CGC Oakgrove Ebook 3.0

Education

Sector Outlook There are around 440,000 teachers working in 25,000 schools in the UK alongside a range of administrative roles. The fur ther education sector has 334 colleges with 235,000 staff and fur ther 70,000 in private training. In higher education there are 201,000 staff with a fur ther 208,000 suppor t roles. There is a currently a high demand for secondary teachers as the stress and challenges sees one third of teachers leave after a year and many choosing to take early retirement. The Brexit situation may also impact higher education institutions that rely on foreign incomes with UCAS applications down 7% for foreign students and some uncer tainty exists on funding for research. The fur ther education sector has had its own challenges with area reviews pushing colleges to work or merge together. Par ticular demand in school exists for those who want to teach maths, science and language jobs with scholarships and bursaries available. As alterative to a degree, you could under take a level 3,4 or 5 qualification in education and training and this would enable you to work in fur ther education, training sector, armed forces or in prison depending on your specialism. Most lecturers in higher education hold a PhD so having a thirst for learning, research and achieving a 2.1 or 1st degree will give you the best chance to continue your studies in your chosen field. Remember there are a wide range of non-teaching careers connected to education in marketing, consultancy, finance, maintenance, education policy and suppor t services. Most job oppor tunities can be found in maintained local authority schools, voluntary aided schools and academies with other vacancies on offer in independent schools. To find out more do make use of resources such as; the Times Educational Supplement, Guardian Jobs, jobs.ac.uk, local authority websites and the local press. Specialist recruitment agencies such as Supply Desk, Eteach and Randstad Education are another good source of job vacancies.