Thursday, 09 February 2012

Recruiter
Education

  • Aberystwyth Uni to take on new scholars

    Wed, 8 Feb 2012

    Aberystwyth University is looking to appoint 27 new academics across a variety of faculties.

  • INTERNATIONAL Denmark: Copenhagen Business School seeks 90 new academics

    Wed, 8 Feb 2012

    Copenhagen Business School (CBS) has launched a recruitment campaign that will see it increase its total academic staff headcount by 15% over the next two to three years.

  • Red card for football dreams of Singapore kids

    Fri, 13 Jan 2012

    An annual Adecco survey has found that Singaporean 7-14-year-olds have abandoned professional football dreams in favour of being teachers.

  • MBE for Welsh education recruiter

    Thu, 5 Jan 2012

    Meredydd James, a business development officer at recruiter New Directions Education, has been awarded an MBE for services to education.

  • INTERNATIONAL China: Nottingham University China to hire 30 engineering professors

    Thu, 5 Jan 2012

    The University of Nottingham Ningbo China will appoint 30 academics to its engineering faculty.

  • Reed job index ends 2011 17% up on 2010

    Tue, 3 Jan 2012

    Job vacancies in December were 17% higher in December 2011 than in the same month the previous year, according to recruitment consultancy Reed’s Job Index.

  • CBI calls for a new approach to growth

    Tue, 3 Jan 2012

    In his New Year message, Confederation of British Industry (CBI) director-general John Cridland says that the UK must act now to “rebalance” its economy or see debt levels continue to grow.

  • Senior teaching recruitment crisis fears grow

    Tue, 20 Dec 2011

    The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has voiced fears of a “looming crisis” in recruitment to senior education posts.

  • Silverstone masterplan gets green light and new jobs

    Mon, 19 Dec 2011

    Nearly 5,000 new jobs are in store for Aylesbury Vale District Council and South Northamptonshire Council - following the authorities’ approval of Silverstone Circuit’s development plans for the next 20 years.

  • INTERNATIONAL UAE: 90% of firms plan 2012 hiring

    Mon, 19 Dec 2011

    The FMCG, construction and pharmaceutical sectors will lead the way as nine out of 10 UAE firms look to hire next year, reports Emirates247.com.

  • INTERNATIONAL UAE: Public sector to lead hot industries for 2012

    Thu, 15 Dec 2011

    The public sector will lead job creation in the UAE in 2012, with technology, healthcare, education and retail and telecom, according recruiters speaking to Emirates247.com.

  • DfE includes supply teachers in AWR

    Tue, 29 Nov 2011

    The Association of Recruitment Consultants (ARC) is concerned that the Department of Education’s interpretation of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) jumps the gun legally.

  • INTERNATIONAL UAE: Monster sees 7% annual job growth

    Thu, 24 Nov 2011

    The Monster Employment Index has shown an increase in online recruitment activity in October following a dip in September, reports Emirates247.com.

  • Contracts/Deals: LSE joins Career Service Guide group

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011

    Publisher GTI Media - the owner of jobs board TARGETjobs.co.uk - has announced that it will publish a career services guide for the London School of Economics (LSE).LSE will join over 20 UK universities with guides published by the firm when the first edition is published in autumn 2012.

  • Recruiters and the 'big society'

    16 November 2011

    Our industry should take the lead in leading the way and giving back to society now more than ever before

  • INTERNATIONAL Ireland: Prometric brings 150 jobs

    Tue, 15 Nov 2011

    American educational testing and assessment provider Prometric will create up to 150 new jobs in Dundalk over the next three years, according to the website of state broadcaster RTÉ.The company already employs around 74 staff in Ireland and is due to start recruiting immediately.Prometric’s investment is supported by Ireland’s Industrial Development Agency (IDA).

  • Trustees Unlimited helps charities in challenging times

    Thu, 10 Nov 2011

    Charities and social enterprises need to have the best people on their boards to ensure they can face the challenges ahead, according to Ian Joseph, director of Trustees Unlimited.

