AoC Blog

When I arrived for my first day at college back in 1992, the world was a different place. Leeds United had just won the First Division - the...

When you think of jobs in further education (FE), teaching is the first thing likely to come to mind. However, there is a wide range of non-teaching...

Teaching and leading in FE can be a hugely rewarding and fulfilling career. Whether you are starting you working life or switching careers then FE...

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...