AoC Beacon Awards 2025/26 Best Practice Showcase Series copertina

AoC Beacon Awards 2025/26 Best Practice Showcase Series

AoC Beacon Awards 2025/26 Best Practice Showcase Series

Di: Rachel Costello
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The Beacon Awards celebrate the best and most innovative practice among UK further education (FE) colleges.

The AoC Beacon Awards showcase exactly why UK further education colleges are so important to every community and why people value them. The awards celebrate and showcase best practice and innovation and highlight excellence in the sector. They are designed to promote the interdependence of colleges, businesses, and professional and voluntary organisations and promote the far-reaching impact of colleges on their students and the communities they serve.

This series of 9 interviews with the Beacon award 2025/ 26 winners and award sponsors showcases best practice from the award winning projects across the sector in the following categories:

  • The Careers & Enterprise Company Award for Excellence in Careers and Enterprise
  • The City & Guilds Award for College Engagement with Employers
  • The Edge Award for Excellence in Real World Learning
  • The Sustainable Energy First Award for Education for Sustainable Development
  • The Jisc Award for Effective Use of Digital Technology in Further Education
  • The AoC Award for Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • The RCU Award for Support for Students
  • The Bell Foundation Award for Excellence in ESOL
  • The British Council Award for Excellence in International Work

https://www.aoc.co.uk/awards/beacon-awards/beacon-awards-2025-26

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Rachel Costello
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  • Supporting ESOL learners into Vocational courses

    Supporting ESOL learners into Vocational courses
    Apr 16 2026
    ‘English Into Vocational’ is a targeted initiative by The City of Liverpool College to support ESOL learners through integrated vocational pathways. Seven ESOL Level 1 programmes—Plastering, Culinary Skills, Teaching Assistant, Health and Social Care, Sport and Physical Exercise, Art and Design, and Science—combine English language development with sector-specific content. Funded by the Liverpool City Region, these courses help learners build the linguistic, academic, and practical skills needed for progression. For instance, the English into Science pathway offered 6.5 hours of weekly study over 32 weeks, focusing on scientific terminology, lab procedures, and report writing, leading to a Level 1 BTEC Certificate. This model breaks the cycle of language-only learning by aligning English with vocational goals and providing clear progression routes to Level 2, further education, or employment. Embedding ESOL into vocational contexts enables learners to use English for real tasks—writing care notes, reading diagrams, or completing risk assessments—while gaining industry knowledge. Co-teaching by ESOL and vocational tutors ensures inclusive, adaptive delivery. Employer involvement ensures that learners are developing in demand skills within our city region, and structured guidance supports next steps. This has resulted in faster progression, greater confidence, and improved employability in key growth sectors.

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