Colleges key to delivering on Starmer’s priorities
Colleges are key to delivering the priorities set out by Labour leader Keir Starmer in his speech today, the Association of Colleges has stressed. Mr…
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AoC sector reaction for Results day
Results Day 2023: Colleges respond on A Level, T Level, Level 3 vocational and technical qualifications and Applied Technical results day. As students across the…
AoC: Reform tertiary education to kickstart the great British recovery: New report
A groundbreaking new report from Association of Colleges, ‘Opportunity England’, has called on whoever wins the next general election to create a new system for…
Valuing Enrichment: Transforming Education through Empowerment and Opportunity
The Association of Colleges (AoC) and educational charity NCFE have released an interim report evidencing the significance of enrichment activities for 16-19 year olds, in…
Update on college pay talks
The National Joint Forum (NJF) between the Association of Colleges and the unions representing FE staff met today (Thursday 11 May). AoC reiterated it is…
Five new scholars to benefit from Research Further funding
The Research Further project has announced funding for five new scholars to support practitioners in colleges to carry out postgraduate or doctorate-level study. The project…
Students need extra resources to support mental health challenges
Colleges need additional resources to tackle the legacy of the pandemic on student wellbeing, a new report says. AoC has published its Mental Health Survey…
Call for £400 million emergency funding for colleges
Senior Conservative backbenchers urged the Chancellor to use the spring statement to invest in colleges. Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Education Select Committee…
Beacon Awards 2022-23
The winners of the AoC Beacon Awards have been announced at the 2022/23 AoC Beacon Awards Celebratory event. The event also included a celebration of…
CBI, TUC, education leaders say skills gap can be filled by greater investment
Two in five workers want to learn a new skill to get a better job, new research shows – but employers, unions and skills leaders…