Awards and Achievements

National Awards Achieved in 2021-22

1. Scottish Football Association’s (SFA) Grassroots Regional Best Young Volunteer Award - Sophie Watson

2. CDN College Awards 2021 - Winner of the Inclusive College Award

3. CDN College Awards 2021 - Commended for the College Community Learning Award

National Awards Achieved in 2020-21

1. CDN Virtual College Awards - Highly Commended for the Employer Connections Award
2. CDN Virtual College Awards - Winner of the Innovation Award
3. CDN Virtual College Awards - The Judges’ Award 2020 Winner for the Innovation Award submission for #PassingPositivity: Mental Health United

4. Bridge 2 Business - John McBlain, FE College Enterprise Educator Of The Year

National Awards Achieved in 2019-20

1. SQA Star Awards - Highly Commended for the Partnership of the Year Award with Morrison Construction and South Ayrshire Council
2. SQA Star Awards - Highly Commended for Innovation Award for #PassingPositivity
3. SQA Star Awards - Highly Commended for the College Candidate of the Year Award for Sport & Fitness graduates Lewis McGregor and Ryan McGregor
4. College Development Network Awards - Highly Commended for the Employer Connections Award with Morrison Construction and South Ayrshire Council
5. College Development Network Awards - Highly Commended for the Sustainability Award
6. Green Gown Awards - Winner of the Benefitting Society Award for #PassingPositivity
7. British Education Awards - Winner of the Vocational Category for Scotland

8. Bridge 2 Business Enterprise Awards - FE College Enterprise Educator of the Year
9. Bridge 2 Business Enterprise Awards - Lucy Thomson (Sport and Fitness graduate) - Winner, Local Hero of the Year Award
10. Bridge 2 Business Enterprise Awards - Fi Thorburn (Complementary Therapies student) - Highly Commended, Enterprising Student of the Year Award

National Awards Achieved in 2018-19

1. CDN Marketing Awards – Events - Winner
2. CDN Marketing Awards – Design - Silver
3. CDN Marketing Awards – Market Research - Silver
4. NUS Scotland Awards 2018, Student of the Year
5. Prince’s Trust UK Awards – Community Engagement
6. NUS UK Liberations Award – Campaign of the Year
7. NUS UK Liberations Award – Overall FE Student Union of the Year
8. NUS UK Awards – Participation
9. NUS UK Awards – Representation and Campaigning
10. SQA Star Awards - Candidate of the Year - Winner
11. CDN College Awards - Health Promoting College Award - Winner, Essential Skills Award - Commended, Digital Learning Award (Highly Commended), Innovation Award (Highly Commended)
12. Scottish Apprenticeship Awards - Fraser Wallace - Foundation Apprentice of the Year and Scotland's Apprentice of the Year
13. Scottish Mentoring Network Award - Morag Soutter - Highly Commended