PROJECT UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who has responded or shared our first calls for evidence on teacher supply situations in Wales and Northern Ireland. These are ongoing and we appreciate your help. Our next call follows... We are also continuing to work on our secondary data.

CALL FOR EVIDENCE: Our next country for our case studies is... SCOTLAND! If you are or you know an academic, teacher educator, school leader or education professional with an interest in the teaching workforce in Scotland, we'd love to speak to you. 1/2

Please contact us Teacher Shortages ESRC Project if you or anyone want to share your experience and understanding of #teacher shortages.

'We are no longer sleep-walking into a crisis; we are in it' - say @Oak_Wood_School head, Dan Cowling and Bourne Education Trust CEO, Alex Russell schoolsweek.co.uk/recruitment-le…

Looks like everyone at SERA #seraconf22 is enjoying a great conference! Sorry we cannot be there. We hope you take a lot away. If anyone would like to join our own research reflecting on teacher supply in Scotland and elsewhere too, please get in touch!

First ITT application data for 2023 cycle is out. A couple of interesting things in it, but main health warning is that it is far too early to conclude anything useful After all, last year's November data was higher than all previous years and... didn't turn out well 1/2

🚩Teacher training providers are warning that teacher shortages could become more severe amid the cost-of-living crisis as trainees are forced to drop out of courses & applicants are deterred from applying next year...Here's what Tes magazine found out 👇

We will be sharing more countries in due course, so please keep a lookout for future updates!

Teacher Shortages ESRC Project Teaching Wales Hwb Addysg Cymru ASCL Cymru INTO-NI NEU NI Education NI Scottish Policy & Research Exchange NASUWT Scotland Education Scotland If you have inside knowledge of teacher supply issues in any of the 4 home nations, please contact us. We want to hear from you to support our understanding on how teacher shortages can be addressed

Happy St Andrew's Day to our Scottish followers! We are looking forward to hearing more from you about your experiences of teacher supply in Scotland. Still time to get in touch with us if you haven't done so already!

NEW: Official ITT data from DfE reveals that not enough teachers are entering training to meet the need for future teachers 13 out of the 17 secondary subjects, plus primary, failed to meet their recruitment targets

Fantastic opportunity! Please share with any researchers you know interested in supply, training and retention of senior school leaders across the UK 🙏

Yesterday there was an informal meeting of the APPG for the Teaching Profession that discussed the dire numbers for applicants to teacher training. Why don’t graduates want to teach? This teacher shortage crisis must be considered in relation to status uel.ac.uk/sites/default/…

Really pleased to be part of this tranche of projects in the ESRC Priority Education Programme ukri.org/news/research-…