AoC responds to TEC announcement

David Hughes, Chief Executive, Association of Colleges, said: “This investment in 19 colleges will help colleges support even more people into good jobs and encourage employers to take on more apprentices and skilled workers. In turn, colleges will be able to do even more to enhance economic growth and improve productivity. It starts to deliver on the Prime Minister's commitment to place colleges as a defining feature of his government and recognises the great work they do already.

“I'm pleased to see investment coming from across government, in recognition that delivering on a wide range of government priorities requires better skills investment.  We have seen already with the 10 construction technical excellence colleges that investing in our sector delivers effectively and efficiently and I hope over time to see even more TECs established in other sectors.”