  • Monster: transport, post and logistics on top

    Wed, 9 Nov 2011

    Online recruitment demand was up a single percentage point in October, with more than half of industries and sectors reporting some growth, according to job board Monster’s Employment Index UK.

  • Jobs-wise, the grads are all right

    Mon, 7 Nov 2011

    UK graduate employment is increasing steadily, with graduate level jobs at a record high, according to the Higher Education Careers Services Unit’s (HECSU’s) annual ‘What Do Graduates Do?’ report.

  • Contracts/Deals: Cranfield uses UNIT4’s Agresso

    Mon, 7 Nov 2011

    Specialist and postgraduate-only Cranfield University in Milton Keynes will use business software firm UNIT4’s Agresso e-Recruiter programme for its recruitment needs.The software allows candidates to track their recruitment progress electronically and includes a job board integrated into the university’s website.

  • NEET blackspots named

    Fri, 4 Nov 2011

    Cities where as many as one in four young people are not in education, employment or training (NEET) have been identified in research by The Work Foundation and the Private Equity Foundation.

  • Language key to perfect job ad

    Thu, 3 Nov 2011

    Language is the key to making a job advert attractive, not salary, regional job board operator MyJobGroup.co.uk has concluded.

  • Ex-offenders’ bosses feel their work is legit

    Thu, 3 Nov 2011

    A third of employers have taken on an ex-offender in their company, with over half rating their experiences as positive, according to a survey from the consultancy CfBT Education Trust.

  • Traffic up as Wikijob broadens focus

    Wed, 2 Nov 2011

    Graduate careers website Wikijob experienced its largest ever volume of traffic for the month of October.

  • Appointments: Debenham leads four to new Taskmaster office

    Wed, 2 Nov 2011

    Melonie Debenham has been appointed business manager of  multi-sector recruiter Taskmaster’s new Hull office.Daniel Collier and Hannah Thomas also join the team as consultants in the permanent and temporary divisions respectively.Julie King also joins as a consultant, working across both the temporary and permanent divisions of the business.Taskmaster’s clients include blue-chip firms, local authorities, universities and the NHS.

  • INTERNATIONAL Singapore: Cable strengthens business ties

    Wed, 2 Nov 2011

    Business secretary Vince Cable has signed an agreement to strengthen UK-Singapore economic ties in a number of sectors.

  • Recruiters must warn clients of scams

    Tue, 25 Oct 2011

    Recruitment companies should alert clients to the risks of being scammed by fraudulent agencies.

  • Appointments: Kinney leads new ITN Mark recruits

    Thu, 20 Oct 2011

    Education recruitment specialist ITN Mark has appointed Su Kinney as senior operations manager for the North-West region.

  • AWR 'could lead to age discrimination' in schools

    7 September 2011

    The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) that come into force on 1 October could lead to age discrimination, if schools “lean on” recruitment agencies to supply only newly qualified supply teachers, according to a director of Randstad Education.

  • On a learning curve with AWR

    7 September 2011

    The Agency Workers Regulations coming into force next month have major implications for schools

  • Appointments: NP Education hires Daniel Boucher

    Fri, 19 Aug 2011

    Education recruiter NP Education has appointed Daniel Boucher as managing director.Boucher previously held senior management positions at Reed Education and Celsian Education.

  • £20,000 bursary to boost teacher recruitment could be waste of money, says Dunn

    Mon, 27 Jun 2011

    Government proposals to boost recruitment of teachers for subjects with the greatest shortage, by paying students up to £20,000, could turn out to be a waste of money, according to a director of Randstad Education.

  • Appointments: Simply Education selects Tony Fletcher

    Mon, 13 Jun 2011

    Educational recruitment specialist Simply Education has appointed Tony Fletcher as consultant to develop its Northamptonshire secondary desk.Fletcher joins Simply Education’s team after completing an HND in business management and has more than eight years’ experience in fire and security recruitment.

