Gateshead College - Key Facts

Key Facts

• Category A financial status
• £75 million campus across six sites
• Officially named top college for Apprenticeships in the region
• Most successful Train to Gain provider
• Awarded RFU Beacon College Status Awards
• FA Charter Standard College
• Founder College for the National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills and partners of Dance City, The Sage Gateshead and Live Theatre
• North East lead provider for National Skills Academy: Manufacturing
• Partnering with the Academy of Music and Sound, launched the North East academy, one of only seven specialist music academies in the UK.
• Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training in partnership with Sunderland University
• Achieved Training Quality Standard with excellence in Automotive, Skills and Engineering.
• Launched UK’s first Electric Vehicle Apprenticeship in partnership with Smiths Electric Vehicles.
• Winner of two National Training Awards for Larger Employers and Partnerships Collaboration
• Preferred training provider for Nissan UK Ltd.
• The LowCVP Low Carbon Champions Awards 2011 - Low Carbon Road Transport Initiative of the Year
• Won 3 Travel Plan Awards – 2 bronze and a silver
• LSIS Leading the Learner Voice Awards 2011 for Health and wellbeing
• Awarded NHS Better Health at Work Gold Award
• Awarded a 5* Health & Safety standard from the British Safety Council
• Overall winner at the Culture for Success Awards 2009
• CIPD Award for HR&D Excellence through innovation or technology 2010
• CIPD Award for HR& D Excellence through Rewards and Benefits 2011
• CIPD Awards for HR & D Business of the Year 2011
• One of the Sunday times Best places to work in the public and third sector list.
• Awarded Investors in People- Bronze Award
• AoC Beacon Award for excellence in staff development
• Launched the Gateshead College Foundation charity to help support students
• Awarded JISC RSC e-Responsibility Award 2012