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QTS IS NOT SOLUTION TO SKILLS SHORTAGES

October 2006

Philip Harrison, the Chief Executive of Protocol National, is warning that the government call for 60 % of Visiting Lecturers to have attained QTS, or Qualified Teacher Status, by 1 September, is not a practical move that will plug the growing gap in lecturer vacancies.
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WIN WIN FOR NEW NOTTINGHAM RECRUITMENT DRIVE

Sept 2006

WIN WIN FOR NEW NOTTINGHAM RECRUITMENT DRIVE

Protocol National embarks on a rather unusual recruitment drive at the home of its headquarters in Nottingham.

Need to work around school hours? Not able to work during school holidays? Then step up ….as one Nottingham c more >>



NEW FURTHER EDUCATION RECRUITMENT WEBSITE WITH A DIFFERENCE

July 2006
    
Colleges flock to register vacancies with a new recruitment website designed specifically for the Further Education sector.

Over 2,000 vacancies for Further Education (FE) lecturers and assessors are listed on a new website which has just been laun more >>



COMMENT PIECE FOR TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT

April 2006

Philip Harrison, Chief Executive of Protocol National, comments on the Learning & Skills Council decision to increase funding for Apprenticeships by some 3%.

The LSC’s announcement last week that there is to be a £41 million (3 per cent) increase in the budget for A more >>



WORK OF CLEVELAND COLLEGE SHINES LIKE A BEACON

March 2006

Cleveland College of Art and Design has won one of the Prestigious Association of Colleges (AoC) Beacon Awards.

Cleveland College of Art and Design won the Protocol National Award for Art and Design, winning the unanimous praise of the judges - Liz Myles from Protocol N more >>



MUSIC LESSONS COME TO LIFE AT LIVERPOOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

February 2006

Music pupils at Liverpool Community College are getting the benefit of real-life lessons – thanks to musician Mike Smith.

Mike, a part-time lecturer at the college, has toured the world with his saxophone as a session musician, as well as being an accomplished keyboa more >>



SEIZE THE DAY – FORMER PART-TIME LECTURER GETS TOP JOB (AND YOU COULD TOO!)

January 2006

When fitness and exercise instructor Lynne Alderson came to Middlesbrough College as part-time temporary lecturer in 1992, little did she know that 13 years later she would be appointed the college’s Head of the Department of Hair and Beauty.

But while Lynne’s story i more >>



‘A DAY RELEASE TO TEACH’ NOT A ‘DAY RELEASE TO LEARN’

January 2006

Philip Harrison, Chief Executive of Protocol National, comments on Sir Ian Foster’s review of the future role of Further Education colleges.

British industry needs to change the way it works with further education (FE) colleges if it is to remain competitive in the wor more >>