09 September 2010
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College wins Warwick Platinum Award
The College was proud to receive the Warwick Platinum Award for Excellence in Enterprise Education.
The event was held at the Warwick Celebration Event hosted within the College’s Wharncliffe Restaurant. to mark the success of the work carried out through Rotherham Ready - the Rotherham Children and Young People’s Enterprise Project. The project was designed to inspire schools and further education establishments to create an enterprising culture which helps young people to develop the skills they will need to succeed in the future. In 2002, the Centre for Education and Industry at the University of Warwick first introduced its Excellence in Enterprise Education award as a method of reviewing their overall approach to and vision for the development of enterprise curriculum. In 2008 the College was awarded the Warwick Award for the quality of achievement in enterprise education following an audit of their enterprise activity and evaluation processes. Last week we achieved even greater success when we received the Platinum Award –demonstrating that our enterprise education curriculum and management can be deemed as exemplary both on a local and national basis. Representatives from the College were presented with the award by Malcolm Hoare, Regional Director at Warwick Centre for Education and Industry who explained that the enterprise project has developed a “quality framework which indentifies just how great schools and colleges are.” Mr Hoare added that the Platinum award represents “the step forward” and is given to those who are not only incorporating enterprise, but are “sharing their best practice with others.” Rachael Booth champion for Enterprise Education explained, “This is a wonderful achievement for the college and a culmination of a lot of hard-work from tutors, Enrichment Officers, students and all those involved in delivering and supporting enterprise education. The college has an Enterprise ethos that permeates across the curriculum and makes good use of local business and the community in Rotherham to engage in real issues that develop enterprising skills and prepares students for the world of work. Rotherham is an exciting place to be right now in terms of Enterprise Education and the work of organisations like Rotherham Ready in pulling a lot of this together, will mean that people studying in Rotherham from early years through to adulthood can develop their enterprise skills.”
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