  • Tribal no longer in offer talks

    Fri, 27 May 2011

    The board of education support services firm Tribal Group has announced that it is no longer in discussions with any party regarding a potential offer for the company.

  • Contract/Deals: CORE Projects & Technologies buys ITN Mark Education

    Tue, 24 May 2011

    Indian education solutions provider CORE Projects & Technologies has acquired UK education recruiter ITN Mark Education for around $25m (£15.4m), through its subsidiary Core Education and Consulting Solutions (UK).

  • Supply teacher job confidence on the up

    Tue, 10 May 2011

    Confidence is on the rise among supply teachers on their career prospects, according to research from contractor services provider giant group.

  • AWR may 'hit school standards'

    4 May 2011

    The Agency Workers Regulations could have the unintended consequence of hitting standards of teaching in schools, according to Randstad UK’s legal director.

  • Cut spend on teaching assistants, says Randstad Education

    Wed, 27 Apr 2011

    The government should cut spending on teaching assistants, according to Randstad Education’s UK managing director Patrick Maloney.

  • Simply Education opens in Cambridge

    Fri, 8 Apr 2011

    Education staffing specialist Simply Education has opened a new office in Cambourne, Cambridge.Ross Davies has been promoted to manage the branch.Sales director Sharon Sperrin says: “This is all part of the ongoing growth strategy to continue to develop the east of the region.”

  • Appointments: Simply Education appoints Emma Munn

    Mon, 7 Mar 2011

    Educational recruiter Simply Education has appointed Emma Munn as consultant.Munn, who has more than four years’ recruitment experience in travel and hospitality, will to the Cambridgeshire Primary business in the firm’s new office.

  • Alderwood Education launches Alderwood Executive

    Thu, 3 Mar 2011

    Education staffing specialist Alderwood Education has launched Alderwood Executive, which will focus on senior-level appointments.Meanwhile, Jamie Harding has joined Alderwood Education as operations manager to further develop the firm’s schools team.

  • Contracts: Capita Group renews TPS contract

    Wed, 16 Feb 2011

    The Capita Group has been appointed as preferred supplier by the Department for Education to run the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS).

  • Teachanywhere on UAE recruitment drive

    Tue, 15 Feb 2011

    Teachanywhere, part of Randstad Education, has been chosen by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) to recruit teachers to work across the 300 state schools in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

  • School Staffing unveils Leeds office

    Wed, 2 Feb 2011

    Education recruiter School Staffing has opened a Leeds branch.Jason Robinson, director at School Staffing, says: “Despite the current economic climate, School Staffing is looking to continue with its rollout of regional offices. This is our fourth since we started trading less than two years ago and we are looking to open at least two more this year.”

  • ANZUK Teachers opens Chichester office

    Thu, 27 Jan 2011

    International teaching recruiter ANZUK Teachers has opened its third office in the UK in Chichester, Sussex.The firm places teachers in schools in England, Australia and New Zealand.Managing director Ben Goldsmith says: “The decision to open an office in Sussex is part of the company’s growth strategy to establish itself on the South Coast of England. London and other surrounding areas such as Brighton, Kent and Surrey are easily accessible.”

  • Axcis Education opens in Liverpool and Sheffield

    Tue, 18 Jan 2011

    Education staffing specialist Axcis Education has opened new offices in Liverpool and Sheffield.The offices will run by branch managers Donna Whitfield and Rachael Frith respectively.Meanwhile, the firm’s London and Home Counties office welcomes Emily Sherwood who joins as a candidate consultant, while Sumé MacDonald is promoted to senior consultant.

  • Contracts: WorkinSchools.co.uk integrates software packages

    Thu, 6 Jan 2011

    Education job board and social network www.WorkinSchools.co.uk has integrated Broadbean’s Ad Courier and Logic Melon’s job distribution software.WorkinSchools has more than 6,000 active daily members and “hundreds” of schools and education recruitment agencies.

