2019 Winners
The winners of the Tes FE Awards 2019, were announced on Friday 16 March 2019 at Grovesnor House Hotel, London.
Below are the winners in each category. Click the name of the winner to view more information.
The winners e-book is available here.
This new category has been introduced to recognise the administrative and professional services teams working behind the scenes at colleges and training providers – so often the unsung heroes of the sector. In Peterborough Regional College’s facilities team, the award has a worthy inaugural winner.
The team supports 9,000 learners and 800 staff across the college’s main 25-acre campus and four other locations. Team members have worked to continually improve environmental performance, resulting in a 25 per cent decrease in gas usage and a 50 per cent fall in water usage, with 100 per cent of waste recycled or supplied to power stations. Despite an increase in buildings and ICT equipment, electricity use has remained constant for seven years. The college’s work has been recognised in the Green Apple Awards for environmental best practice.
Team members place learners – and especially high-needs learners – at the heart of what they do. This year, lift facilities were refurbished to meet the needs of wheelchair users, and the college is registered with Disabled Go, which regularly gives advice on improvements for students with access challenges.
The judges said that the entry highlighted how vital caretakers were to the overall maintenance of an FE college, where the upkeep of buildings was “fundamentally important”. They added: “Sometimes, as in this case, behind-the-scenes teams actually have a big effect on the overall wellbeing and effectiveness of an institution.”