A record number of UK further education colleges have been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.
Seven colleges were honoured this evening at a special reception at St James’s Palace, alongside 15 universities.
The awards, launched in 1994 and held every two years, are described as the “highest national honour in education” by organisers The Royal Anniversary Trust. Winning applications were signed off by the King on the advice of the prime minister.
Applicants must prove that they offer “very high quality and an example of the best the UK can do” in a particular subject, field or discipline, according to the trust.
