Articles from Belgium
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Standards and working conditions 11 October 2022 Belgium: Common front of education unions announces renewed action
After three successful actions in the last school year, which clearly demonstrated the frustration and anger of education staff, the common front of education unions is asking the government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) to respect the commitments it has made and is organising a one-day strike in schools on...
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Standards and working conditions 10 February 2022 Belgium: teaching should no longer be “despised”
With one in three French-speaking Belgian teachers considering leaving the profession, as shown by research conducted by the University of Mons , education unions have called for action on 10 February, not only because of the COVID-19 pandemic that is disrupting the school system, but also because there are many...
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Union growth 6 April 2021 Europe: Study on industrial relations and privatisation
A study for the ETUCE, EI’s European region, showed the impact of market ideology and management practices and privatisation on industrial relations and social dialogue. In addition to looking at the evolution of EU policy in the past decade, researchers studied different methods and results of industrial relations in Francophone...
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 October 2020 Belgium: Without consultation with unions, schools close earlier than planned for the holidays
The Belgian teacher unions strongly reacted to the announcement by the government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation to introduce distance learning for secondary school students from 28 October due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were unhappy that they were not consulted and that teachers were taken by surprise and left with...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 October 2019 #youngteachers “To teach, is to commit”, by Khalid El Mahroug (SLFP, Belgium).
Khalid El Mahroug
Teaching is just like life: always full of surprises. Too often, however, these surprises give rise to frustration, disappointment and demotivation. But why, you might ask? It’s simple: education is one of society’s essential foundations and we all know that we must invest in it through well thought out and...
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Union renewal and development 19 June 2019 The OECD Teaching and International Survey (TALIS) 2018 data released
The latest Teaching and international Survey (TALIS) 2018 report released by the OECD illustrates the issues teachers face in their workplace; focusing on working time and training of teachers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 June 2019 Students and school personnel in extreme danger in High Conflict Regions
New data shows thousands of attacks on schools, mostly by military and other armed forces. This continuing epidemic of violence in regions of armed conflict demonstrates the vital and ongoing need to endorse and implement the Safe Schools Declaration.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 June 2019 World Environment Day: Calling on governments to protect the planet
For World Environment Day, June 5th, Education International calls on governments to address climate change and help beat air pollution, the biggest public health crisis on the planet.
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Climate action and literacy 8 February 2019 Belgium: Massive student rally on climate change
Belgian teacher unions have declared their support for the young people who have been demonstrating in the streets of Belgium – and internationally – every Thursday for nearly a month to demand that decision-makers take urgent measures to tackle climate change.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 December 2018 Increasing funding for inclusive education: a benefit for all, of value to all!, by Claude Carroué
Cheerful pupils, playing in the playground, taking turns on a swing, in the shelter of pre-fabricated buildings currently used by several classes until new buildings under construction are operational. At the school in Bempt, in the Brussels Region commune of Forest, the enthusiasm for a school focussed on the inclusion...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 August 2018 Belgium: forthcoming elections threaten the future of the Pact for Excellence in Wallonia and Brussels
With the beginning of the school year in Belgium, and the approach of the elections, the teaching unions have entered into a race against time to give substance to the Pact for Excellence, which aims to guarantee quality education for all.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 19 June 2018 “Between hope and despair in the EU copyright reform- What's in it for education?”, by Nikola Wachter
Nikola Wachter
I am a teacher by training and I am concerned about the current European Union copyright reform. I am familiar with the day to day practices of preparing lessons, the search for the best picture, text snippet, piece of music or video that will help me to explain a certain...
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 June 2018 Belgium: Trade unions concerned about increased workloads for teachers
In a common front involving three trade unions, around 600 education trade union activists have clearly expressed their opposition to workload increases.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 May 2018 Go for it! The Bologna ministerial summit in Paris, by Andreas Keller
Andreas Keller
Isn’ it ironic? 50 years ago, in May 1968, students in Paris were going to the barricades and aspiring to a societal revolution – and initiated an overdue reform of higher education almost throughout Europe eventually. Today, in May 2018, ministers in charge of higher education from 48 countries belonging...
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 May 2018 Belgium: trade unions united for decent pensions that let workers grow old with dignity.
70,000 people participated in a demonstration organised in defence of pensions. The government plans to change the pensions in a manner that might put them at risk.
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Leading the profession 14 May 2018 #ResNet: Research, Refine, Resist!
Research in education is imperative to reverse misleading education policies and attacks on trade union rights, and it is crucial for education unions to have effective coordination and exchange around national and regional research activities.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 April 2018 Copyright Conference: Intellectual property rights, essential for and in quality education
European and global educators sought a balance between the rights of creators and the rights of users in the education sector at Education International’s recent copyright conference.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 April 2018 Copyright and education: unequal conditions for teaching and learning in Europe, by Teresa Nobre
Teresa Nobre
What can a teacher do in a classroom with a poem, a video, an artwork or a piece of music created by someone else? From early childhood education to higher education, literary and artistic works can be used by teachers, academics and researchers, education support personnel and students for educational...
Copyright and education: unequal conditions for teaching and learning in Europe, by Teresa Nobre