  • Appointments: ITN Mark Education strengthens team

    Tue, 4 Jan 2011

    Education recruiter ITN Mark Education has strengthened its team with a number of new appointments.Nicola Youel, Darren Starling and Muthar Yaqub join as education consultants in the firm’s Preston, Newcastle and Manchester branches respectively.Meanwhile, Claire Siddons joins ITN Mark’s Derby branch as operations manager and Kate Lewis joins ITN Mark’s Birmingham branch as trainee consultant.

  • Class training and qualifications balance needed, says Hays Education

    Thu, 25 Nov 2010

    Hays Education warns that removing the requirement for teachers to do a university-based course completely could be counter-productive and undervalue the teaching profession.

  • Recruiters could help improve supply of quality teaching talent

    Wed, 24 Nov 2010

    Recruiters have a role to play in improving the quality of talent available to schools in the teaching profession, according to John Dunn, director at educational staffing specialist, Randstad Education.

  • Supply teachers seek longer contracts over higher pay

    Mon, 8 Nov 2010

    Supply teachers increasingly prefer longer term contracts over higher hourly pay, according to research from contractor services provider giant group.

  • Education recruiters rebrand as Servoca Education Resourcing

    Thu, 4 Nov 2010

    Following a merger earlier this year, education recruiters Day 2 Day Teachers and Dream Education have been rebranded as Servoca Education Resourcing.

  • Robust criminal checks on teachers required, says Dunn

    Mon, 25 Oct 2010

    The impending review of the vetting and barring scheme needs to offer a more robust system where all criminal convictions are checked, according to John Dunn, director at educational staffing specialist, Randstad Education.

  • Scrapping buildings is price of protecting teaching jobs

    Fri, 22 Oct 2010

    The scrapping of school building projects may be the price of protection teaching jobs, according to John Dunn, director at educational staffing specialist, Randstad Education.

  • Appointments: Promotions and hires at ITN Mark Education

    Wed, 20 Oct 2010

    ITN Mark Education has appointed Priya Parmar and Joel McKay as education consultants.

  • Employers should go back to school

    15 September 2010

    The time has come for recruiters and employers to reach out to schools, rather than wait for education to undergo reform. Colin Cottell reports

  • Universities must revamp career services, says report

    Tue, 14 Sep 2010

    A radical overhaul in the way that university careers services work is needed, according to a report by think tank Demos.

  • Contracts: GatenbySanderson wins place on buying solutions framework agreement for non-permanent staff

    Mon, 23 Aug 2010

    Executive recruiter GatenbySanderson has been appointed to the new buying-solutions framework agreement for non-permanent staff.

  • Hourglass Education launches

    Mon, 23 Aug 2010

    Education recruiter Hourglass Education has opened for business.The firm has been set up by former teachers Geoff and Louise Brown, who were both previously with education recruiters TimePlan Education Group and Dream Education.Hourglass Education specialises in sourcing teachers from within the UK and from Commonwealth countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand and South Africa as well as schools and academies throughout England.

  • Formal launch for Alderwood Education

    Wed, 11 Aug 2010

    Technical recruiter the Matchtech Group is to formally launch education recruitment specialist Alderwood Education.

  • Graphite Capital behind Teaching Personnel MBO

    Mon, 26 Jul 2010

    Graphite Capital is backing a £45m management buyout of Teaching Personnel, according to a report in The Times today.Teaching Personnel, which provides supply teachers and support staff to schools, is being acquired from another private equity operator RJD Partners.Graphite has taken a majority stake in the company.

  • Appointments: Kelly Services bolsters UK senior management team

    Mon, 26 Jul 2010

    Workforce management company Kelly Services has made two key appointments to the UK senior management team.  

