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Both routes exist, and most assessors in FE and apprenticeships will work through more than one of them over a career. You can be engaged

To teach ESOL in an FE college in England you need a recognised further education teaching qualification — in practice the Level 5 Diploma in

A microteach is a short lesson — "generally a 15 to 30 minute lesson", in the Department for Education's words — that you plan and

Becoming a curriculum manager in further education is a step up into leadership, and it's a promotion you earn rather than train for from scratch.

To become a Functional Skills tutor you need two things: subject competence in English or maths — usually at least a Level 2 in the

Yes — you can move into further education teaching straight from your trade or profession, and often you can start before you are fully qualified.

To become an internal quality assurer (IQA) you almost always become an assessor first — hold CAVA (the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement),

To become an employability advisor, you generally need strong people skills, a working knowledge of the local labour market, and — in most cases —

An FE lecturer teaches post-16 and adult learners on vocational, technical and academic programmes in further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and independent training providers. Your

You can start teaching adults in further education (FE) and community learning without a teaching qualification if you have solid subject or industry experience —