Construction courses ‘most affected by staff shortages’

By Carl Brown2022-08-01T10:21:00

85% of further education colleges surveyed report difficulties recruiting staff to teach construction

More than eight in 10 further education colleges have reported difficulties hiring teaching staff for construction courses.

A total of 85% of colleges surveyed by the Association of Colleges (AoC) reported shortages of staff for construction shortages. This was the highest percentage of any subject area, followed by 78% in engineering and 62% in IT.

The research, commissioned by the Financial Times, was based on data from 87 further education colleges, which is slightly more than third of the sector.

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