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College Staff Vacancies

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This report details a significant increase in staff vacancies across the further education sector, identifying over 6,000 openings and a high reliance on agency staff. It highlights that competitive private sector pay and heavy workloads are the primary barriers to recruiting and retaining qualified college personnel....
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Teaching as a high-status profession: Improving teacher supply. Recommendations for the education white paper 2022

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this report presents findings from the investigation carried out by the APPG Teacher supply SIG into the actins needed to support a high-status and sustainable teaching profession. Recommendations include that policy liaison is needed between policymakers and professional bodies to establish coherence and long-term planning for sustaining the profession; there...
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College Workforce Survey

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The 2019-20 report analyses the English further education workforce, highlighting critical recruitment difficulties in technical disciplines and ongoing challenges with staff turnover. It also provides an assessment of the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on college operations and staffing levels....
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College Workforce Summary

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This report provides a comprehensive overview of the further education workforce in England, detailing key trends in staff demographics, pay, and qualifications during the 2018-19 academic year. It identifies persistent recruitment challenges in high-demand subjects like construction and engineering, while highlighting a growing reliance on agency staff to fill critical...
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Further Education Workforce Data Collection

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The UK government's plan to introduce a new, mandatory data collection for the further education (FE) workforce in England, starting voluntarily in the 2020/21 academic year and becoming compulsory in 2021/22. This initiative aims to improve policy-making and benchmarking by providing a comprehensive evidence base on staff recruitment, retention, and...
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The Augar Review of Post-18 Education and Funding

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The independent review highlighted the significant challenges facing the FE sector, including teacher shortages and the need for better funding to support recruitment and retention in colleges....
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The Recruitment of VET Teachers and the Failure of Policy in England’s Further Education Sector

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The piece argues that chronic recruitment difficulties for science, engineering, and technology teachers in English further education reveal a systemic failure of policy planning and sustained "policy churn". The study concludes that decades of unstable reforms have created a, "near-permanent state of revolution," hindering the successful implementation of vocational education...
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