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很多人热爱这份工作，为什么还是想离开？文章先点出这个矛盾：英格兰继续教育领域的教职员工普遍认为工作有意义，但超过三分之一的人打算离开。接着交代什么是继续教育、谁做了这项调查；然后给出去留比例，并比较不同类型机构的差别；再说明工作量、薪酬和压力等主要原因，以及学院与中小学、产业界争夺人才的处境；随后用 however 转向调查中积极的一面；最后以研究者“使命感可能不够”的提醒收束。阅读时可留意 suggest、may、seems 等词如何表达调查结论的分寸，以及 compared with 引出的比较。

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Many people who teach in England’s colleges say they love their work. Yet a new government survey suggests that more than a third of them are planning to leave. The findings, published by the Department for Education on 29 October, help explain why a job that many people find meaningful is still hard to keep doing.

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许多在英格兰各类学院任教的人说，他们热爱自己的工作。然而，一项新的政府调查显示，他们中超过三分之一的人正打算离开。英国教育部于 10 月 29 日公布的这些调查结果，有助于解释：一份许多人认为有意义的工作，为什么仍然难以坚持做下去。

The survey looked at further education, which mainly serves students over 16 and adults. It includes colleges, sixth-form colleges and training providers that teach skills such as building, engineering and computing. Researchers from the National Foundation for Educational Research asked 4,440 teachers, managers and leaders about their work between November 2025 and January 2026.

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这项调查关注的是继续教育，它主要面向 16 岁以上的学生和成年人，包括普通学院、第六级学院（sixth-form colleges），以及教授建筑、工程和计算机等技能的培训机构。英国国家教育研究基金会（National Foundation for Educational Research）的研究人员在 2025 年 11 月至 2026 年 1 月间，就工作情况询问了 4,440 名教师、管理人员和领导者。

Thirty-seven percent said they intended to leave the sector, and another 17 percent were not sure. Only 42 percent said they had no plans to go. The picture was different across workplaces. In general colleges and sixth-form colleges, just 36 percent planned to stay, compared with 55 percent at independent training providers and adult learning centres.

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37% 的人表示打算离开这个行业，另有 17% 的人不确定。只有 42% 的人说自己没有离开的打算。不同工作单位的情况有所不同：在普通学院和第六级学院，只有 36% 的人打算留下；而在独立培训机构和成人学习中心，这一比例为 55%。

When people who planned to leave within five years were asked why, 63 percent pointed to workload and working hours, and 57 percent mentioned pay. Almost three in four respondents said they had experienced stress at work. Full-time teachers reported working an average of 43.4 hours in their last full week, and 44 percent agreed that empty jobs had added to their workload.

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在被问到原因时，计划五年内离开的人中，63% 提到了工作量和工作时长，57% 提到了薪酬。近四分之三的受访者说自己在工作中感受到压力。全职教师报告称，在最近一个完整工作周里平均工作了 43.4 小时；44% 的人认同，空缺岗位增加了他们的工作量。

Pay seems to matter in another way, too. Colleges compete with schools and with industry for the same skilled people. According to FE Week, the gap between the pay of school teachers and college teachers is about 10,500 pounds. Leaders said engineering, building and digital skills were among the hardest subjects to recruit for, and maths was the hardest academic subject.

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薪酬的影响还体现在另一个方面。学院要与中小学和产业界争夺同一批有技能的人才。据《FE Week》报道，中小学教师与学院教师之间的薪酬差距约为 10,500 英镑。领导者们表示，工程、建筑和数字技能是最难招到教师的科目之一，而在学术科目中，数学最难招人。

However, the survey did not only find problems. About three quarters of staff said that making a difference to learners’ lives was one of the best parts of the job, and around two thirds were satisfied with working in further education overall. The researchers also found that staff who felt their workload was acceptable, or who were happier with their pay, were less likely to say they wanted to leave.

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不过，这项调查发现的并不只有问题。大约四分之三的员工说，改变学习者的人生是这份工作中最好的部分之一；约三分之二的人总体上对在继续教育领域工作感到满意。研究人员还发现，认为自己工作量可以接受、或对薪酬更满意的员工，表示想离开的可能性更低。

Still, the researchers warned that a sense of purpose may not be enough. As they put it, this kind of motivation “is unlikely to be sufficient to sustain the workforce” if worries about pay, workload, wellbeing and career progress continue.

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尽管如此，研究人员提醒，使命感也许并不足够。用他们的话说，如果对薪酬、工作量、身心健康和职业发展的担忧持续存在，这种动力“不太可能足以维持这支教职队伍”。

新闻来源

• GOV.UK · Further education workforce survey (Department for Education, 29 Oct 2026)
• FE Week · Third of FE staff plan to leave sector (30 Oct 2026)

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