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Lincoln College Group
An extraordinary employer-led organisation, producing a highly skilled and productive local workforce. Lincoln College Group (LCG) encompasses Lincoln and Newark colleges, which deliver technical training courses, apprenticeships, T Levels, A Levels, Higher Education degrees and commercial training to around 12,000 students and apprentices every year.
The heart of the Group is the 136-year-old College in the heart of the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, governed by a Board of Corporation made up of respected business leaders, recruited from the private, public and third sectors in the region.
The Group has around 1,000 full and part-time staff and its People Plan is focused priorities to support the capacity, recognition and wellbeing of its people.
LCG aims to achieve happiness, loyalty and productivity in its workforce. This was recognised by Active Lincolnshire, which awarded Lincoln and Newark Colleges the Active Workplace 2023 Award.
What does Lincoln College Group stand for?
The Group’s purpose is: “To be an extraordinary employer-led organisation, producing a highly skilled and productive local workforce.”
The word ‘local’ refers to wherever we are operating in the world and the phrase ‘employer-led’ refers to the fact that we will stay relevant and relatable to employers by asking them to help develop our curriculum and design our learning environments.
The word ‘productive’ refers to our intent to ensure all of our students are work-ready, with skills identified by employers including; resilience, independence, communication, decision making, problem solving and leadership.
Lincoln College provides Ofsted ‘Good’ further education and apprenticeship training and after its last inspection Ofsted praised the College’s focus on the employability skills, its support for students and its emphasis on “the craft of teaching”.
Lincoln College’s Higher Education provision (Lincoln College University Centre) has been awarded Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Silver status and recognised for the quality of its teaching and assessment, its excellent employer and student engagement and its support for its student body. TEF is a national scheme run by the Office for Students (OfS).
The College’s employer engagement and innovation in education and training has been recognised in the AoC Beacon Awards, the Lincolnshire Business Awards, the Newark Business Awards and the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.