The college’s building in Southend was featured in the Learning and Skills Council publication 'World Class Buildings – Design Quality in Further Education' in March 2005[11] and ‘Better Buildings, Better Design, Better Education’ published by the Department for Education and Skills in 2007.[12] It also won a Structural Steel Award by SteelConstruction.org[13] and was a finalist in the RIBA/LSC Further Education Awards in 2006.[14]