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External governance reviewers ‘must understand the local context’ AoC conference delegates told
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Governance
AoC
Nov 20, 2021
The DfE should follow up some recommendations in the Commission on Race
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Commission on Race
David Hughes
AoC
ETF
Jeff Greenidge
Apr 24, 2021
First joint ETF and AoC director of diversity appointed
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Jan 8, 2021
Education Secretary announces plans for A Levels and GCSEs
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Jan 6, 2021
AoC response to the DfE's decision not to cancel VTQ exams
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Jan 5, 2021
Schools and colleges given flexibility to decide whether to run Btec exams
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Jan 5, 2021
Government must cancel January vocational exams with no delay
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Gillian Keegan
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Jan 5, 2021
BTECs: Dismay at DfE decision on January exams
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Jan 5, 2021
Vocational exams in January to go ahead, despite national lockdown - AoC responds
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Jan 4, 2021
Covid testing: AoC urges leaders not to feel pressured
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Dec 21, 2020
AoC announces Dr Shaid Mahmood as next chair
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AoC
Dec 4, 2020
Association of Colleges names new chair
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AoC
Dec 4, 2020
Meet Sally Dicketts, the new AoC president
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AoC
Sep 11, 2020
How adult education added colossal ‘social return’ during lockdown
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ASCL
AoC
Jul 12, 2020
AoC chair Julie Nerney to step down
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AoC
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Jul 10, 2020
David Hughes: We need urgent action to be ready in the autumn
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Coronavirus
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May 25, 2020
Meet Kirsti Lord: AoC's musical deputy chief executive
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AoC
Feb 14, 2020
AoC board set for shake-up to bring in outside experts
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AoC
Jan 25, 2020
Improving teacher wellbeing requires commitment at all levels
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Colleges
Jan 12, 2020
Why college leaders must learn to embrace failure
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Colleges
AoC
Nov 23, 2019
Association of Colleges gives cautious welcome to chancellor’s FE funding boost
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Sajid Javid
Aug 31, 2019
Steve Frampton confirmed as 2019/20 AoC President
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Jun 19, 2019
Steve Frampton re-elected as AoC president
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Jun 19, 2019
Challenger for AoC president withdraws due to ‘personal reasons’
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Jun 19, 2019
AoC president faces challenger for the top job
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Jun 13, 2019
Colleges fail to win any OfS mental health funding
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Jun 8, 2019
What to expect as the T-level Transition prepares for take-off
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AoC
May 18, 2019
AoC wins secretive T-levels transition offer tender
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May 14, 2019
AoC Sport National Championships: south east reigns victorious
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May 3, 2019
Colleges need to speak with one voice
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AoC
Jan 13, 2019
In uncertain times for FE, it's important to share experiences
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AoC
Dec 31, 2018
What is on colleges' wishlists for 2019?
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Dec 28, 2018
David Hughes: Post-18 review not an attack on universities
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Damian Hinds
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Dec 10, 2018
David Hughes: Calling a truce in the sector wars over Augar
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Philip Augar
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Dec 10, 2018
UCU: Colleges' 1% pay offer 'wholly inadequate'
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Dec 6, 2018
'Powerful' message on technical education welcomed by FE sector
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Damian Hinds
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Gordon Marsden
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Dec 6, 2018
Milton: Colleges are failing due to lack of leader scrutiny
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Anne Milton
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Dec 5, 2018
Spielman using perception not facts on arts and media job prospects, says principal
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Dec 1, 2018
Ben Verinder: Don't play into government's hands by blaming principals
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Nov 30, 2018
'Don't play into government's hands by blaming principals'
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AoC
Anne Milton
Nov 30, 2018
Tom Starkey: Do more for less? Change the record, DfE
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Anne Milton
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Nov 25, 2018
FE Commissioner quizzed over ‘serial offenders’
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Nov 24, 2018
Anne Milton addresses Association of Colleges conference
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Nov 23, 2018
OECD's Schleicher backs T levels
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Nov 21, 2018
Milton: Colleges must show they deserve more funding
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Anne Milton
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AoC
Nov 20, 2018
FErret: Keep an eye on Ofsted for the hidden drama at AoC
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Nov 19, 2018
Spending review 'make or break' for colleges
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Nov 19, 2018
Theresa May's figures in today's PMQs don't add up, says AoC
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Nov 17, 2018
AoC conference 2018: What you need to know
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AoC
Nov 13, 2018
'Protect education funding up to 18'
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Nov 5, 2018
'We must remain optimistic about colleges'
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Oct 22, 2018
CITB fixes ‘reverse subcontracting’ deal following college uproar
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Oct 19, 2018
Revealed: The 12 colleges to receive targeted careers training
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Oct 16, 2018
Letter from Robert Halfon to Phillip Hammond re FE funding
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Philip Hammond
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Oct 16, 2018
David Hughes: Why the #LoveOurColleges campaign matters
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Oct 15, 2018
Colleges Week should be a celebration with three messages for the chancellor
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Oct 12, 2018
Colleges to march on Parliament in funding protest
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Oct 12, 2018
NE college principals to march on Parliament to demand fairer funding
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Oct 12, 2018
Colleges respond cautiously to the Secretary of State for Education's funding announcement
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Oct 2, 2018
College teacher pay decision is clumsy and divisive
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Sep 21, 2018
Mixed reactions to Association of Colleges senior pay code
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Sep 21, 2018
Great debate on T-levels: an ambitious or reckless timetable?
