On Monday 29th January, the Marketing Team travelled down to Birmingham to the College Marketing Network's FE First Awards. The College Marketing Network is an organisation that brings together marketeers from across the Further Education sector, to share knowledge and advice with one another, build relationships and learn from industry professionals at CPD events. Each year, they host the FE First Awards, which celebrates the very best from the sector at an awards night covering almost every part of college marketing.
The Notre Dame Marketing Department had been shortlisted for two awards and at the ceremony were welcomed on stage to collect their 'highly commended' awards for Small Marketing Team of the Year, and the Prospectus award. After months of hard work entering, as well as the work put into the 2025 prospectus, this was a fantastic result that the team were extremely happy with. The night was hosted by Baasit Siddiqui, who you may recognise off Channel 4's Gogglebox, but is also a professional speaker for all things education.
Alice Ainsworth, Assistant Marketing Manager, said 'The awards was a great celebration of the industry and it was so nice to meet so many other likeminded individuals from such a broad range of colleges. We were so happy to come away with the two awards that we were shortlisted for, particularly in our position as such a small sixth form college in comparison to the huge college groups that were in attendance!'
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