Incentives such as tax breaks for employers and paying teachers in skills shortage areas more should be introduced to address the “growing” teacher recruitment and retention crisis in further education (FE), a new report has said.
Research published today has also indicated that golden hellos of between £3,000 and £7,000 have been used by FE colleges to help get new teachers on board in certain subjects as they continue to struggle to offer competitive salaries compared to industry.
The Lifelong Education Commission and Chartered Institution for Further Education (CIFE) have penned the study, called ‘developing industry expert teaching for higher skills’, in which they call on the government to do more to address the FE teacher recruitment and retention crisis.
It says that “dual professionals” – those with up-to-date industry experience who can also spend some time teaching – should be developed to help combat the problem.
