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Union growth 30 October 2017 Francophone education unions assemble to improve the teaching profession
After meeting in Dakar, the Board of the Comité Syndical Francophone pour l’Education et la Formation committed to promoting quality public education accessible to all, as well as increase vibrant and respected teacher trade unionism.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 October 2017 Higher education teaching personnel to be celebrated in Paris
To mark the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Recommendation on Higher Education Teaching Personnel, Education International is throwing the spotlight on tenure, academic freedom, self-governance and collegiality, which are being challenged around the world.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 October 2017 Germany: More investment needed in primary schools
German education unionists are calling for a comprehensive set of measures to improve the situation at primary schools in response to a new report on education in the sector.
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Standards and working conditions 25 October 2017 UK: Flexible working needed to solve recruitment and retention crisis
Better part-time and flexible working opportunities can help solve the teacher recruitment and retention crisis in the UK, say education unions in response to the latest National Foundation for Educational Research’s report.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 October 2017 Education International responds to the Global Education Monitoring Report on accountability
The Report is a major step forward in reflecting both the realities of the teaching profession and the harmful effects that test-based accountability and merit pay have had on education systems and the profession.
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Union growth 23 October 2017 Burkina Faso: united education union front for a better teacher status
For the first time in three years, Burkina Faso's education trade unions have called a strike in order to obtain better living and working conditions for teachers and help achieve quality education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 October 2017 Nobel Laureate leads historic march across India to keep children safe
When Kailash Satyarthi commits there is no way of stopping him, which was evident as millions followed his call to end the sexual abuse and trafficking of children in what was the country’s biggest march.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 October 2017 Australia: Vocational training crisis heading towards social crisis
The erosion of Australia’s vocational training system, partly because of privatisation, is now impacting on society and on the futures of young people.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 October 2017 Australian disability claims boost private school funding at expense of public schools
The Australian Education Union has questioned the government’s decision to considerably increase spending for private schools based on their enrolment numbers of disabled students, deploring that public schools are set to receive much less.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 October 2017 Kenya: Union support for university lecturers’ strike move
The Trade Unions Congress of Kenya has announced its support for lecturers in 31 Kenyan public universities who have given 21 days’ strike notice after the universities’ councils failed to increase their basic salary and housing allowance.
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 Spain: FECCOO mobilises students and local communities on World Refugee day
On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, students from the Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria La Morería and the Colegio Santa Creu launched an exhibition of the artistic works they have realized as part of a collaborative urban photomontage that will be organised in the coming months in Mislata with...
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 NASUWT (UK) joins forces with Citizens UK to promote « refugee welcome schools »
The UK’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis means that at least 20,000 refugees from that conflict will arrive between now and 2020. Many will be resettled in communities that have never hosted refugees before.
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 Australia: EI affiliate IEU calls for a new, just and humane approach to asylum seekers
In a joint call with leaders of Australia’s major charities and social service groups, the Independent Education Union (IEU) is looking to change the government’s policy towards refugees and migrants in Australia.
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 Lebanon: Education International affiliates mobilise for the right to education of Syrian refugee children
According to the UNHCR, Lebanon is currently hosting approximately one million Syrian refugees, half of which are children. Over 252,000 Syrian refugee children are of school-age, but only 30% are actually enrolled in school.
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 The American Federation of Teachers produces guide to support educators working with immigrant and refugee children
The AFT's "Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff" includes both background information on immigration— especially for refugee asylum seekers crossing the border from Mexico—and practical advice for families threatened by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration raids, deportation and detention.
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 Sweden: fast track training for migrant teachers
Since Autumn 2016, five Swedish universities have started offering a new course for newly-arrived teachers and preschool teachers.
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 In Italy, the education union UIL-Scuola promotes school-based integration activities for young refugees
On Friday 19 May, the closing event of the project “Together we can” took place in Trapani, Sicily.
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 FECCOO (Spain) supports integration activities for migrant children and families in Badalona
The 2016-2017 school year is getting to its term and with it, the activities planned within the project called "The weight of my backpack" are being developed successfully in the two educational centers of the neighborhood of La Salud in Badalona.
FECCOO (Spain) supports integration activities for migrant children and families in Badalona