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Sep 14, 2018
AoC senior pay policy: 5 main proposals for college leaders
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Sep 14, 2018
College students and staff unite for better funding
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Sep 11, 2018
CITB pauses ‘reverse subcontracting’ negotiations with colleges after AoC steps in
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Sep 11, 2018
Unions and colleges to march on parliament to lobby for fair FE funding
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AoC
Sep 11, 2018
'Colleges need a national brand'
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AoC
Sep 10, 2018
Traditional Higher Education doesn't work any more - Creating a new post-18 education system that works for everybody
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AoC
Sep 4, 2018
Colleges back minimum entry standards for bachelor’s degrees
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Sep 4, 2018
'Colleges could do so much more - given the money'
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AoC
Sep 3, 2018
AoC funding plea rejected by letter ending with minister scribbling a promise to continue ‘lobbying’
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Aug 29, 2018
No more Mr Nice Guy: AoC boss ‘angry’ and will switch from ‘polite’ calls for more funding to ‘action’
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Aug 28, 2018
Professor Ewart Keep: New thinking essential to help leaders address FE policies and pressures
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AoC
Aug 2, 2018
Government writes-off more than £20m worth of learner loans in bid to get people into higher education
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DfE
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Aug 2, 2018
Colleges supported with £860,000 to engage inactive students in sport
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AoC
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Jul 24, 2018
Colleges could face autumn strikes over pay
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UCU
Jul 16, 2018
Disappointment at lack of concrete pay offer, as AoC proposes package dependent on funding rise
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UCU
Jul 16, 2018
'The ball is now in the employers’ court'
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AoC
Jul 12, 2018
Profile: Steve Frampton President elect AoC
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AoC
Jul 9, 2018
How to support disabled learners with sport and physical activity
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AoC
Jul 1, 2018
Julie Nerney to be new AoC chair
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AoC
Jun 30, 2018
AoC announces Julie Nerney as next chair
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AoC
Jun 29, 2018
Julie Nerney is new chair of the AoC
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AoC
Jun 29, 2018
AoC criticises new public sector register of providers
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AoC
Training providers
Jun 29, 2018
£15m fund launched to help colleges improve
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DfE
Anne Milton
AoC
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Jun 28, 2018
Unions write to AOC to justify 5 per cent national pay claim
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AoC
Jun 27, 2018
College unions call for 5% pay rise
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AoC
Jun 27, 2018
AoC backs #LetThemTeach campaign
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AoC
Visas
Jun 26, 2018
'It’s only one cheer from me on devolution so far'
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AoC
London
Apprenticeships Scheme
Jun 18, 2018
Mental health and wellbeing in further education - strengthening links between education and health
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Colleges
AoC
Jun 13, 2018
How to attract the best students
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Colleges
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AoC
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May 31, 2018
AoC’s new president wants to give learners their voice
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Steve Frampton
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May 26, 2018
AoC proposes restriction on apprenticeship funding
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May 25, 2018
'Exam season feels brutal, almost punitive'
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May 21, 2018
Portsmouth College principal is the new AoC president-elect
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AoC
May 18, 2018
Unions blast AoC in college pay row
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AoC
Pay
May 11, 2018
AoC Sport National Championships: The south-east triumphs again
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AoC
Sports
Apr 27, 2018
AoC: “TeachFirst is great but we need an FE relevant initiative”
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Apr 26, 2018
AoC Sport National Championships kicking off for their 40th year
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Apr 17, 2018
AoC to launch Brexit blueprint
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AoC
Colleges
Brexit
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Apr 3, 2018
Association of Colleges chair to step down
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AoC
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Mar 21, 2018
AoC joins the fight for votes at 16
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Mar 9, 2018
Project to strengthen local collaboration with employers
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AoC
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Dec 12, 2017
Anxious wait for ‘hopeful’ FE sector ahead of budget
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Colleges
Nov 18, 2017
Best of AoC Conference 2017
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Nov 16, 2017
