Association of Colleges West Midlands

The Association of Colleges West Midlands (AoC WM) is pleased to be supporting Adult Learners’ Week in 2010.
Our colleges and other learning centres across the region are at the heart of enabling all learners to achieve their personal goals and aspirations.
The range of award winners and the very diverse backgrounds from which they come are evidence of the real power of learning to transform and enrich people’s lives,
whatever their age or previous experiences of learning. It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that for all learners, learning is very much about personal development and achievement,
whatever its ultimate purpose. Learning takes many forms and it’s wonderful to be able to celebrate them all during Adult Learners’ Week.

AoC WM congratulates all the nominees and winners of Regional Awards this year, and we particularly congratulate Mitch Salter for his award.
Mitch has had to overcome many of the barriers that we normally take for granted to get a good education and to progress to higher education.
His determination to succeed in the face of such difficult circumstances is a wonderful example of individual commitment and achievement.

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The Association of Colleges exists to represent and promote the interests of colleges in the further education sector and to support them in
building their reputation for providing first-class education and training that benefits individuals, employers and the wider community.
AoC WM represents the interests of 46 general further education colleges, tertiary, sixth form and specialist colleges in the West Midlands region.

For further information visit www.aocwm.org.uk or

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