South Eastern Regional College (SERC) – a partner of Forth Valley College – have won a prestigious Pearson National Teaching Award.
SERC’s Science Team – who have collaborated with FVC on several projects recently – won a Silver Teaching Award for Further Education Team of the Year at the awards ceremony at the Roundhouse in London on Sunday 20 October.
The team made the top five finalists for the Gold Pearson Teaching Awards 2019 alongside FE teams from Warwickshire, Sunderland, Kent and Wyke Sixth Form College in East Yorkshire who won the overall title.
The ceremony, which marked its 21st year of celebrating excellence in education, was held to honour inspirational teachers. The winners were chosen out of thousands of nominations.
Dr Ken Thomson, Principal of Forth Valley College, said: “We congratulate South Eastern Regional on their recent award success and wish them even more in the future. SERC and Forth Valley College share many of the same values and aspirations in relation to learning and both have strong and clearly expressed strategic commitments to “future skills” development through innovative curriculum delivery.
“It is through partnerships such as this that both our colleges can flourish and thrive and we can help each other to Make Learning Work.”
In September 2017, FVC and SERC entered into an innovative partnership link up and signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
As a result, during 2017-2018, groups of staff and students from seven curriculum areas (Science; Art and Design; Design and Manufacture; Electronics; Sports; Make-Up Artistry; and Early Learning and Childcare) worked together on collaborative projects with their counterparts in the partner college.
Staff from the two colleges worked together – including reciprocal visits - to co-design curriculum projects that were relevant to the students, ensuring that they met learning outcomes for awarding bodies in both countries, and actively engaged students in collaborative planning, research and problem solving with their peers across the Irish Sea.