Hartlepool Sixth Form College is a small but highly-regarded sixth form college in the North East of England. Small colleges are everywhere under pressure. HSFC has transformed its fortunes to become proportionately the fastest-growing college in the North East and one of the most successful sixth form colleges in the country. AoC TV investigates this high-achieving college.

AoC TV provides insight into how the college has evolved as a business by becoming innovative to meet employer and individual needs.

North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT) shows how they drove the College's quality and finance from 'unsatisfactory' to 'good' in one year with a crystal clear vision and effective strategies.

New College Nottingham supports workforce development within private companies and in the public sector. AoC TV looks at the excellent relationship between NCN and local employers.

AoC TV looks at the values of the college and how they use the student voice in order to enhance the experience of all its students with the aim of moving from a good college to an outstanding one

Citizenship and the fight against global warming are key themes New College Stamford’s “Beyond the classroom activities”. AoC TV gives you an overview of how students demonstrate this in their community.

AoC TV focuses on North Warwickshire and Hinckley Colleges collaborative employer engagement activities. The colleges work with major employers and the Trade Unions to enhance skills development and address key sector priorities.

AoC TV shows how the Northern College transforms the lives of its adult learners and their communities through the provision of outstanding support within a residential learning environment.

AoC TV visits Palmer’s College to profile the outstanding support provided to students, as recognised during a recent inspection. Ofstead stated that ‘very large numbers of students receive highly affective additional support with their studies’ at this grade 1 listed college.

Redbridge College is using a new approach in raising 16 – 19 year old learners awareness and ownership of community issues with the ‘Inspiring Citizenship’ project. The students are working with twelve local charities carrying out work from web design to sharing their time. The project provides young people with hands on experience of true citizenship by seeing how their input can make a difference

AoC TV looks at the work Richmond Business School – a new type of business school for today’s new training agenda. Featuring a variety of case studies showing how the college is uniquely leading the way in training and employer engagement.

AoC TV examines how RuTC is using an innovative staff development initiative to nurture an open, reflective, supportively self-critical culture with teaching and learning at its heart.

AoC TV looks at how RFDC shares good practice. The college promotes outstanding leadership, performance, diversity and social responsibility to ensure their learners are prepared for work in the international community.

We take a close up look at a few of the 13,000 plus learners whose great futures start at South East Essex College every year.

Young College provides part-time vocational courses to re-motivate at-risk 14-16 year olds. AoC TV shows an imaginative approach to partnership working with local referrers can have excellent results.

In May 2001, Ofsted judged Stockport College as having an overall quality of provision which was inadequate. In May 2007, at the Ofsted Annual Assessment visit, the College was judged to be a Category 1 (outstanding/very good) College. AoC investigates the turnaround, particularly over the past five years, which has resulted in overall College success rates increasing from 45% to 76%.

TyneMet is a newly emerging force in education and training in the North East of England, following what was described as an “exemplary amalgamation process”. It has established high quality, dedicated provision for school leavers and for the adult market, working in very close partnership with employers and prides itself on raising aspirations for all learners. AoC TV investigates.

AoC TV looks at Uxbridge College’s partnership approach with employers and the local authority to address local skills shortages. It focuses on delivery through E-learning/blended learning which is a key part of the College’s training offer.

AoC TV looks at the work of Employer Training Solutions, provided by Westminster Kingsway College and examines how the team has met the challenges of engaging with employers to meet their training and development needs.

Weymouth College is well poised to play a significant role in the regeneration of the region following the successful bid for Weymouth and Portland to host the 2012 Sailing Games. AoC TV demonstrates the college’s successful partnership with The National Sailing Academy and also how they are engaging with local businesses to encourage enterprise.

AoC TV shows how Working Men's College responds to the needs of adult learners and employers in its local communities. The college provides workplace learning courses in English, work skills, access to higher education, liberal arts and IT.