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Standards and working conditions 12 October 2023 63 minutes in half an hour: the intensity of time in teaching
Meghan Stacey, Greg Thompson, Anna Hogan, Nicole Mockler, Sue Creagh
Education International’s 2021 Global Report on the Status of Teachers found that workload, and its impact on teachers and leaders, remains a key concern for all members. The OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) for 2018 found that on average across OECD countries, workload-related sources of stress for teachers...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2023 The positive force of student activism for Indigenous Australian rights
Grace Franco
October 14, 2023. A normal date for most people around the world, but in Australia, it is the date to change history.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 September 2023 United Nations High Level Panel forwards urgent solutions to address the global shortage of teachers
Governments worldwide must act decisively to address the global education crisis by elevating and transforming the role, status, and future of the teaching profession according to recommendations from a United Nations High Level Panel.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 September 2023 Panel on the Teaching Profession convenes at United Nations
Continuing on the fast-track process set by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession opened its in-person sessions Thursday with urgent calls to recruit, retain and support professionally trained teachers worldwide.
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Standards and working conditions 13 September 2023 Elevating Teachers' Voices to the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession
Educators from around the world expressed their concerns about the global teacher shortage, sharing firsthand experiences which highlight the detrimental implications for their classrooms and school communities. Their testimonies were part of consultations organised by Education International to bring the voices of educators to the UN High-Level Panel on the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 August 2023 The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession: how to recruit, prepare and retain quality teachers
The UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession convened its third virtual meeting on 15 August. The Panel discussed three core imperatives for the teaching profession:
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Future of work in education 4 August 2023 The UN High Panel on the Teaching Profession: Panelists discuss strategies to end the teacher shortage
On 1 August, the UN High-Panel on the Teaching Profession convened its second virtual meeting bringing together leading experts, policymakers, and representatives from education organizations to address crucial issues within the teaching profession. Education International, as the voice of the profession at the global level, plays a central role in...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 July 2023 Australia: Better access to higher education for Indigenous students in major reform of the sector
The Australian government has announced a set of reforms aiming to increase access to higher education for Indigenous students and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. All Indigenous students will be guaranteed a Commonwealth-supported place at the university of their choice.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 June 2023 High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession launches to address the global teacher shortage and status of the profession
One of the main outcomes of the United Nations Transforming Education Summit in 2022, the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession, brings together key stakeholders in the education sector to help tackle the growing teacher shortage around the world. Education International brings the voice of the teaching profession to the...
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Leading the profession 26 April 2023 Ways to empower teachers of the world
Steven Kolber
It is time for teachers to be empowered to shape their work and their world, here are some approaches to achieve it!
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Leading the profession 25 April 2023 Teachers as democracy workers
Keith Heggart
The work of teachers is something of a contradiction. Governments, policy-makers, educators and parents are often quick to point out the importance of education for young people – and that necessarily highlights the value of teachers. Yet at the same time, in many countries around the world, the profession of...
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Leading the profession 16 August 2022 Australia: Death of Ted Murphy – an outstanding champion of strong public education system and academic freedom
The global education union community is saddened by the untimely passing on 8 August of Ted Murphy, former National Assistant Secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) in Australia, at the age of 65.
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Union renewal and development 4 December 2021 AEU Australia: International cooperation effecting change
Education International President and Australian Education Union (AEU) Federal Secretary, Susan Hopgood, explains how her union got started in international cooperation and highlights key moments that made a difference.
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Leading the profession 8 September 2021 Australia: Court upholds University of Sydney’s collective agreement protecting academic freedom
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) in Australia has welcomed a landmark Federal Court judgment ruling that University of Sydney staff have a legal right to be protected from disciplinary action when exercising intellectual and academic freedom.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 February 2021 “Digital equity audits are necessary for public schools in Australia”, by Jonathon Guy.
Jonathon Guy
The pandemic has revealed longstanding but often overlooked digital inequality among Australian students. A digital equity audit is a necessary first step to fixing the issue.
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Climate action and literacy 8 January 2021 “Can 2021 be the Critical Year for Climate Change Mobilisation?”, by Susan Hopgood.
Susan Hopgood
As we enter 2021 and wish each other a Happy New Year, the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines is a good reason for optimism regarding humanity’s most immediate threat. Unfortunately, when it comes to our most urgent long-term danger – climate change – there is no vaccine, no bright path before...
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Equity and inclusion 18 December 2020 Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education unionists highlight the need for collegial and professional support in public education
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of the Australian Education Union (AEU) experience little or no employer-provided collegial and professional support across the public education system. Instead, they draw on opportunities to meet other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers and workers in the education and training industry. Many of...
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 November 2020 Australia: Union calls for increased public education funding to reduce ‘vast inequities’ in sector
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has reiterated its demand for increased and proper funding of public education. Its call comes as the COVID-19 pandemic highlights long-standing inequities in education.
Australia: Union calls for increased public education funding to reduce ‘vast inequities’ in sector