AoC Blog

Creating a Further Education ( FE ) job application that gets you an interview is not easy. However, with a little preparation you can learn how to...

Competition in today’s job market is fierce, so how can you make your ( FE ) CV work harder? Your CV might only run to two pages, but it needs to...

We all know that FE has struggled to cope with a major drop in funding in the last eight years. We have seen the impact that the cuts have had on...

Today's Post-18 review report provides a ringing endorsement for the role that education can have in improving our society, economy and public life...

This week further education colleges across the country are signing up to new AoC Mental Health Charter. The context to reaching this point is...

The Strategic College Improvement Fund (SCIF) is a Department for Education (DfE) funded peer support improvement programme. An applicant college...

The college sector supports the government’s policy aim to increase the number of young people who achieve Level 2 English and maths by 19. Good...

What makes the ideal Level 2 study programme? With all the media interest around Amanda Spielman’s comments about destinations for students on level...

The phrase ‘added value’ is one with the power to strike fear into the heart of even the most committed professional in further education (FE) as we...

Updated to take account of the Political Declaration published on Thursday 22 November 2018 The sound and fury about Brexit in the last few weeks...