Anne Milton: speech to Association of Colleges Conference
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Nov 16, 2017
AoC President Alison Birkinshaw discusses the importance of collaborative working to raise the profile of FE
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Nov 16, 2017
Corbyn threatens independence of colleges
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Nov 16, 2017
Amanda Spielman's speech at the Association of Colleges
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Nov 15, 2017
AoC Annual Conference - day two
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Nov 15, 2017
Colleges celebrate at national AoC Beacon Awards
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Nov 15, 2017
Weston College takes two gongs at the AoC Beacon Awards
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Nov 14, 2017
Amanda Spielman speech to Association of Colleges annual conference
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Nov 14, 2017
Spielman: 'Too many' college students 'do not get the education they deserve'
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Nov 14, 2017
AoC's Annual Conference - day one
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Nov 14, 2017
Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships speaks at AoC Conference
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Nov 14, 2017
Corbyn: Esol in 'dangerous state of disrepair'
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Nov 14, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn at the AoC Annual Conference
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Nov 14, 2017
AoC's David Hughes discusses Brexit and GCSE's at the AoC Annual Conference
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Nov 14, 2017
Skills Minister, Anne Milton's AoC opening speech
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Nov 14, 2017
Milton: government must take 'active role' in improving FE
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Nov 14, 2017
AoC Conference: Milton pleas for renewed ‘partnership’ with colleges
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Nov 14, 2017
Use Budget to end 'damaging' cuts, Corbyn to urge chancellor
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Nov 14, 2017
AoC Conference day one: Jeremy Corbyn’s key FE pledges
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National Education Service
Nov 14, 2017
David Hughes and the AoC are wrong about degree apprenticeships
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Nov 13, 2017
A therapeutic trip to the AoC
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English
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Nov 13, 2017
Unison recommends members reject ‘disappointing’ 1% pay offer
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AoC
Oct 30, 2017
Success at the Skills Olympics
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AoC
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Oct 24, 2017
Skills Plan - how will the new plans for technical education impact on you as providers of technical education?
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Colleges
Oct 20, 2017
AoC responds to DfE consultation on the OfS regulatory framework
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Oct 19, 2017
‘DfE must employ civil servants who went to college’ says AoC boss
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Oct 19, 2017
English and maths tolerance announcement
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16-19
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Oct 12, 2017
First three T Levels announced
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Oct 11, 2017
Taking action on mental health
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AoC
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Colleges
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Oct 10, 2017
Prime Minister urged to address under-funding
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Oct 10, 2017
AoC urge Prime Minister to address under-funding
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Oct 10, 2017
T-levels funded work placement plans criticised
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Oct 7, 2017
Anne Milton to speak at AoC Conference
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Oct 5, 2017
AoC Student of the Year Awards 2017: inspirational students recognised
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Sep 25, 2017
AoC: education funding – you get what you pay for
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Sep 25, 2017
Government 'starving' post-16 education, says AoC president
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Sep 23, 2017
UCU response to 1% pay offer for further education staff
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Sep 20, 2017
Negative marketing damages reputation
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Sep 20, 2017
Pay negotiations response
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Sep 20, 2017
Corbyn speaking at AoC annual conference
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Sep 20, 2017
AoC boss expresses regret over 1 per cent pay offer
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Sep 20, 2017
Unions 'disappointed' by colleges' 1% pay offer
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Sep 20, 2017
Student of the Year finalists announced
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Sep 15, 2017
Union urges college leaders to end years of lecturer pay struggle
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Sep 8, 2017
Young people deserve more
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Sep 7, 2017
MPs urged to back 16-19 funding campaign
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Sep 7, 2017
Education funding – you get what you pay for
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Sep 6, 2017
Statement on apprenticeship procurement
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ESFA
Sep 1, 2017
