More pay lures lecturers away

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Issues concerning the IT skills shortage in further education in Great Britain are discussed. Particular attention is given to the causes of recruitment difficulties faced by colleges, including low wages and competition from industry and other schools.

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130m pounds sterling needed to bridge pay divide: institutions are doing little to give female lecturers pay parity with men

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UK universities pay their male lecturers an average of 2,190 pounds sterling more than their female lecturers, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. It would cost almost 81 million pounds sterling to eliminate this disparity, rising to around 130 million pounds sterling if part-time lecturers were to receive equal pay too.

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Lecturers frozen out: IT to reduce staff by the year 2000, say universities

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University lecturers have been protesting about underfunding and low pay, but plans submitted to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) show that universities plan to replace lecturers with information technology. Money for new libraries, resource centres and laboratories will come from funding council grants, the Millennium Fund and the National Lottery. Universities plan to reduce spending on long term building maintenance and hope to raise more money through an increase in part-time and overseas students. They are also planning to increase research activity.

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