in partnership with another organisation to make a difference.

Winner - Dumfries and Galloway College – GO Further Looked After Young People and Care Leavers Project

Highly Commended - Dundee College – S12 at Dundee College Works in Partnership to Fulfil Renewables Potential

Commended - Inverness College UHI - CREATE

International Award

This award relates to the ways in which a college or consortium has responded to the increasing significance of the international agenda.

Winner - Edinburgh's Telford College – E-Mats - Enhancing Media and Animation Training Skills

Highly Commended - Anniesland College - Developing Skills for Employability in Palestine

Commended - Clydebank College - Going Global

Student Award

This award relates to ways in which a student or group of students have made a significant contribution to college life.

Winner - Argyll College UHI - Arlene Simpson

Highly Commended - Dumfries and Galloway College - Lee Donaldson

Commended - Edinburgh's Telford College - Julie Lough Dennell

Governance Award

This award relates to the ways in which a board of management has developed innovative practice in college governance.

Winner - Perth College UHI - Performance Assessment with a Purpose

Highly Commended - West Lothian College - Innovation in Succession Planning and Board Recruitment

Commended - James Watt College - Get to Know Your Board of Management

Public Value Award

This award relates to the ways in which public value projects/requirements have made a positive impact upon the environment in which they operate.

Winner - Kilmarnock College - The HIVE

Highly Commended - Anniesland College – Tackling Homelessness Keys to Learn Project - 4Front Learning

Commended - Inverness College UHI - Sustainable Energy and Micro-renewables (SEAM) training centre