FE First Awards 2026

Bluestorm are a full-service marketing agency, specialising in supporting colleges across the UK in every facet of their marketing. From expertly web development that engages and informs prospective students to dynamic student recruitment strategies, targeted keep-warm initiatives, eye-catching prospectus designs, and beyond, we’re dedicated to enhancing your institution’s presence.

Concept4 – a well-known name in college marketing, and we’re not scared to shout about it! Why? Because we design and build first-class college websites and apps.
Our team of seasoned account directors, designers and highly skilled web developers consistently go over and above what’s expected in the further education sector, delivering websites that push boundaries and achieve goals. We’ve built large scale powerful college websites with seamless integrations to MIS systems.

Partner with Global to create campaigns that captivate and leave a lasting impression. With us, you gain access to the UK’s most beloved audio brands and the country’s most expansive outdoor network. Plus, we offer podcasts, partnerships, events, and a cutting-edge digital advertising exchange.
Global connects with more people each day than any other company in the UK. Every week, we engage 52 million listeners across radio, Global Player, digital screens, billboards, buses, trams, and metro networks. Each day delivers millions of impactful media moments, allowing you to own your audience’s media experience from morning to night.

A multi award-winning digital marketing agency with over 20 years in education marketing. We work collaboratively with each client, delivering award-winning digital strategy, brand development, websites, SEO and marketing campaigns that deliver commercial results.
Our Mission: to partner with ambitious education organisations that want to grow and use digital as a tool to maximise their return on their investment, and in doing so make a real positive impact to students lives. Our team of 28 are a powerful mix of strategist, creatives developers, data analysts, marketing consultants, and project managers bringing together the right skills, experience to deliver digital solutions that drive commercial results.

Next-Gen Media is fixing the communication problem within colleges. 
Their mission is to revolutionise the way in which education providers engage with their students by supplying, managing and maintaining commercial-grade digital screens for Colleges, entirely free of charge.
This is unique because the dual-purpose element means all of their partners can upload their own FE related content onto their screens through an easy-to-use content management portal. Their model is then supported by suitable advertisers who purchase the media space to share their exclusive student-focused discounts, well-being messages and employment opportunities with your students.

Pathways is a suite of career tools that help students see the link between your courses and careers. It brings high quality careers information into your website and shows prospective students and their parents possible career options after studying on your courses.
Pathways is an affordable solution, set up is easy, it requires no extra work from your IT team and helps fulfil Gatsby Benchmarks and Ofsted’s careers criteria.

Public Sector Media was founded in May 2023, by Anna Crockett and Rachael Parry Jones, and has grown quickly to a point where we offer a 100% holistic approach to Education marketing strategies and services to all our clients. These can include all or some elements from insight, focus groups, full creative support, (often free of charge), digital strategy and execution across socials, and all other digital options, as well as SEO, content creation and management.
Along with this we have strong relationships with all media owners, (eg: OOH, Audio, Radio), and procure at highly incentivised rates. We are completely free to use, totally impartial so you get the right campaign, and we do all the media ‘legwork for you’, so you get the right formats to engage the right people at the right time.
We bring real understanding of how to craft entire campaigns to ensure they resonate with the right people in their environment, with clear behavioural change goals and direct response front of mind.
We understand the Education marketplace and the whole media landscape inside out, and are already working with a number of College Marketing Network clients.
We are happy to deliver a free digital ‘light touch’ audit for any member colleges with future strategic suggestions. Please reach out to us at anna@publicsectormedia.co.uk

A well established web design, development, and marketing agency with a strong specialisation in the FE sector.

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Whether you’re a small, medium, or specialist institution, our SaaS solution creates a single source of truth, streamlines communication, enhances engagement, simplifies data management and centralises all your marketing and recruitment needs—without the complexity (price and consultant need) of an enterprise system!
With quick implementation (<28 Days) and ongoing product updates, our CRM helps you hit the ground running with simple, easy-to-use, sector-specific technology loved by our partners & users.
Reach out to us to see how we can support your institution’s goals with a tool built specifically for your needs.