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The University of Hertfordshire will offer a part-time PGCE from September 2025 to help tackle teacher shortages by making training more accessible for those with other commitments, like career changers.

Lucy talks to Times Radio about what sets career changers apart from young graduate trainees and the motivations behind them wanting to enter the classroom later in life.

More people over 50 are stepping into classrooms, with a 67% rise in older trainee teachers over the past two years. Now Teach CEO, Graihagh Crawshaw-Sadler, speaks to The Times about how older career changers are helping to fill critical gaps in teacher recruitment.

With the government pledging to recruit 6,500 new teachers, Dame Alison Peacock highlights the need for a clear, long-term strategy that prioritises flexibility and better representation.

When comedian Jon Richardson posted a prank about becoming a teacher, people were inspired. Why? Because teaching isn’t just a noble career, it’s a believable second act. Lucy Kellaway chats to Jon about the work we do at Now Teach and we support career changers.

Lucy Kellaway looks at the gender imbalance in classrooms and highlights how career changers, especially men, are defying national trends in teacher recruitment.

Last year, funding to our Career Change Programme was cut by the government. Over 325 career-changing teachers and others from education, third sector and business have signed our open letter to the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, urging the government to do more to meet their own teacher recruitment targets and reinstate our funding.

Gareth Rees, 51, has had a varied career. From serving in the marines, to being a pilot for 15 years, it’s actually his job as a secondary school teacher that has given him purpose. He shares his experience as a science teacher with iNews.

Charles Allen talks to BBC 5 Live about the current teacher recruitment crisis and shares his thoughts on how AI can be used effectively to reduce teacher workload.

Bhaskara shares with BBC News London his experience of returning to work as a teacher after a career break.

Jo Hillier used to work in charity leadership but changed career to teaching after her job went fully remote. She chatted to Glamour Magazine about her motivations behind getting back to an in-person career.

The One Show's Lindsay Russell talks to Miles and Anthony, two experienced professionals who have decided to change career and become teachers with charity Now Teach.