AoC Blog

What’s the saying, ‘the more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it’ ? Certainly my experience at...

Richmond upon Thames College is dedicated to ensuring our diverse community feels represented and our learner voice is strongly promoted throughout...

In June 2018 the Scholarship Project , funded by the HEFCE Catalyst Fund, converts into the Scholarship Framework . After three years of innovative...

As pension schemes go, the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) is one of the biggest in the country. One in every 30 people in England is either a member...

It was a busy long weekend for the Government. We finally have the long-awaited Government response to the T Level consultation, we know which...

When I was at school, many moons ago, there would be frequent reference in assemblies to education being a drawing out of an individual’s talents,...

‘It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him’ said JRR Tolkien in The Hobbit, and I must say that as I look...

Mergers, devolution of the adult education budget, Ofsted inspections, Post-16 Skills Plan and T Levels, apprenticeship reforms, GCSE reforms,...

In this week's Autumn Budget, the Treasury announced an £80 million budget for post-16 maths. It is not clear where the money comes from or how it...

Today's Autumn budget comes at a tricky time for the government in its negotiations with the European Union (EU). The UK wants to move the...