This was awarded due to the internationally renowned success of their record labels, Electric Honey, Gdansk and Root8 which were run by Music Business Administration students.

Acts which have been launched through the Electric Honey label include Snow Patrol (then known as Polar Bear), Belle & Sebastian and Biffy Clyro.

A highly innovative department, in 2009, 2010 and 2011 Students from the college's TV production course provided official coverage of the Glasgow Film Festival.

A public information film (Doorstoppers, produced by Matt Quinn of Caledonian Television, who at one time lectured in TV production at the college), featuring material gathered by Stow College TV students, opened the 2009 Stirling Film Festival at the MacRobert Arts Centre.

Latterly home to the Musical Theatre section (part of the MCI department) as well as an innovative business academy, it was approximately two miles (three kilometres) from the main City campus.