Centre of Vocational Excellence

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Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) is a status given to departments in further education colleges in England. It is intended as a kind of quality guarantee for vocational teaching, and is awarded by the Learning and Skills Council if the teaching is of good quality and if the department offers a range of courses with progression routes up to Level 3 or beyond in the National Qualifications Framework.

There currently 400 departments given the CoVE status.

[edit] External links

• Learning and Skills Council - CoVE scheme
• List of colleges with CoVE status (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)