Articles from United Kingdom
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 August 2017 UK: student attainment gap must be narrowed to achieve quality education for all
Education unions have reacted to the latest report into the progress made by the UK Government to narrow the student attainment gap, demanding that public authorities stop austerity measures and increase investment in the education system.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 August 2017 UK: Increasing class sizes increase teachers’ workload
In response to Labour Party figures showing that students are being taught in increasingly overloaded classes, UK education unions have urged the Government to act and improve students’ learning environments and teachers’ working conditions.
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Standards and working conditions 14 July 2017 UK: Report fails to address substitute teachers’ conditions
Commenting on the release of the Taylor Review into Modern Working Practices, education unions in the United Kingdom have expressed great disappointment at its failure to address the ongoing exploitation of substitute teachers by many employment agencies.
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 July 2017 UK: teachers need support to tackle pupils’ mental health issues
Teacher unions in the UK have emphasised the need for staff to be supported by qualified healthcare professionals in order to best address mental health issues in students.
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Standards and working conditions 15 June 2017 Increasing workloads taking a toll on Scottish teachers
A combination of staffing cuts, revised curriculum and major changes to the exam system have led to growing wear and tear on teachers, according to a survey conducted by the Educational Institute of Scotland.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 June 2017 The CETA’s “Investment Court System”: A Supreme Tribunal to Protect the Wealth of Foreign Nationals
Gus Van Harten
Imagine if governments proposed a supreme tribunal for the world. The tribunal would have the power to review anything countries can do in their sovereign role. It could review countries’ laws and regulations at any level. It could review the judgments of their highest courts.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 June 2017 Teacher union renewal: developing the power of the profession
Howard Stevenson
The challenges that face teachers often look very similar around the world. Global league tables are often behind the relentless pressure to drive test scores up, whilst the forces of global economic competition explain a race to the bottom on teachers’ working conditions. Teachers experience ever rising workloads, but perhaps...
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Standards and working conditions 1 June 2017 UK: Report warns of low levels of protection for academic freedom
The University and College Union has launched a report showing significantly lower levels of protection for academic freedom in the UK, when compared to other EU countries.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 May 2017 Constructing Teachers’ Professional Identity – learning from seven countries
Philippa Cordingley
Early stages in research projects are always a mix of aspirations, exploration of the research literature and growing clarity about key questions. In a research project that is as important as the one funded by Education International, to explore how national policies and cultural factors influence the development of teachers’...
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Standards and working conditions 12 May 2017 UK: MPs call halt to high-stakes primary testing
Teacher unionists have welcomed a new report by the UK Commons Education Select Committee on Primary Assessment, highlighting the need to reform high-stakes tests in primary school.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 April 2017 UK: Urgent need to address negative impacts of teaching on teachers
Education unions in the UK have reasserted the need to support overworked teachers, helping them to reach an adequate balance between their professional and personal lives.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 April 2017 UK: Unions demand appropriate reform of primary school assessment system
The UK Government is consulting teachers’ unions on its proposals to reform the system of primary school assessment, which have given a mixed reaction to the government’s proposals for reform.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2017 Djibouti: global education community welcomes release of two colleagues
Following a worldwide solidarity campaign initiated by the education union movement, