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Equity and inclusion 24 November 2014 Ireland: LGBT Teachers’ Group marks its 10th anniversary
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Teachers’ Group of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO), affiliated to Education International (EI), will mark its 10th anniversary with an education conference themed “The Inclusive School”.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 November 2014 South Korea: Four students take their lives under stress of exams
The recent suicides of four South Korean high school students once again have many asking what can be done to address the issue of high-stakes university entry exams and the overwhelming pressure placed upon students.
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Union renewal and development 21 November 2014 Poland: moving up the international rankings thanks to teachers
Teachers were seen as the driving force behind Poland’s improving school system when delegates met for the 41st National Congress of the Polish education union ZNP, while increasing privatisation was high on the agenda.
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Union renewal and development 21 November 2014 Building alliances and strengthening relationships key to achieving quality education
Development cooperation meetings in Brussels focused on strengthening and enhancing alliances, not only between unions, but also among NGOs and civil society groups to improve education quality worldwide.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 November 2014 Universal children's day: a long way ahead
Today marks the 25th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - a defining moment in history, when for the first time, all children around the world were viewed as human beings with their own set of rights, including the right to a quality education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 November 2014 Nobel laureate in the UK to launch #UpForSchool petition
The streets of London will be buzzing more than usual today as Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi joins hundreds of youth activists and VIPs for A World at School’s #UpForSchool youth rally.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 November 2014 Urgent appeal: take action against child slavery
More than five million children in the world are forced to work as slaves, with working days reaching 18 hours per day. The right to education is just one of many human rights that they are deprived of.
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Union renewal and development 18 November 2014 Son of NEA member slain by Islamic State
The latest act of violence committed by ISIS has left one family and member of the National Education Association in mourning following the killing of their son and aid worker in Syria.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2014 'When Europe forgot its homework: Education in crisis': the ETUCE Film-documentary released
The ETUCE documentary 'When Europe forgot its homework: education in crisis’ shows that cuts and downturns in the education systems have affected everyday people – teachers, students, parents, and societies – and made the prospects and opportunities for young people more unclear, jeopardizing the future of the younger generations.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2014 The Future of the Teaching Profession – The ETUCE Special Conference 2014
From 26 to 27 November 2014, more than 200 teacher union representatives from all over Europe convene in Vienna for ETUCE's first mid-term conference under the new structure. The Future of the Teaching Profession, which is the Leitmotif of the event and of the main conference resolution, promises interesting discussions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2014 In Belgium, thousands of teachers and workers march against austerity
On Wednesday 6 November all Belgian teachers and educators affiliated to ETUCE member organisations together with all the other sectors and professions, demonstrated in Brussels to defend their working conditions, welfare state and purchasing power against austerity and the Belgian government's attacks.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2014 International Students’ Day demands free education now
On International Students’ Day, 17th November 2014, more than 80 student organisations from all over the world stand up for free education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2014 Public invited to help shape future global education policies
As part of a new initiative, members of the general public have the chance to feed their ideas into the post-2015 global education agenda, helping to shape the process of monitoring the next development framework.
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Union growth 14 November 2014 Denmark and USA: Malthe Thomsen dismissed of all charges
The nearly five-month investigation, reported on the EI website yesterday, into claims that a student teacher had inappropriately touched youngsters at a preschool in Manhattan has ended with the dismissal of all criminal charges, according to the New York times today.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2014 Coming up: Training seminar on Challenging the liberalisation of public services in TTIP and beyond
ETUCE is together with EPSU, AK and ÖGB organising a training seminar on trade policy on the 15-16 January in Vienna. The focus of the training will be on the current trade negotiations, in particular TTIP, CETA and TiSA and the EU's trade policy. We will discuss how to challenge...
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Union growth 13 November 2014 Denmark and USA: Danish Union launches Legal Defence Fund to support trainee teacher
The Danish pre-school teachers union, BUPL, is seeking financial support from other EI affiliates, to assist with payment of the huge legal costs of defending a member of the union who has been accused of ‘inappropriate behaviour of a sexual nature ’ at a preschool in New York.
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Climate action and literacy 13 November 2014 Japan: EI calls for teachers to be at the centre of education for sustainable development
The fundamental role of teachers in achieving quality education was the main message conveyed by Education International (EI) to the more than 1,100 delegates attending the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 10-12 November.
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Union renewal and development 13 November 2014 Australia: Death of Rob Durbridge - a great education union leader
It is with great sadness we announce that Rob Durbridge, former Federal Secretary of the Australian Education Union, passed away on 10 November after a year-long battle with cancer.
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