As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find
access to quality CPD; confusion over training
routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a
barrier to teacher recruitment.