Colleges left ‘frustrated’ after last-minute changes to ESFA non-levy tender process
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Sep 1, 2017
Colleges ‘deeply concerned’ about £650m non-levy tender
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Sep 1, 2017
GCSE English and maths on results day
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Aug 24, 2017
Congratulations to new ESFA Chief Executive
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Aug 23, 2017
DfE’s decision to defend small school sixth form cost £76,000 in fees
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Aug 21, 2017
College reserves drop by £1 billion
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AoC
Aug 18, 2017
Congratulations to students collecting A Level results today
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Aug 17, 2017
College students celebrate A Level success 2017
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Aug 17, 2017
Top 6 tips for students on A level exam results day
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Aug 17, 2017
A Level students short-changed says the Association of Colleges
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Aug 16, 2017
AoC response to Learndirect reports
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Aug 15, 2017
AoC responds to Teach First report
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Aug 14, 2017
Post-16 education – a giant glitter globe?
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Aug 9, 2017
In the news: 4 August 2017
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Aug 4, 2017
Simplifying workforce data collection in further education
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Aug 4, 2017
A new collaborative approach to simplify workforce data collection in further education
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ETF
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Aug 4, 2017
FE bodies unite to create single college workforce database
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SIR
Aug 4, 2017
Colleges ditch A levels amid funding pressures
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Aug 4, 2017
Final area review reports published
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Aug 3, 2017
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Aug 3, 2017
Dr Alison Birkinshaw becomes AoC President
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Aug 1, 2017
College staff face wait for news on annual pay rise
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Jul 31, 2017
AoC appoints Irwin Mitchell to deliver employment helpline to members
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Jul 27, 2017
AoC support for Smith review's 10 year post 16 maths plan but dismay at snap decision on GCSE resits
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Jul 20, 2017
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Jul 19, 2017
New select committee chairs
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Jul 13, 2017
Adult education – has its time come again?
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Jul 12, 2017
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Jul 11, 2017
Association of Colleges restructure plans approved
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Jul 8, 2017
AoC to save £500k through redundancies - but continue national pay negotiations
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Jul 6, 2017
College leader: ‘I don’t see skills devolution happening’
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Jul 6, 2017
AoC Statement - Nicola Dandridge appointment
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Jul 5, 2017
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Jun 28, 2017
David Hughes, AoC discusses Skills plan and T Levels at the AELP conference (video)
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Jun 27, 2017
Advanced Teacher Status welcomed
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Jun 23, 2017
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) results announced
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Jun 22, 2017
Association of Colleges appoints new deputy chief executive
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Jun 14, 2017
AoC appoint new Deputy Chief Executive
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Jun 14, 2017
Association of Colleges names new deputy CEO
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Jun 14, 2017
New Deputy Chief Executive appointed
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Jun 13, 2017
Justine Greening re-appointed Education Secretary
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Jun 11, 2017
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Jun 9, 2017
Sector 'left in limbo', Association of Colleges says in first reaction to election
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Jun 9, 2017
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Jun 8, 2017
Sport and physical activity should not be overlooked
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Jun 7, 2017
College finances improve after ‘period of stability’
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Jun 2, 2017
Transport needs to support students
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May 26, 2017
UCU Congress: plans to 'name and shame colleges' revealed
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May 23, 2017
Recognising the value of colleges
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May 22, 2017
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May 19, 2017
Conservative Party announces education pledges
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May 18, 2017
Make Brexit a new start for UK international education
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May 12, 2017
Protect our ESF funding, says FE sector alliance
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May 11, 2017
Colleges want more opportunities for students from the next Government
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May 10, 2017
