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‘I never thought that I would become part of the gig economy when I became a teacher’

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The Scotsman · 8 Jul 2021

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The ScotsmanMedia coverage · 8 Jul 2021

I never thought that I would become part of the gig economy when I became a teacher.

Hundreds of qualified teachers used the #LetUsTeach hashtag to lobby Shirley-Anne Somerville over a lack of permanent posts since 2018; a Stirling primary teacher said permanent supply pool posts drew more than 400 applications.

Stirling

Fife

People named: Shirley-Anne Somerville

This source refers to a predecessor campaign (#LetUsTeach), not Scottish Teachers for Permanence.

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I never thought that I would become part of the gig economy when I became a teacher.

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