Industrial action ballot sees 2-1 vote for strike and 4-1 for other action in English further education colleges
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FE members urged to vote Yes in industrial action ballot
Members working in further education in England urged to vote Yes to industrial action ballot following 0% ‘pay offer’
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Further Education support staff set to reject pay offer and join lecturing staff across Scotland in possible industrial action
Further Education support staff took a step closer today (5 November 2015) to industrial action across all Scottish Colleges (except Orkney and Shetland). UNISON Further Education members are being balloted on a 2015 pay rise, which was due on 1 April 2015.
Chris Greenshields
UNISON Scotland, the main union for the Sector, is recommending rejection of the employers 1% final offer. UNISON, inRead more…
Members reject 0% in FE
Further education members in England reject offer from Association of Colleges in summer consultation
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Stop turning every wild idea into policy
Nansi Ellis, ATL assistant general secretary (policy), gives us her take on the first 100 days of a Conservative government. When I start a project, I usually spend some time scribbling ideas. I let…Read more…
Salford college urged to consult community on cuts
Public meeting calls for local community to have the chance to consider proposals and suggest alternatives
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A learning and teaching toolkit for vocational education
Professor Bill Lucas will be giving a keynote speech at the ATL’s FE conference 2015 in London on Friday 10 July. Elsewhere in the world, they talk about pedagogy when discussing vocational…Read more…
There is policy and reality. Why can’t we bring the two together?
Dual professionalism was meant to leap the chasm of teacher practitioner and industry expert. However, it did not spell out what ‘industry expert’ means or even attempt to develop what such a…Read more…
A qualified workforce – what was said
Alan Thomson is editor of InTuition magazine. The first seminar in ATL’s Developing collaborative expertise in the FE sector programme took place on 30 January 2015 at ATL’s offices in…Read more…
A qualified workforce?
Why a qualified workforce? Is this a question we should even be posing? Does it make sense to talk of an unqualified workforce? How is it that teaching in FE colleges or academies, independent…Read more…