Association of Colleges

Negotiation review shows strong support from members

Publication date: 02 July 2009

A national review of negotiations by AoC shows ongoing support from members for the service.

125 Colleges were surveyed for the AoC national review – representing 46% of all Colleges in England on whose behalf AoC negotiates.

Results of the review include:

•              88% of respondents to the survey strongly agreed or agreed that the national recommendation is useful as a benchmark.

•              81.6% of respondents strongly agreed or agreed that the sector benefits from having a national pay recommendation.

•              96.8% of respondents agreed that guidance on employment issues and a national pay recommendation are preferable to nationally binding agreements and awards.

•              87.2% of respondents find the joint agreements on guidance on employment issues useful and 74.2% reported that they would be concerned about losing this resource.

The survey follows a recommendation of the strategic review of 2007, during which 64% of College Principals and 90% of Chairs of Governors said they wanted AoC's negotiations work to continue. 

AoC members can view the full survey report in the Negotiations section of our Policy and Advisory pages.

 

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