Single mother of two, Andrea Berryman from Co. Durham but now living in Oxford, left school with 9 GCSEs and due to circumstances was unable to take her education any further at that particular time, which she regretted. Whilst out [...]

Endurance swimmer Anna Wardley gave journalism students at St Vincent a taste of the industry when she held a special press conference at the Gosport college. Anna staged the event as part of the launch of her Five Island Swim [...]

It’s get set and ready to go at Guildford College Group in the countdown to the Olympics as staff and students prepare to play once in a lifetime parts in London 2012. One member of staff has been chosen to [...]

Air Cabin Crew students based at Central Sussex College’s Crawley campus are flying high, after a classroom was ‘transformed’ to represent the inside of a commercial aircraft, giving them the chance to train in a real life working environment.   [...]

Creative, Cultural and Sport Apprenticeships – Information Day Friday, 18th May 2012 – Local Government Association (Local Government House, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ) A recent report by the Economic and Social Research Council has shown just how tough it [...]

AOSEC is now holding the second of its competitions being sponsored by ASDAN – this time with a focus on Enterprise within the curriculum. Eligibility The competition is open to all learners with a learning difficulty and / or disability who [...]

This consultation seeks views from principals, lecturers, other staff, employer and employee representative bodies, and all others with an interest, on the revocation of the further education workforce regulations, as recommended in the interim report by the Independent Review Panel [...]

Active Colleges pre-application workshops: Colleges play a significant role in maintaining and growing student interest in sport as well as providing students with the opportunity to try new sports and activities. Colleges are key in ensuring transition of young people [...]

AOSEC’s Chief Executive, Jan Edrich, graduated from her Doctorate this week at the Institute of Education, London. Jan has achieved her Doctorate in Education and her research was around policy interpretation in strategic planning in colleges specifically looking at the [...]

The interim report of the independent review of profesionalism in the Further Education and Skills Sector was published today, Tuesday 27th March. The main recommendations from the interim report are: Continued phasing out of state grant funding to the IfL, [...]