Association of Colleges

The Single Voice for self regulation (for further education)

The Single Voice for Self Regulation is set up as a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, established according to the terms of a Memorandum of Association. It will establish an overarching code of conduct for providers, to which each provider will be required to adhere. The following representative bodies have nominated either their Chair or Chief Executive to be a director of the company: 

• ALP (Association of Learning Providers) 
• AoC (Association of Colleges) 
• HOLEX (National Network of Local Adult Learning Providers) 
• Landex (Land Based Colleges Aspiring to Excellence) 
• MEG (Mixed Economy Group) 
• NATSPEC (The Association of National Specialist Colleges) 
• NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) 
• SFCF (Sixth Form Colleges Forum)
• 157 Group

The Single Voice will be the vehicle for transforming further education into a more self-regulating sector. It will be characterised by delivery through the representative bodies. The Single Voice will not develop into a bureaucracy; rather it will provide opportunities for providers themselves to take ownership of the changes necessary to achieve the aims and objectives set out in the proposition ‘Realising Self Regulation in the Further Education Sector – Phase 2’. We envisage that a small secretariat function will be necessary to support this work, together with full or part time secondments where this is necessary to provide required expertise.