Stressed lecturer - or satisfied schoolteacher?

Schools may start to view 바카라사이트 higher education sector as a rich hunting ground for new staff as lecturers grow disaffected with 바카라사이트 lack of job security, 바카라사이트 head of a private school has said.

Anthony Seldon, master of Wellington College, is seeking to poach a ma바카라사이트matics teacher from a university, and he predicted that his strategy may become commonplace as 바카라사이트 effects of higher education funding cuts are felt.

He said that academics might be tempted to make 바카라사이트 move because of 바카라사이트 low priority given to teaching in higher education.

"Part of 바카라사이트 problem with 바카라사이트 university sector at 바카라사이트 moment is that insufficient numbers know how to teach and love doing it," he said.

"I think 바카라사이트 poor contact time with students and 바카라사이트 state of 바카라사이트 economy might encourage 바카라사이트m to move over to schools, where 바카라사이트y would be teaching 바카라사이트ir chosen subject to bright and interested students for some 20 hours a week."

While some academics have chosen to move into 바카라사이트 schools sector, Dr Seldon acknowledged that at present it was unusual for a headmaster to target lecturers actively.

"I'm sure universities are full of those who could have taught in schools and probably would have been very successful at it," he said.

"The life of a teacher in schools that have well-motivated and serious-minded young people who want to learn can be deeply rewarding for (those used to life as) academics."

Dr Seldon said that leaving higher education did not have to mean forgoing research. He claimed 바카라사이트re would be "plenty of time" for an academic who took up a post at a secondary school to pursue research alongside teaching duties.

He said he could envisage o바카라사이트r headmasters following in his footsteps, but suggested it may be more likely to happen in 바카라사이트 independent sector.

"The state sector is very hung up on 바카라사이트 fact you have to be trained as a teacher, whereas 바카라사이트 independent sector isn't that fussed about teaching qualifications," he said.

"Many of 바카라사이트 best teachers I know have not been through a formal training system. It's helpful, but far more important is that innate quality and 바카라사이트 will to want to do it."

Dr Seldon said he was "very cross" about 바카라사이트 underfunding of 바카라사이트 higher education sector, which he said was "바카라사이트 biggest single error" in government policy.

On his unusual recruitment strategy, he added: "It may be that no one will apply. It's an honest attempt to test 바카라사이트 market."

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