Barking & Dagenham College commended as a champion of creative skills

Over 200 guests gathered in the National Museum Cardiff to celebrate the people and organisations that are working to develop a strong, skilled cultural sector. This year’s awards drew the highest number of nominations in the history of the event.

The shortlist featured nominees from across the UK, specialising in dance, theatre, heritage, music, community arts and more.

Simon Dancey, CEO of Creative & Cultural Skills said: “The calibre of nominees we had in this year’s awards was truly exceptional. As a sector we’re not very good at celebrating the work we do, particularly the work which goes on behind the scenes.

“These awards are designed as a chance for us to take time out of our usual day-to-day activities and reflect on our successes.”

The Creative Industries Team at Barking & Dagenham College was highly commended in the category of Training Provider of the Year Award.

Katie Morgan, Creative & Cultural Skills Project Leader & Creative Course Leader at Barking & Dagenham College said: “I’m really proud of the whole Creative & Cultural Industries team who work so hard to give our students excellent training and good work experience opportunities.”

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Creative & Cultural Skills gives young people opportunities to work and learn in the creative industries. We are an independent charity that provides careers advice and guidance, promotes apprenticeships, and delivers activities for young people through our National Skills Academy network of industry and education supporters. Since 2008, we‘ve created over 7,000 Creative Apprenticeships and provided over 5 million people with careers advice. Visit www.ccskills.org.uk for more information.

The judging for the awards took place on the 15th February at Live Nation. The judging panel was from across the creative and cultural industries; Nicky Dewar – Craft Council, Sam Martin, Arts Council, Tamsin Russel – Museums Association, Oli Morris – UK Music, Carol Harvey-Barnes – Consultant, Drama & Performing Arts, Creative & Cultural Skills trustee.

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About Barking & Dagenham College:  Barking & Dagenham College offers higher level technical and professional training, from entry to level 7 that prepares people for work or for university. Operating from five specialist sites, with industry-standard facilities and real-work training environments, the College welcomes all age groups. The College has an established Higher Education programme (HNC/D, degree, postgraduate) in addition to a wider range of professional body qualifications.

Barking & Dagenham College is one of the leading providers of intermediate, advanced and higher apprenticeship training in London, training around 1000 apprentices and working with around 300 employer clients each year.  Specialisms include Construction, Project Management, Human Resources Management, Business and Pharmacy.

The College has the Matrix Award for Advice and Guidance, STEM Assured kite mark, Investors in People Gold Status and its HE offer achieved QAA standards in 2015. The College has won a number of national awards including: Beacon status by the AoC in 2016,  Coding College of the Year 2016 as well as being nominated for three TES awards in 2017.

Its teaching staff have received a number of nominations and awards: VQ Teacher of the Year 2016, Pearson FE Lecturer of the Year Silver Teaching Award 2016, Regional Santander Employability Champion Winner for London and the South East 2017 and nomination for Global Teacher of the Year 2017.

With 12,500 students, an annual turnover of £36 million (Source: Audited Accounts 2015/2016), and outstanding financial health, the College has been praised by Ofsted for its outstanding support for students, its outstanding leadership and management, and its excellence in innovation and entrepreneurship.  In 2015 the College became a Digital & Creative Industries Career College – further information can be found at www.careercolleges.org.uk 

 More information can be found at www.bdc.ac.uk 

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