Centre of Vocational Excellence
Centre of Vocational Excellence 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.
