College shortlisted for honours
New College Lanarkshire has been named as a finalist in four categories at The Herald Higher Education Awards 2022.
The college has been shortlisted for Outstanding Business Engagement in Colleges, Marketing/PR Campaign of the Year, in the Partnership Award category alongside North Lanarkshire Council and the University of Strathclyde; and in the Widening Access Award category alongside University of the West of Scotland and North Lanarkshire Council.
NCL’s Pathways to Textile Care and Warehousing programme has been chosen as a finalist for Outstanding Business Engagement in Colleges, a category which celebrates innovative approaches to delivering employers’ workforce development and student employability.
The programme, which is delivered in conjunction with sustainable fashion company ACS Clothing and North and South Lanarkshire councils, provides training opportunities to increase employment pathways, particularly for young people with additional support needs.
The college’s You’re Not Alone campaign has been shortlisted in the Marketing/PR Campaign of the Year category. The multi-channel campaign was driven by the college values and has successfully raised awareness of the mental health support in place for students and staff at NCL.
Smart Hub Lanarkshire – a partnership between NCL, North Lanarkshire Council and the University of Strathclyde – picked up a nomination in the Partnership Award category.
The hub supports manufacturing SMEs to modernise, digitise and automate to improve efficiency, boost productivity and grow, and is home to a robotics and automation training facility.
The hub will also offer learning opportunities for local school pupils to encourage an interest in STEM subjects as potential career options.
A finalist in the Widening Access Award category, the North Lanarkshire Pathways and Partnership Project is a tri-partite joint venture between NCL, North
Lanarkshire Council and University of the West of Scotland.
The project focuses on those most at risk of not achieving a positive destination post-school by creating an innovative fast-track qualification route.
The Herald Higher Education Awards are now in their seventh year of recognising outstanding higher education institutions in Scotland.
There are 16 categories which aim to help build future excellence by highlighting examples of good practice.
The winners will be announced at an awards event at the Radisson Blu in Glasgow on May 31.
Professor Christopher Moore, principal and chief executive of NCL, said:“I am thrilled and proud that four entries from NCL have been chosen as finalists in these prestigious awards.”
NCL took home two awards at the Herald Higher Education Awards 2021 – Outstanding Business Engagement in Colleges for Lanarkshire Business Hub, and Innovative Use of Technology for the Virtual Autodesk Digital Construction Challenge.