Connect Connect October 2017 - January 2018 | Page 17

Celebrating Celebrating Success Success Latest award news Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Scottish Digital Business Awards WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL END TO 2017 AS WE ACHIEVED A RANGE OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL AWARDS. At the Scottish Digital Business Awards, we won the Public Sector Award for our innovative retention tool that is reducing the number of students leaving their course early. We won the Excellence in People Development Award at the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards for our innovative approach to staff development. We won a Commended award for our commitment to addressing the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and maths in the Innovating in STEM Education category at the inaugural Global Game Changers Awards. At the UK Green Gown Awards, we won the Student Engagement award for the Park Life project at Dean Castle Country Park, and were The magazine of Ayrshire College 17