The education select committee held the first session of its inquiry into the recruitment and retention of teachers this morning.
MPs heard from a range of education experts and union representatives, including the University and College Union and Association of School and Colleges Leaders who spoke about the key challenges in colleges.
The pay gap between teachers in colleges and schools currently stands at £8,000 and this inequality is often cited as a key reason for strike action in the college sector.
Part of the reason wages in colleges have been low for so long is the lack of collective bargaining, Jenny Sherrard, national head of equality and policy at the UCU told the committee today.
