The Association of Colleges sometimes shortend to the AoCis a registered charity representing further education colleges in the U.K. The Association was created in 1996 and provides a broad range of services to its subscribers, the subscribers being FE colleges. It represents their interests locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity, meaning selfless giving, is one conventional English translation of the Greek term agapÄ. // Etymology In the 1400, charity meant the state of love or simple affection which one was in or out of regarding one... Further education is education in addition to that received at secondary school. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. ... FE or Fe may stand for: Further education: post-16, non-University education in the UK; Fundamentals of engineering: one of two engineering certification examinations in the USA; Iron (Fe): symbol for the chemical element ferrum. ...
The charity is also the main supporting body of the Beacon Awards.