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Leading the profession 12 December 2014 Reading teacher policyReading teacher policy
Hugh McLean
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Union renewal and development 12 December 2014 Introduction to Worlds of EducationIntroduction to Worlds of Education
Fred van Leeuwen
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 December 2014 500+ organisations launch global coalition to accelerate universal health coverage
On first-ever Universal Health Coverage Day, all countries urged to make quality health coverage accessible to everyone, everywhere.
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Union renewal and development 10 December 2014 Jordan: renewed commitments made to educate refugee students
Arab education leaders are facing the challenge of schooling growing refugee populations head-on by working together and within the international community to get all refugee children into schools.
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Equity and inclusion 10 December 2014 Global Unions consolidate strategy to promote migrant workers’ rights
Global Unions will implement a joint strategy to defend and promote the rights of migrant workers around the globe, and this includes the rights of educators working across national borders.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 December 2014 OECD report: education the answer to boosting economic growth
The statistics don’t lie in the OECD’s latest research, which points to a lacking investment in education as the major culprit behind rising inequality that is costing economies and slowing growth around the world.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 December 2014 Nobel Peace Prize headlines Human Rights Day
On the day marked to recognise the importance of human rights around the world, Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi highlight education as an essential right, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Union renewal and development 10 December 2014 Jordan: young teachers seen as the solution to sustainable Arab unions
Tapping the fountain of youth, through helping young teachers grow within their profession, is being looked to as a way of ensuring the future of Arab unions and to guaranteeing respect for trade union rights.
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Union renewal and development 9 December 2014 Arab education unionists address the challenges facing quality education
Education leaders throughout the Arab region have descended on Amman, Jordan to confront the issues facing their teachers and students to collectively develop solutions on how to overcome the obstacles.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 December 2014 Nobel champions join forces to help children hit by Ebola
Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi have joined an urgent appeal to help five million children pushed out of school because of the Ebola epidemic.
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Union renewal and development 8 December 2014 Mexico: teacher appraisal no longer linked to student performance
Latin America’s largest teachers’ union has stood firmly behind its members through efforts to end the practice of evaluating educators based on the academic outcomes of their students.
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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 4 December 2014 Revision of UNESCO Recommendation on Technical and Vocational Education and Training
The recommendation was originally adopted in 1962 and was revised in 1974 and 2001. The aim of the current revision is to reflect new trends and issues in the field, considering demographic changes, youth unemployment and growing inequality as well as the central role of "skills for work and life"...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 December 2014 ETUCE Special Conference Decides on a Taskforce for ETUCE Policy on the 21st Century Teaching Profession and the Use of ICT
Embedded in the discussions at the ETUCE's first Special Conference on 26-27 November 2014 in Vienna on The Future of the Teaching Profession, the teacher union delegates unanimously adopted the two policy papers from HERSC on Quality Assurance in Higher Education and on Early Stage Researchers as well as the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 December 2014 ETUCE Special Conference 2014 in Retrospect
Welcoming the participants to ETUCE's first Special Conference on 26-27 November 2014 in Vienna on The Future of the Teaching Profession, the ETUCE President Christine Blower reflected on what education and teachers' work will be like in future taking reference in today's world that is already constantly online.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 December 2014 Stand up! 16 days of activism against gender violence
The 16 days of activism against gender violence is an international campaign that started on 25 November 2014, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and ends on 10 December 2014, Human Rights Day. The campaign hopes to raise awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue...
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Union renewal and development 2 December 2014 India: a force for public education is remembered in moving ceremony
Those who knew Sh. S. Eswaran, a teachers’ union leader and advocate for children’s rights, paid respects to the man who dedicated most of his life working to empower others through quality, public education.
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Union renewal and development 2 December 2014 India: a force for public education is remembered in moving ceremony
Those who knew Sh. S. Eswaran, a teachers’ union leader and advocate for children’s rights, paid respects to the man who dedicated most of his life working to empower others through quality, public education.
India: a force for public education is remembered in moving ceremony