She presented the certificates to those who joined the awards ceremony at the Bedford Corn Exchange alongside The Bedford College Group Principal and CEO Ian Pryce CBE.
Said Ian: “We celebrate the first full year of The Bedford College Group formed by the merger with Tresham College in August 2017. The event is made possible by the generous support of the BedfordBID (Business Improvement District), Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Service, Innovation On-Site Ltd and Roseview Windows.”
The group works with almost 1,000 employers, has more than 2,400 apprentices who are included in a student body of 14,700 supported by 980 staff. It is one of the top 10% of colleges in the UK f or progressing students on to positive destinations and has secured millions of pounds of investment in an Advanced Engineering & Construction Centre at the riverside campus in Bedford, a Zoological Education Centre at Shuttleworth College and the Wellingborough campus of Tresham College.
Staff and students have been short-listed for, and won, a catalogue of national awards.
Joining the celebration was Bedford and Kempston MP Mohammad Yasin, Mayor Dave Hodgson and Head of the Chamber of Commerce Rod Calvert OBE DL together with major Bedfordshire employers like Vauxhall and more. Ian Pryce made a special thanks to Bedford Borough Council for supporting the college group in a bid to win the cash for the Wellingborough project.