  • Contracts: Opera II hits right note for Tradewind and SANZA

    Mon, 28 Jun 2010

    Education recruitment firms, Tradewind Recruitment and SANZA Teaching Agency, have gone live with a new back office solution, ‘Opera II Recruitment’, by Cambridge Recruitment Software Solutions.Mike Kaye, chief executive at Tradewind and SANZA, says: “In order to achieve our expansion plans we needed to improve our back office efficiency. Our previous systems were becoming labour intensive and consisted of three separate pieces of software.”

  • Randstad launches teacher vetting initiative

    Tue, 22 Jun 2010

    Teaching recruiter  Randstad Education has launched an initiative to keep its client schools safe and compliant in the midst of uncertain government policy.

  • Appointments: Aspire People appoints Wayne Hall

    Wed, 16 Jun 2010

    Education recruiter Aspire People has recruited Wayne Hall from Connaught Education as consultant.Hall will work on Aspire People’s Staffordshire Primary Desk.

  • Matchtech Group launches new company

    Thu, 27 May 2010

  • Teaching Personnel put up for sale

    Mon, 17 May 2010

    Education recruiter Teaching Personnel has been put up for sale by private equity owner RJD Partners, according to a report in yesterday’s Independent on Sunday.

  • Youreducationjob.com launches

    Wed, 28 Apr 2010

    Youreducationjob.com has launched.The jobs board caters for teaching and non-teaching roles in the UK’s education sector, and was co-founded by Adrian McDonald and Daniella Falletta.

  • SCC rolls out task force

    14 April 2010

    Surrey Council Council (SCC) is rolling out a ’recruitment task force’ concept across various parts of the organisation following its success in driving down its vacancy rate for children’s social workers.

  • Profits stable at Protocol Education

    Mon, 12 Apr 2010

    Education recruiter Protocol Education made a profit before tax of £2.9m in the year ended 30 June 2009This is almost identical with 2008.Sales were slightly down at £38.45m compared to £38.68m in 2008.

  • Successful LUPC framework recruiters revealed

    Thu, 8 Apr 2010

    Recruiters Brook Street, Prospectus, Sammons Group, Eurobase, Hays, Step Ahead and Spring Group have all won places on a new framework agreement for the supply of temporary staff, exclusively for London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) members.

  • Hays agrees LUPC contract

    Wed, 31 Mar 2010

    International recruiter Hays has agreed a three-year contract to act as a supplier on the London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) framework.Under the framework, Hays will appoint professionals across two lots, one of which is the One Stop Shop lot which will require recruitment across all disciplines, including: estates, maintenance, facilities, HR, office support, finance, retail, IT, purchasing, procurement and marketing.

  • Appointments: Aspire appoints Steadman

    Fri, 26 Mar 2010

    Education recruiter Aspire People has appointed Kelly Steadman to set up a non-teaching staff department.Steadman joins from Monarch Recruitment and will be responsible for non-teaching staff including office administrators, ICT technicians, finance officers, bursars, receptionists into schools.

  • Forde Recruitment enters education sector

    Thu, 11 Mar 2010

    Driving and industrial recruiter Forde Recruitment has expanded into the education sector.

  • Schools and colleges urged to do more to grow catering talent

    Thu, 11 Mar 2010

    Schools and colleges have a critical role to play in building the talent pipeline in the catering sector, according to Vicky Williams, HR director, resourcing and development, Compass Group UK & Ireland.

  • WorkinSchools launches

    Wed, 10 Mar 2010

    Online social and professional networking site WorkinSchools has launched.www.workinschools.co.uk enables teachers and other people employed in education to network with friends and colleagues also in education in a pupil-free online environment, as well as view jobs using its job search engine.Education recruiters can also join and advertise unlimited vacancies and search candidates who are registered and using the network.

  • Randstad Education and VSO launch Global Skillshare initiative

    Thu, 4 Mar 2010

    As part of Global Skillshare, a new initiative launched by Randstad Education and development charity VSO, the education recruiter is offering five teachers the chance to volunteer through the VSO programme for placement in September.

