Articles from United Kingdom
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 August 2015 UK: fighting student violence in schools
Unions respond to data released by the Department for Education that shows the alarming rise of assaults on teachers by pupils, a problem that underlines the need to address student violence within education institutions.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 June 2015 UK: Education Bill a further step towards school privatisation, trade unions say
Teacher unions in the UK are strongly criticising the Government’s Education Bill that seeks to convert 1,000 so-called ‘failing’ schools to academy status and remove “bureaucratic and legal loopholes.”
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 June 2015 UK: Queen’s throne speech not welcomed by education unions
Teachers unions in the United Kingdom are fiercely criticising the education policy included in the Queen’s Speech outlining the Government’s mandate as the new session of parliament following the national election officially opened.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 April 2015 UK: Teachers’ decisive action against ‘for profit’ drive in education
“#TellPearson no to ‘for profit’ schools because #ChildrenDeserve good public education @pearson.”This was one of the rallying slogans of education trade union leaders and parents in their action opposing education privatisation in London, UK.
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Standards and working conditions 9 April 2015 UK: Education unions say experience counts
The need to value older, experienced teachers was a hot topic for two of the UK’s education unions during their annual national conferences where they opposed what they see as on-going discrimination.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 March 2015 UK: Government publishes schools asbestos review
The UK government has published the findings of its asbestos policy in schools review after bowing to education unions’ sustained pressure to go public, but critics say if still falls short.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 March 2015 UK teachers’ unions: review of asbestos in schools must be released
Staff and children continue to be put at risk, say education unions in the United Kingdom, who are urging their government to immediately publish its own review of asbestos management in schools.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 February 2015 UK: Survey highlights plight of teachers
The excessive workloads and working hours facing teachers in the UK have been clearly established in figures published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to mark its annual Work Your Proper Hours Day.
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Union renewal and development 23 February 2015 The Oscars trigger debate on elitist revolving doors
The Academy awards have ignited a debate on the chances of working-class actors to climb the ladder of success, given the increasing proportion of ‘posh actors’ hailing from elite schools sitting atop the acting summit.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 30 January 2015 UK: Private schools not improving education quality - report
Academies and free schools in the UK are not improving education in themselves, according to a report from the cross-party parliamentary Education Select Committee, whose findings have prompted a strong reaction from teacher unions.
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Standards and working conditions 13 January 2015 UK: education suffers as graduates shun teaching for higher paying jobs
Children’s entitlement to a high-quality education is at risk because of the widening pay gap between teaching and other professions, according to research commissioned by the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 December 2014 UK: Fraud at private alternative higher education colleges
Students attending alternative higher education providers have claimed public financial support they were not entitled to, with many not even being properly registered to study, says report.
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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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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 October 2014 UK: Education unions march against austerity
Around 90,000 trade unionists – including members from Education International’s UK affiliates – took to the streets of London last weekend to march against austerity measures.
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Standards and working conditions 17 October 2014 Annual Eurydice report on teachers’ and school heads’ salaries
This year’s edition of the annual Eurydice report on teachers’ and school heads’ salaries and allowances shows that about half of the 33 surveyed European countries have applied salary cuts or salary freezes for public employees during the period 2009-2014. In these countries, teachers’ purchasing power in 2014 is still...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 11 August 2014 UK: At free schools, there’s no such thing as a free lunch
A new study says that the Government’s free school programme implemented in disadvantaged areas is failing the poorest children it was created to serve in order to avoid paying for lunches.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 August 2014 UK: Guarded reaction to new Ofsted chairman’s appointment
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), two EI national affiliates, have given a guarded welcome to the appointment of David Hoare as Chair of Ofsted, the official institution for inspecting schools.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 July 2014 10 July 2014: UK Strike action – Keep up the Pressure
On 10 July 2014 thousands of teachers stood up for education and public services in England and Wales, answering to the call to strike action made by the National Union of Teacher (NUT) alongside with Unison, FBU, PCS, GMB and Unite.
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