Association for College Management

{{short description|Former trade union of the United Kingdom}}

The Association for College Management (ACM) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1965 as the Association of Vice-Principals of Colleges, representing middle managers in colleges of further and higher education.Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p.412 In 1987, it was renamed the Association of College Management, its first general secretary was Wilson Longden. He was succeeded by John Mowbray. In 2001 he was succeeded by Peter Pendle, by which time it had adopted its final name. By 2002, it had 3,250 members and affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the General Federation of Trade Unions.Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p.410 It had broadened its remit to represent all management grades in colleges, although it faced competition from the Secondary Heads Association.Prue Huddleston and Lorna Unwin, Teaching and Learning in Further Education: Diversity and Change, p.219

In 2008, the union set up the Association of Managers in Education as a joint venture with the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), and the ACM became part of the ATL in January 2011."[http://www.atl.org.uk/media-office/media-archive/ACM-votes-to-merge-with-ATL.asp ACM votes to merge with ATL] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928170027/http://www.atl.org.uk/media-office/media-archive/ACM-votes-to-merge-with-ATL.asp |date=September 28, 2011 }}", Association of Teachers and Lecturers, 9 July 2010