More than 100 providers, individuals and teams are in the running for 14 awards, which will be presented at a ceremony on Friday 22 April at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
The prestigious awards celebrate those who have had an outstanding influence on post-16 education in their area. They are open to entries from anyone working in the learning and skills sector in the UK, and this year are being held in association with the Education and Training Foundation.
The 2016 awards will feature two new categories: apprenticeship programme of the year, which will honour the country’s best training initiatives, and sixth-form college of the year.
For the first time, the winners of the sixth-form college, FE college and training provider categories will compete for the overall provider of the year crown. The winner of the lifetime achievement category will also be announced on the night.
TES FE editor Stephen Exley said: “The sheer range of entries for the 2016 TES FE Awards is a real showcase for the phenomenal work and groundbreaking initiatives that are going on within training providers and colleges throughout the UK.
“With area reviews spreading across the whole country, not to mention the impending apprenticeship levy and the skills devolution agenda on the way, it is the perfect time to highlight and celebrate the most exceptional individuals, teams and institutions that the sector has to offer.”
For more information about the awards, and to book your table at the ceremony, visit the official awards website.
Outstanding use of technology for improving teaching and learning
Barnsley College
Bedford College
Blackpool and the Fylde College
Highbury College
Lincoln College
Loughborough College
Reading College
South Staffordshire College
Support for learners
Barnsley College
Creative Learning Partners
Gateshead College
Gloucestershire College
Gower College Swansea
Hackney Community College
Havant Sixth Form College
Northern Regional College
Employer engagement
Cardiff and Vale College
Canterbury College
Creative Learning Partners
Dundee and Angus College
Edinburgh College
Elatt Connected Learning
Forth Valley College
Northern Regional College
FE leader of the year
Judith Doyle, Gateshead College
Shelagh Legrave, Chichester College
Stewart McKillop, South Lanarkshire College
Paul Phillips, Weston College
Sue Reed, City College Plymouth
Dawn Whitemore, New College Nottingham
Best teaching and learning initiative
Barking and Dagenham College
The Cornwall College Group
Creative Learning Partners
Forth Valley College
Newcastle-under-Lyme College
Reading College
South Eastern Regional College
Westminster Kingsway College
Teacher of the year
Frank Carter, South Eastern Regional College
Andrew Mason, the Sixth Form College Farnborough
Paul McTernan, Barnet and Southgate College
Kirsty Ratcliffe, the Sixth Form College Farnborough
Keith Rogers, Canterbury College
Minal Shah, Uxbridge College
Steve Tallis, Military Preparation College, MPCT
Verica Travar-Williams, Newcastle-under-Lyme College
Contribution to the local community
Academy Transformation Trust
Ayrshire - Medics Against Violence project
Canterbury College and HMP Standford Hill
Central College Nottingham
East Kent College
Edinburgh College - community garden project
Hackney Community College
Northern Regional College
Marketing/communications campaign of the year
Barnet and Southgate College
Blackburn College
City and Islington College
Edinburgh College
Portsmouth College
Shrewsbury College
South Essex College of Further and Higher Education
Walsall College
Apprenticeship programme of the year
Activate Enterprise
Bridgwater College
City College Plymouth
Exeter College
Forth Valley College
Leicester College
Walsall College
Warwickshire College Group
Training provider of the year
Blackpool and the Fylde College
Creative Learning Partners
Elatt Connected Learning
Focus Training
Haddon Training
Learning Curve Group
Motivational Preparation College for Training (MPCT)
TQ Training
Sixth-form college of the year
Christ the King Sixth Form College
Havant Sixth Form College
Hereford Sixth Form College
Long Road Sixth Form College
Portsmouth College
Richard Huish College
The Sixth Form College Farnborough
Winstanley College
FE college of the year
Blackpool and the Fylde College
Bridgwater College
City of Wolverhampton College
The College Merthyr Tydfil
Derwen College
Dundee and Angus College
Gower College Swansea
Gateshead College
This is an edited version of an article from the 12 February issue of TES. This week’s TES magazine is available in all good newsagents. To download the digital edition, Android users can click here and iOS users can click here.
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