Quality Report 2015 | Page 7

Throughout the year, the College invested significantly in establishing an infrastructure of engagement with local authorities and secondary schools to improve schoolcollege pathways which are central to the success of Developing the Young Workforce. Similarly, in relation to employability and community provision, significant work took place throughout 2014-15 to enhance engagement with partners such as Skills Development Scotland and the Department for Work and Pensions. STRAT EGIC WHEEL Our extensive engagement with employers, business organisations and industry bodies continued through the year, and our Making Your Business Our Business approach was shortlisted in the Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce’s customer service award. In August 2014, we embedded the key priorities of our three community planning partnerships and employers into our three-year strategic plan and outcome agreement. Our focus on growing the economy and skills, tackling inequalities and building community capacity mirrored the goals of increasing competitiveness and tackling inequality in Scotland’s Economic Strategy published by the Scottish Government in March 2015. Throughout the year, these integrated goals and objectives drove our activity and were underpinned by our enhanced quality cycle which reinforced Education Scotland’s quality framework. This report illustrates the progress we have made in meeting the objectives of our Strategic Plan and Outcome Agreement. It captures key points on student progress, high quality teaching and support for learning from a comprehensive quality review we undertook in May 2015 of all our curriculum areas in partnership with Education Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council. MISSION STRATEGIC PRIORITIES VISION VALUES Click here to view our Strategic Plan Click here to view our Outcome Agreement AYRSHIRE COLLEGE / QUALITY REPORT 2014/15 7