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Fighting the commercialisation of education 6 May 2014 New ETUCE Webpage on TTIP
ETUCE launched a new webpage where you can find information on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. What is the TTIP?, What does it cover?, Will Education be covered? Find all the answers to these questions here.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014 Working abroad in Europe – Recognition of professional qualifications
The European Parliamentary Research Service has summarised the recently adopted EU Directive on Recognition of professional qualifications. In November 2013 the Directive 2013/55/EU was published amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014 Secret negotiations threaten public services in 50 countries
The 6th round of secret negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement took place in Geneva during last week. The participants (the EU, Australia, Canada, Chile, Taiwan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey and the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 May 2014 Health and Safety Recommendation Adopted
A set of health and safety recommendations was adopted by the ETUCE Committee on 14/15 April 2014. The recommendations indicate how teacher unions can work and act together in times of crisis to maintain and promote health and safe working conditions in the education sector.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014 Fragmented career paths in higher education: downward spiral for quality of education in Germany and Sweden - GEW and SULF denounce
EI/ETUCE affiliates GEW (German Education and Research Workers’ Union) and SULF (Swedish Association of University Teachers) joined in cooperation to fight for quality education and decent working conditions in higher education at the 5th Follow-up Congress on the Templin Manifesto of GEW held on 2 April 2014 in Berlin, Germany.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014 "Education is not a commodity, education is a human right"
The Spanish teacher unions FETE-UGT, FECCOO and STES-I invited Spanish candidates for the European elections on 25 May 2014 to a panel discussion, asking them to make education a priority, their priority.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 May 2014 Global action week: equal rights for children with disabilities
Children with disabilities are more likely to be out of school than any other group of children. The Global Campaign for Education’s action week from 4-10 May 2014 aims to challenge the exclusion faced by disabled children in realising their right to education.
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Union growth 30 April 2014 Turkish unions demand their right to celebrate May Day peacefully
Turkish unions are making it clear that they will move ahead with peaceful celebrations on the first of May, despite a government prohibition of events in Istanbul’s most iconic square.
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Equity and inclusion 30 April 2014 Education International launches web portal on teacher migration worldwide
Moving abroad to teach can be a complicated and uncertain process, full of cultural adjustments, visa challenges, and for some seeking a better way of life, can involve the violation of their rights.
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Standards and working conditions 30 April 2014 Teacher unions central to 21st century education
“Teacher unions are instrumental in improving the quality of education and empowering teachers and support personnel” was the message Education International made loud and clear to European leaders in education and government.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 April 2014 UK: Shock as teacher stabbed to death in school
EI is horrified to learn that 61-year-old Spanish teacher Anne Maguire was stabbed to death in front of students on 28 April at the Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, UK. A 15-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the incident.
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Union growth 29 April 2014 Honduras: ILO Mission assesses union rights violations
Attacks against teachers’ rights and the threats to public education in Honduras have been denounced at a meeting last week of the Federation of Honduran Teachers’ Organisations (FOMH) and the Direct Contact Mission of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 April 2014 May Day: EI and partners call for respect of teacher trade union rights
To mark May Day, Education International is calling on governments worldwide to respect teachers’ human and trade union rights.
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Leading the profession 28 April 2014 Migration and austerity under EI Research Network spotlight
EI wants free universal quality education for all to be a key priority for governments in the post-2015 agenda. That was the message from EI Deputy General Secretary David Edwards at EI’s 10th annual EI Research Network meeting being held from 28-29 April in Brussels, Belgium.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 April 2014 Putting teachers first is answer to learning crisis
The global learning crisis is costing governments worldwide over $129 billion a year and excluding millions of children from education. Giving support to teachers is key in order to overcome this, according to the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) of 2014.
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Standards and working conditions 25 April 2014 AFT president lashes out at Pearson tests following Times Op-Ed
A principal’s opinion piece in the New York Times criticizing standardized testing in US schools has invoked a fierce reaction of support from the top of one of America’s biggest teachers’ unions.
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Equity and inclusion 25 April 2014 EI working for fair recruitment of education professionals
Education International (EI), together with social partner agencies and academic institutions, was represented at a workshop on the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI) organised by the Global Migration Group Task Force on Migration and Decent Work, held at the International labour organisation (ILO)-International Training Centre (ITC), in Turin, Italy, from 23-24...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 April 2014 Kenya: teacher union applies for Teachers' TV channel license
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), one of EI national affiliates, has announced that it applied for a television broadcasting license to provide educational content that has been missing from TV and radio, to assist teachers in providing students with better quality education.
Kenya: teacher union applies for Teachers' TV channel license