The Association of Colleges publishes its General Election Manifesto
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May 10, 2017
AoC manifesto calls for employer levy funding restrictions
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May 10, 2017
Liberal Democrats announce education pledges
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May 10, 2017
Colleges call on the next Government to invest in more opportunities for students
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May 10, 2017
Labour Party announces education pledges
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May 10, 2017
Principal of York College announced as AoC President-elect
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May 5, 2017
Principal with 30 years’ experience named next AoC president
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May 5, 2017
Association of Colleges announce Dr Alison Birkinshaw, Principal of York College, as its President-elect
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May 5, 2017
Alison Birkinshaw to be next AoC president
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May 5, 2017
Lowest percentage of colleges rated ‘outstanding’
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May 5, 2017
South-east triumphant at AoC sport championships
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Apr 28, 2017
The next general election
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Apr 26, 2017
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Apr 20, 2017
General Election called
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Apr 18, 2017
Excitement builds ahead of AoC Sport National Championships 2017
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Apr 13, 2017
Apprenticeship procurement pause announced by ESFA
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Apr 12, 2017
"Fundamental culture change” needed to address skills shortage in UK
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Apr 12, 2017
Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy report on apprenticeships
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Mar 31, 2017
How you can use enterprise to improve your college
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Mar 31, 2017
Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy report on apprenticeships
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Mar 31, 2017
New dawn for AoC Annual Conference
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Mar 29, 2017
FE funding agencies to merge
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Mar 28, 2017
New GCSE 9-1 grading expectations
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Mar 28, 2017
Applied General qualifications to remain
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Mar 27, 2017
Where will apprenticeship reforms take us in next three years?
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Mar 23, 2017
Politician launches 'fightback' after Midlands colleges left off RoATP
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Mar 20, 2017
GCSE resits cause 'significant problems', says Ofsted boss
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Mar 17, 2017
HMCI Amanda Spielman's first major FE speech
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted boss commits to more ‘positive and purposeful’ approach to FE
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Mar 17, 2017
Spielman vows to 'reset' Ofsted's relationship with FE sector
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Mar 17, 2017
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Mar 17, 2017
Ofsted Chief Inspector's first speech on post-16 education
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Mar 17, 2017
Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers published
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Mar 17, 2017
FE teacher training falls by a fifth in a year
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Mar 17, 2017
Colleges could be out of pocket despite £500m funding boost
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Mar 10, 2017
Training Needs Analysis: FE and Training bodies to cooperate
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Mar 8, 2017
Spring Budget gives rare prominence to technical education
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Mar 8, 2017
Training Needs Analysis: Four key FE and training bodies collaborate on workforce needs
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Mar 6, 2017
Major new investment in technical education
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Mar 5, 2017
Sector Response to the chancellor’s technical education funding announcement
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Mar 5, 2017
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee report
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Mar 3, 2017
College governors brand SFA’s new apprenticeship contracts ‘ludicrous’
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Mar 3, 2017
Clearing the path for careers advice
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Feb 28, 2017
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Feb 27, 2017
Older teenagers face biggest funding cuts, says think tank
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Feb 27, 2017
DfE outlines next steps for Institutes of Technology
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Feb 23, 2017
Careers advice amendment could give colleges access to schools
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Feb 23, 2017
Nic Dakin MP's Ten Minute Rule Bill on careers advice and access to schools
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Feb 23, 2017
The importance of the right investment
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Feb 23, 2017
Fairer funding means a fairer future
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Feb 16, 2017
Make funding 'fair' for post-16 learners, AoC tells chancellor
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Feb 16, 2017
Holding out for a HeRo!
