About the College

At Solihull College we work hard to develop new and existing relationships with other educational organisations, and to raise our own performance and aspirations in every respect. These ongoing efforts have not gone unrewarded.

Training Quality Standard (TQS)

Solihull College has achieved the Training Quality Standard in recognition of our commitment to delivering quality training and development solutions for employers.

TQS awards follows extensive assessment and certification. It is an achievement which organisations aspire to and one which Solihull College is justly proud of.

The award confirms Solihull College Employer Services’ reputation as one of the leading business training and management training providers in the Birmingham, West Midlands and Warwickshire region.

Best Business Awards

Solihull College scores triumph in the 2009 Best Business Awards.

The College has been successful in not just being nominated but winning the “Best Public Sector Communications” category in this year’s campaign.

The prestigious awards look to identify successful organisations and highlight good practice both in the public and private sector.

Customer Service Excellence

Solihull College is proud to have been awarded the Customer Service Excellence award, the UK Government's national standard of customer service excellence.

As a Customer Service Excellence award winner we have shown that we put our customers first and go that extra mile.

We have also demonstrated that we: set standards and perform well; actively engage with our customers, partners and staff; are fair and accessible to everyone and promote choice; continuously develop and improve; use our resources effectively and imaginatively; and contribute to improving opportunities and quality of life in the communities we serve.

Solihull College delivers customer service training courses in Birmingham, Solihull, the West Midlands and Warwickshire.

Investor in People

Solihull College continues to be registered as an Investor in People. Investors in People recognise organisations that use different means to achieve success through their people.

Other Nationally Recognised Awards

Other recent College successes include winning:

• National Skills Academy for Adult Care
• National Skills Academy for Retail
• Official England Golf AASE Academy
• Deloitte Employability Skills Centre
• Edexcel Award for Lifelong Learning AoC Beacon Awards for Retail and Customer Service Training Highly Commended 2007-2008.
• Childcare and Education UK Skills Challenge 2005 Bronze Award Winners
• National Training Award for Retail
• National Training Award for Construction
• The National Language Standards Award.
• A coveted Beacon Award for Basic Skills in the Workplace.
• The National Training Award for Hospitality.
• A Royal Horticultural Society Silver Medal.
• A Midlands Excellence Award, presented to organisations in the region which are striving to achieve excellence in their fields.
• Birmingham Race Action Partnership Award, presented for positive teaching of equality and diversity issues throughout our Hair and Beauty programmes.

Achievements

Congratulations should also go to our Director of Community and Skills for Life, Gill Hutchings, who has had her exceptional contributions to Adult Skills for Life acknowledged with an MBE from the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Equally pleasing is the recognition our students have begun to receive at national level. Notably one of our students Mark Brookes was Highly Commended for the Personal Achiever of the Year award at the prestigious National Apprenticeship Awards 2008.

Trade Union Studies lecturer Nick Nicholls from the College, was presented with a Life Changer's Award which recognised his commitment to adult education.