Teaching in the lifelong learning

Books and Chapters, Pay, Place and rurality, Recruitment, Retention, Subject and skills shortages

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Date: Nov 2018

Author/s: Avis, J., Fisher, R., & Thompson, R. (Eds.)

Keywords: Lifelong Learning; practitioner handbook, salary gap, FE recruitment, STEM shortages

Summary:

This practitioner handbook shows how patchy salary funding and undefined career ladders make FE posts less competitive than schools or industry. Rural colleges, STEM and digital subjects report the steepest recruiting difficulties; chapters offer manager-level retention tactics.

Reference: Avis, J., Fisher, R., & Thompson, R. (Eds.). (2018). Teaching in lifelong learning: A guide to theory and practice (3rd ed.). London, England: Open University Press

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