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Feb 15, 2017
Colleges referring students to A&E over mental health
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Feb 8, 2017
Grimsby Institute wins top AoC Beacon award
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Feb 8, 2017
Support for mental health needed
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Feb 8, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 3 February 2017
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Feb 7, 2017
ATL comment on colleges referring students with mental health issues to A&E
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Feb 7, 2017
Colleges forced to refer students with mental health issues directly to A&E
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Feb 7, 2017
Colleges 'no choice' but to send students to A&E for mental health care
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Feb 7, 2017
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Feb 7, 2017
Three-quarters of colleges forced to send students to A&E due to lack of community mental health services
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Feb 7, 2017
Mental health issues are on the rise among college students
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Feb 7, 2017
Colleges rely on A&E to help students with serious mental health issues
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Feb 7, 2017
More and more colleges send students with mental health problems directly to A&E
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Feb 7, 2017
Colleges to consider scrapping national pay deals
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Feb 3, 2017
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Feb 3, 2017
'Postcode lottery' created by devolution of SEND funding
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Feb 3, 2017
Association of Colleges launches consultation with members on its change proposals
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Feb 1, 2017
AoC unveils overhaul of 'unsustainable' structures to save £1m
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Feb 1, 2017
AoC: Membership fees overhaul consultation to avoid £1 million overspend
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Feb 1, 2017
Project to boost outstanding teaching, learning and assessment
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Jan 27, 2017
Project to boost outstanding teaching, learning and assessment
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Jan 27, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships operational plan
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Jan 27, 2017
Institute for Apprenticeships appoints board members
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Jan 27, 2017
'Effective' action is needed over pay and casualisation, says UCU leadership challenger
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Jan 27, 2017
London's further education diversity gap
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Jan 23, 2017
New programme to develop employer partnerships
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Jan 20, 2017
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Jan 20, 2017
AoC defends colleges after new DfE statistics show lack of English and maths progress
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Jan 19, 2017
State of Rural Services report published
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Jan 17, 2017
Looking for answers: Investigating behaviour and motivation in FE
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Jan 11, 2017
Ian Ashman: Colleges 'ideally placed' to tackle mental health
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Jan 9, 2017
Government announces green paper on young people's mental health
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Jan 9, 2017
Carole Stott: FE holds the key to 2017's global skills challenges
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Jan 8, 2017
In this week's TES Further: 'Students with special needs can flourish in the workplace'
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Jan 6, 2017
Thousands competing in AoC Sport National Championships 2017
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Jan 5, 2017
FE students neglected by NUS
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Jan 5, 2017
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Jan 3, 2017
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Dec 22, 2016
EFA announces no change to 16-18 funding rates
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Dec 21, 2016
College strike averted after UCU members accept 1% pay rise
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Dec 14, 2016
Serious financial issues in schools
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Dec 14, 2016
Inspection system needs to work in current education landscape
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Dec 8, 2016
AoC's David Hughes chats about improving youth social mobility
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Dec 7, 2016
Race equality in FE has got stuck
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Dec 7, 2016
£1 billion a year spent on school sixth form drop outs, colleges estimate
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Dec 6, 2016
Area review reports published
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Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted publishes HMCI's Annual Report
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Dec 1, 2016
AoC's David Hughes discusses the opportunities & challenges for colleges in 2017
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Dec 1, 2016
Half the levy will be paid by just 400 employers – but who are they?
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Nov 26, 2016
Scammers target colleges during AoC conference
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Nov 25, 2016
Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration: Reflections from AoC 2016
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Nov 25, 2016
AoC Annual Conference 2016
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Nov 25, 2016
FE commissioner: 'Colleges will have to specialise to survive'
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Nov 25, 2016
Autumn statement: little change, longer term action needed
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Nov 23, 2016
Lauener reveals staffing levels for new Institute for Apprenticeships
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Nov 22, 2016
Association of Colleges conference celebrates student social action
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Nov 21, 2016
FE Week's annual charity auction raises a whopping £14,000
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Nov 19, 2016
Editor Asks: David Hughes in conversation (part 2)
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Nov 19, 2016
Ministers give ‘biggest hints yet’ of GCSEs U-turn
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Nov 18, 2016
President to make 2017 the year FE colleges tackle mental health
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Nov 18, 2016
Ministers need to fund technical education, says Lord Sainsbury
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Nov 18, 2016
Lord Sainsbury criticised over ‘retail assistant’ comments
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Nov 18, 2016
Robert Halfon: Association of Colleges Conference 2016
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Nov 18, 2016
Robert Halfon: Association of Colleges Conference 2016
