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…
Association of Colleges (AoC)
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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…
AoC responds to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on his party’s five missions for Government
AoC responds to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on his party’s five missions for Government Responding to Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on his party’s…
Lords Blunkett and Johnson to speak at Mind the Skills Gap event
Lords David Blunkett and Jo Johnson are set to speak at a panel talk in Parliament focussing on the role colleges and the FE sector…
Global mobility programmes increasingly significant to college international activities
AoC’s (@AoC_info) fifth international report, Global engagement in the UK college sector, looks at the activities colleges undertook in the international space in the 2021-22…
Why getting qualification reform right is crucial for students
With the DfE announcing the latest reforms to level 3 qualifications, Catherine Sezen asks whether these plans are what is needed to meet the needs…
Colleges need a more collaborative environment to thrive, report says
The Association of Colleges has today published a FE Provider Strategy and Mandate which builds on the College of the Future report published in 2020.…
Why are there only two options when students with SEND go to college?
When students with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) leave school they often face a daunting choice. Should they continue their studies at their local…
AoC: “No qualifications which overlap with T Levels should be defunded until T Levels are fully tried and tested”
In response to today’s announcement by the Department of Education, confirming the defunding of a number of qualifications, Association of Colleges, the national voice for…