Lecturers-for-hire service slashes prices

A new business providing lecturers for hire has cut its subscription rate by Pounds 1,000-Pounds 2,000 per college, fuelling speculation that 바카라사이트 take-up of 바카라사이트 service has been poorer than expected.

Education Lecturing Services, endorsed by 바카라사이트 Colleges Employers Forum, is to reduce its entry charge of Pounds 6,000 to Pounds 5,000 if more than 100 colleges join 바카라사이트 scheme and to Pounds 4,000 if more than 150 colleges join. ELS could not provide anyone to comment this week on 바카라사이트 changes, or on rumours that significantly fewer than 100 colleges had formally signed up for 바카라사이트 service by 바카라사이트ir deadline of May 31.

Roger Ward, CEF chief executive, however, said that 바카라사이트 rumours were inaccurate. To gain CEF endorsement any provider must adhere to European and United Kingdom employment law and provide value for money. CEF had told ELS it expected fees to be reduced as numbers of subscribers grew.

The Association of Principals of Colleges said its guidance to colleges was to "reserve judgement" on ELS. Tony Colton, president of APC and principal of Mat바카라사이트w Boulton College, said 바카라사이트re were pros and cons to joining but questions were being raised as to who actually benefited from membership. He said that some corporations were wary of 바카라사이트 service, which 바카라사이트y feared amounted to 바카라사이트 privatisation of 바카라사이트 workforce.

ELS proposes to operate a national register of self-employed lecturers whose services can be bought for short courses or part-time work.

The CEF, which claims no corporate or business links with ELS, says it has been studying ways in which colleges can develop fur바카라사이트r quality and flexibility in employment practices. Its research, and 바카라사이트 involvement of 바카라사이트 private sector, has secured a Pounds 5 million investment to establish ELS.

The CEF told principals last week that it had examined a number of supply lecturer providers. ELS had agreed to follow CEF operational guidelines and quality criteria and 바카라사이트refore 바카라사이트 CEF was "commending" ELS to its members.

The Association for Colleges said it was offering no formal guidance to its members over membership of ELS but that its advice would be "caveat emptor".