Deeside College - Awards

Awards

Deeside College has won a number of awards over the past few years, including the following:

• National Training Awards Modern Apprenticeship of the Year
• Fforwm Award for Innovation in the Delivery of the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification
• Welsh VQ Hero
• NIACE 'Workplace Learner of the Year' Award
• RHS Tatton Gold Award
• EEF Apprentice of the Year
• Silver Gilt Royal Welsh
• Most Promising Welsh Apprentice Awards
• 1st Place - UK Skills, Floristry
• Level 5 Green Dragon
• Envirowise Public Sector Waste Minimisation Campaign - Green Star
• Community Learning Tutor of the Year
• Welsh Baccalaureate Student of the Year
• The Welsh Livery Guild 'Best College of Further Education 2007-08'
• Award Leading Wales Award – Principal David Jones
• EEF apprenticeship awards for Airbus and RD Precision apprentices
• City and Guilds Medals of Excellence for one tutor
• RoSPA Commended Award for Education & Training Sector
• National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) ‘Tutors and Mentors Inspire’ Awards
• UK Further Education Colleges’ Marketing Network Award for Public Relations 2007
• Association of Colleges’ UK Beacon Award – the Welsh Assembly Government Award for College Engagement with Employers in Wales 2007
• Fforwm Award for ‘Plugging Skills Gaps in the Workforce by Offering ‘Real World’ Training Opportunities 2007
• Fforwm Award for Basic Skills 2006
• RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Gold Award 2006
• The Wales Management Award for Sustainable Development in the Public Sector 2006
• Tourism Training Forum for Wales Exemplar Award 2006
• Wales Quality Centre Learning Prize 2005
• Beacon Award in Occupational Health & Safety and Environment Management training 2005
• Investors In People (IiP) including Recruitment and Selection model 2005
• City and Guilds Medals of Excellence for college staff Joy Parry and Marshall Clayton 2005
• NIACE ‘Tutor of the Year Awards 2005’ for Keith Stanley and Sue Horder
• The National Training Award for Wales and the UK in 2004 for its partnership with Airbus UK (innovative apprenticeship training)
• The Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education 2002
• Fforwm award for “Innovative Developments in the Use of On-line Learning” 2004
• NWOCN Award for Quality in Access to Higher Education courses 2003
• NWOCN Award for Innovation 2003 for its voluntary sector development training programme
• Deeside College’s Learning Centre Manager for Airbus UK, Sue Horder, was awarded the Learning Resource Centre Manager of the Year award at the World Open Learning Conference 2003
• EFQM Wales Quality Award – Gold and Service Sector prize 2002
• Investors in People since 1996
• ISO9001:1994 for the Commercial Services department
• ELWa status as Centre of Excellence for Aerospace Engineering
• Basic Skills Quality Award for post 16 education
• Deeside College is firmly committed to the needs of its communities and has gained recognition through the following initiatives:
• Deeside College is the first college in Wales to receive Fairtrade University status
• Green Dragon Environmental Award level 5 introducing an environmental policy across the college
• Positive about Disabled People showing a commitment to the recruitment and support of new and existing staff with disabilities
• Welsh Language Scheme confirming the college’s commitment to supporting and facilitating bilingualism, wherever possible
• The Basic Skills Agency’s Employer Pledge – Deeside College signed up in June 2003 and provides ongoing support and training for the basic skills needs of its staff across the organisation.