  • Scottish Primary schools merger results in recruitment freeze

    Fri, 19 Feb 2010

    A freeze on teacher recruitment is to be imposed on schools in Angus, Scotland.

  • Appointments: Navigate appoints former head teacher

    Wed, 27 Jan 2010

    Education and children’s services recruiter Navigate has appointed former head teacher Simon Camby as client director.

  • Servoca confident after posting £2m profits

    Tue, 26 Jan 2010

    Education, healthcare and security recruiter Servoca made profits of £2m after tax for the year ending 30 September 2009.

  • Supply teachers more confident on pay

    Thu, 21 Jan 2010

    Confidence among supply teachers is on the rise, according to new research from the contractor services provider giant group.

  • LSN buys FE Associates

    Fri, 15 Jan 2010

    Education organisation LSN has acquired FE Associates, a supplier of interim staff to the further education sector.

  • EAS warns 38 non-compliant recruiters

    Thu, 14 Jan 2010

    Thirty-eight teaching and childcare recruiters have been hit with warnings from the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) inspectorate for failing to comply with the law.

  • Industry welcomes changes to vetting scheme

    Tue, 15 Dec 2009

    The announcement by schools secretary Ed Balls that the number of people needing to be checked on the new Vetting and Barring Scheme has been reduced has been welcomed by the industry body, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

  • Arete and Special Agent join forces

    Fri, 11 Dec 2009

    Education recruiters Areté Leaders and Special Agent are to merge to create ‘Randstad Education – leadership, management and consultancy’ in January.

  • Warwickshire County Council appoints Hays Education

    Fri, 11 Dec 2009

    Warwickshire County Council has appointed Hays Education as its recruitment partner to supply all teachers and support staff.The three-year contract will see Hays Education responsible for placing professionals such as supply teachers, cover supervisors, teaching assistants and administrative staff in the Warwickshire region.

  • Call for schools job board to go

    11-November-2009

    A new government-backed free recruitment service for schools and local authorities threatens jobs and should be scrapped, according to the chief executive of an education job board.

  • Focusing on school federations

    11-November-2009

    John DunnDirector, Randstad Education GroupEducation is changing and recruiters need to keep up with the changes and adapt accordingly. The emergence of school federations is just one development

  • Randstad’s profit down but cost control ‘paying off’

    Thu, 29 Oct 2009

    Randstad chief executive Ben Noteboom has hailed the company’s “stringent cost control” since Q3 2008, despite the company’s gross profit being down 35% on last year.

  • Appointments: Sellick Partnership

    Tue, 13 Oct 2009

    Finance, legal and education recruiter Sellick Partnership has appointed consultant Kate Wilson to Sellick Partnership Legal at its Manchester head office.Meanwhile, Mary Melber joins Sellick Partnership Leeds as consultant, while Tim Platt is recruited as consultant at Sellick Partnership Midlands and Ben Tootell has also been appointed as consultant at Sellick Partnership Chester.

  • Regulating the recruitment process

    14-October 2009

    A new vetting and barring scheme, due to be rolled out across the UK over the next four years, aims to safeguard the protection of the most vulnerable in society. Colin Cottell looks at the implications for hiring

  • Navigate wins Ofsted contract

    Fri, 2 Oct 2009

    Education recruiter Navigate has agreed a contract to work with Ofsted on its internal review which will see Her Majesty’s chief inspector Christine Gilbert complete recruitment to vacant posts within Ofsted’s new structure.Navigate’s new central London office is headed by ex-Rockpool director Shahidul Miah.Miah says: “As a company we are passionate about good leadership as everyone from Government advisors to pupils benefit from a successful learning environment. ...

  • Sellick Partnership Education appointment

    Thu, 10 Sep 2009

    Education recruiter Sellick Partnership has appointed Richard Matthews to its Newcastle operation.Matthews, who has worked previously for competitors Hays and Celsian Education, joins the division as a consultant, where he will be responsible for recruiting education professionals into schools across the North East.

