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How to get involved

We are always looking for providers to get involved with our projects, and all of the current opportunities are listed below. For more information, please email the team: projects@aoc.co.uk.

Opportunities are also published in the Projects briefing. If you would like to subscribe to alerts, please visit the registration page.

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How we support our members

We secure funding from government agencies and other organisations to deliver a range of projects which support the sector. Projects vary in duration, scale and topic but have included:

quality improvement initiatives
college workforce support
development programmes
research pieces
capacity building developments
international enterprises.

Project outcomes are disseminated to the sector, ensuring good practice is shared and brought together. These help to raise the profile of FE, prepare colleges for government changes and ensure better outcomes for students. A large majority of our projects offer opportunities of funding and involvement for colleges.

Digital Insight Hubs

Become a Digital Insight Hub and lead transformation — an exclusive opportunity for three colleges to help the sector accelerate digital adoption, drive innovation and address digital inequality.

For more information and to apply, visit: Digital Insight Hubs | Association of Colleges.

T Level Provider Support and T Level Foundation Year Support Programmes

The DfE-funded T Level Provider Support Programme and T Level Foundation Year Support Programme offers providers delivering or planning to deliver T Level and T Level Foundation Year programmes strategic support to aid in their planning and implementation. The support offer includes access to events, networks, guidance resources and one to one support from an AoC adviser. Please visit our dedicated webpage where you will be able find more information on the programme.

T Level Provider Support and T Level Foundation Year Support Programmes Webpage.

T Level Professional Development (TLPD) offer

AoC is working in partnership with the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) to deliver aspects of the T Level Professional Development offer on behalf of the Department for Education.

The TLPD offer ensures that colleges are equipped and comfortable with teaching T Levels from the very start of the course. Primarily, it is aimed at providers, and their staff, who have already started delivery of T Levels, or who are due to start delivery.

Please visit the ETF website for more information on the TLPD offer. If you have any questions or queries about the offer, please get in touch with the TLPD team.

Youth Social Action Programme - Phase Three

Are you a college in Yorkshire and Humber and want to develop your enrichment offer for students?

Then we have some great opportunities for you through the Youth Social Action Programme - Phase Three.

Yorkshire and Humber Enrichment Networks

We've launched a termly network for enrichment staff across Yorkshire and the Humber — a space to:

Share best practice
Hear from inspiring organisations
Build connections and spark new ideas

Future dates will be announced soon — stay tuned!

Next session: 26 February 2026, 10:00–11:30 - You can sign up to the network here.

Youth Social Action Programme - Phase Three

Tailored 1:1 Support For Yorkshire and Humber

Our Regional Enrichment Coordinator will work directly with your team to provide bespoke guidance, including:

A review of your current enrichment and social action activities
Support in designing engaging, skills-building enrichment offers
Help with expanding and embedding social action across your college
Access to resources and toolkits for running impactful projects
Connections to local and national organisations to enrich your offer
Opportunities to collaborate with other colleges across the region

Complete this quick form to request your tailored support.

Apprenticeship Workforce Development (AWD) Project

The DfE-funded Apprenticeship Workforce Development (AWD) programme provides continuous professional development (CPD) training and resources for all those involved in, or supporting, the delivery of apprenticeships.

An updated catalogue of courses is available to book for the period of October 2025 to March 2026. These courses cover a range of valuable topics to help you with your apprenticeship delivery. Best of all, they're completely free and fully funded by DfE.

You can access all the courses here.

ETF Governor Inductions

AoC will be delivering eight 2-hour inductions for new governors between September 2025 and February 2026.

To find out more and book your place, visit: ETF Governor Inductions 25/26 | Association of Colleges

ETF Mental Health and Wellbeing

In 2025, AoC will host two roundtable webinars as part of this programme. The themes are “Addressing misogyny and violence against women and girls” and “Supporting care-experienced learners”. We are also looking for case studies from FE and skills providers relating to these themes.

To book your place on the webinars or find out more about providing a case study, please visit: ETF mental health and wellbeing project | Association of Colleges.