College Mission and Purpose. Our Mission: To provide and continuously develop and deliver an education of the highest quality, training and learning programmes that help improve the life chances and the economic prosperity of our learners, communities and businesses. Our Vision: To provide an exceptional, innovative, technologically advanced and inspirational teaching and learning experience leading to individuals’ success; and to be an anchor institution at the heart of our communities by working together with schools, employers and partner organisations to enrich lives, raise aspirations, encourage enterprise and improve social and economic well-being.
College Mission and Purpose. 1.1 Our Objectives (Cont’d):
College Mission and Purpose. FCoT is a growing Ofsted Outstanding rated Further and Higher Education Technical College with two campuses in Farnborough and Aldershot. At Farnborough, the offer includes University Centre Farnborough (UCF), whose degrees are awarded by the University of Surrey, most being our two-year accelerated degrees, firmly positioned as a part of our responsive HTQs. FCoT also has a strong aviation history going back to RAF classes on Farnborough Airfield in 1913, progressing to become an RAE Technical School by 1944 which merged in 1960 with the Farnborough Technical College three years after the latter opened. Farnborough is the home of aviation. We are therefore proud of our Aerospace Research and Innovation Centre (XXXX), opened by then-PM Xxxxx Xxxxxxx. XXXX is a £5m investment in response to employers’ demand for an up- to-date training and research facility. It has resulted in resurgent demand and overall growth in 2022-23 of 349 learners (Apprenticeships, HTQs such as HNC/D and full-time FE). Engagement with new and existing partners suggests participation will further increase in 2023-24. Being a Technical Institution serving Xxxx, Rushmoor, Surrey Heath and the wider EM3 area, the College’s mission is, ‘To be a Technical Community University, facilitating learners’ social mobility, fuelling sustainable industries, and empowering inclusive lifelong learning communities’. Consequently, the College offers a diverse and inclusive provision in all subject areas except for agriculture, horticulture, and animal care. In light of our very successful Transformation Strategy 2017-22, formulated in response to an Area Based Review (2016), FCoT has been repositioned as a viable regional provider, having grown by over £7m since 2016. Thereby exceeding a stretch overall annual income target of £20m, to be a viable, reliable, local and regional asset with outstanding financial health and an Outstanding Ofsted revalidation (May 2022). Our new Sustainable Transformations Strategy (STS) 2022-2032, approved by the Governing Board in July 2022, aims to build on the success of the 2017-2022 Transformation Strategy. Figure 1 below, summarises our purpose, our offering, our ambitions to serve a diverse range of customers and enabling goals that are our pillars of success. We are very pleased our in-year performance for 2022-23 demonstrates a continued growth of c£22.5m. Our value, therefore, goes beyond being a highly regarded training provider, supporting our businesses and i...