  • New teacher influx ‘positive’

    Tue, 11 Aug 2009

    The influx of new teachers brought about by the recession is positive, according to a survey by Hays Education.

  • Manchester Metropolitan University selects Profile RPM from Microdec

    Wed, 5 Aug 2009

    Manchester Metropolitan University has chosen Microdec Profile RPM recruitment software for universities and job shops.

  • Connex Education opens in Australia

    Wed, 24 Jun 2009

    Education recruiter Connex Education has opened its first overseas office in Sydney, Australia.

  • NHS Education enlists Hicom Technology for junior doctor recruitment

    Fri, 29 May 2009

    NHS Education South Central is using IT solutions and services specialist Hicom Technology to complete its first round of junior doctor applications.

  • Parkhouse Bell leads HireScore’s top 10

    Wed, 20 May 2009

    Finance and education recruiter Parkhouse Bell leads the list in recruitment scoring website HireScores.com’s top 10 recruiters for 2009 so far.

  • Randstad ‘nurses’ through Select Education’s rebrand

    29-April 2009

    A planned two-year transition to rebrand Select Education as Randstad Education will allow organisers to get it “perfectly right”, according to the education group’s marketing and development director.

  • Select Education to rebrand

    Thu, 9 Apr 2009

    Select Education will rebrand as Randstad Education under a two-year transition programme.

  • A quarter of teachers attacked, says survey

    Tue, 7 Apr 2009

    Almost one in four teachers has been a victim of violence, according to a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.

  • Connex Education: Education specific RPO offering launched

    Fri, 13 Mar 2009

    Education agency Connex Education has launched what it believes to be the UK’s first and only education-specific recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) offering with its vendor neutral VMS (vendor managed solution).

  • Teaching recruitment on ice due to schools closure

    Fri, 6 Feb 2009

    Teacher agencies are being hit as thousands of schools close due to snow and ice.

  • Contractors optimistic despite economic gloom

    Thu, 22 Jan 2009

    Contractors remain confident and  optimistic about the future despite the economic gloom, according to a new survey.

  • Education recruitment: Hays Education opens new offices

    Wed, 7 Jan 2009

    Hays Education has announced that it is to open new offices across the UK to cater for the continued demand from schools for education and teaching staff.

  • Education recruitment: Connex Education opens new office in Leeds

    Tue, 6 Jan 2009

    Education recruiter Connex Education has opened a new Leeds office.

  • ITN Mark Education sets its sights to the East

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    National and international education recruiter ITN Mark Education is preparing to take advantage of staffing the 3,000 new schools to be built in the Far East and Middle East over the next 10 years.

  • More Canadian, Australian and New Zealand teachers to work in the UK

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Hays is predicting an increase in Canadian, Australian and New Zealand teachers in the UK, despite changes to immigration legislation.

  • New office and staff for Connex

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Education and social care recruiter Connex will open a new office in Leeds in January to cater for high demand for teachers in Yorkshire and the North-East.

  • 'Recession-moves' not always simple

    12-Nov-2008

    Recruiters are concerned about the growing number of candidates entering so called “rewarding” sectors for the wrong reasons.Following the collapse of major financial institutions and the number of unemployed people growing by the day, John Dunn, director at Arete, Verb Group’s senior placement arm, told Recruiter he had witnessed a 20% increase in teaching registrations over the last three ...

  • Lack of action cause of on-going head teacher crisis

    1-Oct-2008

    Recruiters are concerned at the lack of movement from the government and school governors, three years after warnings were made that radical changes were needed in school leadership to avert a head teacher shortage crisis.John Dunn, a director at Arete, Verb Group’s senior placement arm, told Recruiter that his firm has seen disappointingly little progress in the three years since its chairman Bob Wicks first suggested that schools should source private as well ...

  • People Moves 02 April 2008

    2-Apr-2008

    Rebecca Firth has been appointed to the board of Sellick Partnership as head of its new education division. Firth joins from ITN Mark Education, the education division of Ochre House.