THE Scottish Government has come under renewed pressure to create a national salary structure for college lecturing staff after a series of local disputes over pay and conditions.
THE Scottish Government has come under renewed pressure to create a national salary structure for college lecturing staff after a series of local disputes over pay and conditions.
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Andrew Denholm Education Correspondent
National bargaining in further education was removed in the 1990s and, since then, salaries and conditions of service have been negotiated separately for each of Scotland's colleges.
Teaching unions argue this has now created a situation where a lecturer in one college could be paid up to £5000 less a year than a lecturer in another institution doing the same job.The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), which represents college lecturers as well as teachers, said it was time to return to national agreements.
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