Articles from United Kingdom
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Standards and working conditions 20 August 2020 UK: Union welcomes decision to uphold teachers’ professional judgement on grades
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has welcomed the upholding of teacher professional judgement in the Deputy First Minister’s statement in the Scottish Parliament on results of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). The SQA is the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government responsible for accrediting educational awards.
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 July 2020 UK: Concerns remain over reopening of schools
Education unions in the UK have voiced deep concern concerning the reopening of schools and education institutions planned for September.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 July 2020 "The edtech pandemic shock", by Ben Williamson & Anna Hogan.
Ben Williamson
The Covid-19 pandemic was the context for two major disruptions in education. The first was the disruption to schooling for millions of students worldwide, and a rapid shift to remote learning online. The second, closely related disruption was the entry of the commercial education technology sector into public education at...
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Union growth 17 June 2020 Education International mourns Fred Jarvis
Fred Jarvis, who led the National Union of Teachers (NUT) as its General Secretary from 1975 to 1989, has died at 95. His service to trade unionism and education, however, began long before his work at the NUT as leader and in other capacities and continued until his death.
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Union growth 11 May 2020 UK: Teacher union gives international solidarity award to Filipino trade union leader
UK teacher union NASUWT has presented its International Solidarity Award 2020 to Raymond Basilio, Secretary General of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers in the Philippines, and member of the Education International Executive Board.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 April 2020 UK: Education union launches dedicated site to support parents and carers in home-schooling
The National Education Union in the United Kingdom has launched a website specifically addressing issues linked to the COVID-19 pandemic that parents and guardians of students may have.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 April 2020 “How the COVID-19 crisis may impact higher education unions’ work and strategy on casualisation”, by Rob Copeland.
Rob Copeland
In response to the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, unions have been working hard to ensure that governments mitigate the effects on workers’ jobs, salaries and working conditions. During this ongoing crisis, workers in so-called ‘non-standard forms of employment’[1] such as those on zero-hours contracts, in agency work and in ‘bogus self-employment’...
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 March 2020 UK: ‘Brave’ education staff in open schools need extra protection during COVID-19 outbreak
The National Education Union has called on the British Government to put measures in place to protect students and education staff in schools that remain open to the children of frontline workers.
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Union growth 12 March 2020 Beijing +25: "Making the Promise of Beijing a Reality for Learners and for Education Sector Workers."
madeleine kennedy macfoy
Examples of the work done by Education International and its member organisations in different parts of the world since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted in 1995, demonstrate the power of taking collective action to find collective solutions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 February 2020 UK: Retention crisis looming as teachers dissatisfied with pay conditions
Key education unions in the UK have warned that a majority of teachers have already considered leaving the profession due to pay concerns.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 February 2020 UK: University staff walk out for fair pay, conditions and pensions in the largest strike to date
With negotiations undermined by uncompromising university heads, the University and College Union has launched a third wave of strikes which will affect 74 universities in the UK over the next 14 days.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 January 2020 UK: Unions highlight shortcomings of Ofsted report on ‘stuck’ schools’
Education unions in the UK have said that a report detailing how some schools have improved and others have not does not paint the full picture, and school inspection must be reviewed.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 November 2019 UK: over 40,000 university personnel take strike action for better pensions, pay and conditions.
The University and College Union has called on its members to go on strike for 8 days starting 25 November over pensions, pay and working conditions.
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Equity and inclusion 31 October 2019 United Kingdom: NASUWT calls for statutory provisions on sexual harassment in schools
22% of LGBTI teachers report they have experienced sexual harassment in schools and that a majority of teachers do not feel that their workplace is a safe environment for LGBTI teachers.
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Standards and working conditions 9 September 2019 UK: increasing starting salaries – a step in the right direction for guaranteeing recruitment and retention of teachers
Reacting to the government’s announcement of an increase in starting salaries for teachers, education unions in the UK have acknowledged that this measure will make teaching more attractive and help to mitigate the recruitment and retention crisis, but further public investment in education is urgently needed.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 7 September 2019 UK: Member of Parliament argues for international aid to support public education systems, not private providers
Education International welcomes the intervention of UK Member of Parliament Dan Carden who demanded that his country’s international aid be used to support universally accessible inclusive quality public education, and not private education providers in the Global South.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 August 2019 UK: GCSE results put stress on students and undermine their learning opportunities
Following the release of the results of the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), UK education unions welcome the hard work of students and all those who have supported them, including education professionals, and stress the impact of these tests on students’ well-being and the need for a broad curriculum.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 August 2019 UK: Cuts in school funding come with a high educational cost for disadvantaged students
UK education unions sound the alarm regarding the findings of the recently published Education Policy Institute annual report. The evidence is clear: cutting school funding harms the education achievements of students living in poverty the most.
UK: Cuts in school funding come with a high educational cost for disadvantaged students