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Nov 17, 2016
Strong indication of English and maths post-16 requirement change
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Nov 17, 2016
Time to celebrate many achievements of colleges, Halfon tells conference
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Nov 17, 2016
Justine Greening: Don't let young people 'hit a brick wall' in English and maths
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Nov 17, 2016
Apprenticeships should be on equal level to academic options
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Nov 17, 2016
Greening appeals for reforms support from across ‘technical education family’
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Nov 17, 2016
Funding threshold will be extended, EFA director announces
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Nov 16, 2016
More colleges expected to run at an operating loss, EFA reveals
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Nov 16, 2016
'Tolerance' for GCSE English and maths resits funding to be extended
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Nov 16, 2016
AoC President Ian Ashman discusses Mental Health in Colleges
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Nov 16, 2016
GCSE resits placing 'stress' on learners, says AoC president
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Nov 16, 2016
Colleges not 'in a mess', insists FE commissioner
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Nov 16, 2016
Social Mobility Commission calls for school sixth form extension
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Nov 16, 2016
Colleges are heading towards a ‘crisis point’ in student mental health, AoC president warns
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Nov 16, 2016
Sainsbury review has 'higher chance of success' than predecessors, author says
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Nov 15, 2016
David Hughes discusses the AoC review, a more confident sector and English & Maths
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Nov 15, 2016
The Association of Colleges warns of a crisis in mental health support for young people and adults
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Nov 15, 2016
Colleges can thrive despite ‘blizzard of changes’, AoC boss tells delegates
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Nov 15, 2016
Increase education funding, head of AoC urges government
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Nov 15, 2016
Increase education funding, head of AoC urges government
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Nov 15, 2016
Confident, optimistic and ambitious
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Nov 15, 2016
War of words continues as AoC boss accused of putting ‘institutional self-interest before learners’ interest’
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Nov 14, 2016
Live with Linford at AoC Conference 2016
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Nov 14, 2016
Education Policy Institute report on tertiary education
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Nov 14, 2016
David Hughes: let’s present a confident and ambitious AoC regions front for colleges
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Nov 11, 2016
Policy Exchange publishes report on apprenticeships
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Nov 11, 2016
AoC and AELP bosses battle over independent provider quality
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Nov 11, 2016
Move away from 3m apprenticeship target to avoid ‘wasting £500 million’ says influential think tank
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Nov 11, 2016
College sector ignoring minister’s cash warning as private providers clean up
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Nov 11, 2016
'Poorest students hit the hardest’ by GCSE resits
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Nov 11, 2016
IPPR apprenticeship report released
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Nov 10, 2016
Scrap level 2 apprenticeships for 16-18 learners, report argues
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Nov 10, 2016
Big win over small schools
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Nov 4, 2016
Small school scandal deepens as academy trust found running sixth form with less than 20 pupils
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Nov 4, 2016
Small school scandal deepens as academy trust found running sixth form with fewer than 20 pupils
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Nov 4, 2016
Most colleges doing 'pretty well' financially, says FE commissioner
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Nov 2, 2016
Settlement reached in judicial review over rules for new school sixth forms
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Nov 1, 2016
Landmark judicial review over school commissioner sixth form decision settled out of court
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Nov 1, 2016
Settlement reached in judicial review over rules for new school sixth forms
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Nov 1, 2016
AoC reaches out-of-court settlement with DfE over sixth form judicial review
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Nov 1, 2016
AoC and DfE reach settlement after school withdraws controversial sixth form plans
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Nov 1, 2016
The impact of the lack of time
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Oct 31, 2016
Technical and Further Education Bill
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Oct 27, 2016
Court date set for AoC judicial review over new sixth form
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Oct 27, 2016
AoC calls for increase education and training funding to 5% of GDP
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Oct 25, 2016
Apprenticeship funding model announced
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Oct 25, 2016
AoC India to close after 25 colleges quit
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Oct 20, 2016
Richard Atkins announced as FE Commissioner
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Oct 17, 2016
In this week's TES Further: The college with a resident researcher
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Oct 14, 2016
Funding support for EU students
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Oct 11, 2016
How can colleges best support students with their mental health?
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Sep 30, 2016
TV’s Reggie Yates announced as AoC conference speaker
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Sep 30, 2016
Delay announced in opening of apprenticeship training provider register
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Sep 29, 2016
AoC calls for delay to apprenticeship funding reforms for first time
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Sep 29, 2016
AoC: delay in apprenticeship reforms would be 'prudent'
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Sep 29, 2016
AoC: delay in apprenticeship reforms would be 'prudent'
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Sep 29, 2016
Preparing students for life in modern Britain
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Sep 27, 2016
Peter Lauener appointed Shadow Chief Executive of Institute for Apprenticeships
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Sep 27, 2016
Long-term implications of devolution and localism for FE
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Sep 22, 2016
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