Articles from United Kingdom
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Standards and working conditions 6 February 2006 UK: Strike ballot as college tries to sack 500 lecturers, forcing them to re-apply for jobs
Lecturers at Walsall College of Arts and Technology have voted unanimously to be balloted for strike action as their management tries to use a curriculum review to impose worse contracts of employment.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 February 2006 UK: Union achieves pay parity victory for college lecturers in Wales
A landmark agreement that will give Welsh college lecturers pay parity with schoolteachers has just been concluded, seeing £11.5m ploughed into staff pay on top of the £20m invested over 2003 and 2004.
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Standards and working conditions 1 February 2006 UK: Victory for hourly paid lecturer
A settlement in an employment tribunal case may have implications for the pay and conditions of millions of part-time workers in education in the UK.
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Standards and working conditions 23 January 2006 UK: All sex offenders to be barred from teaching
All sex offenders will be barred from working in schools, the education secretary, Ruth Kelly announced yesterday as she sought to end a career-threatening row by unveiling a tougher than expected set of streamlined regulations.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 January 2006 UK: Union's fury at vice-chancellors' excessive pay increases
EI affiliate the Association of University Teachers (AUT) has expressed its amazement at the salary increases of the vice-chancellors and principals on the board of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association (UCEA).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 January 2006 UK: Chancellor urges wealthy nations to ensure 'Education for All' is a reality this year
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown is urging nations to build on their promise at the G8 summit last year to more than double aid to Africa and join a £6bn drive to bring free education to all children.
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Future of work in education 15 December 2005 EI affiliate hosts Disabled Members’ Consultation Conference
NASUWT, a British EI affiliate, is hosting their Disabled Members’ Consultation Conference this weekend.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 December 2005 UK: Teachers' warning over extremists
Government plans for school reform could open the door to religious extremists, teachers are warning.
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Standards and working conditions 7 December 2005 UK: 2.5% Increase is No Pay Rise
The UK government has accepted a recommendation from the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) to increase all salary points by 2.5% in 2006 and a further 2.5% in 2007.
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Union growth 2 December 2005 UK: Affiliates Agree to Union Merger
Members of EI affiliates NATFHE and the AUT have voted overwhelmingly for their unions to merge and create the world’s largest union for post-school academic and academic-related staff, with more than 110,000 members.
UK: Affiliates Agree to Union Merger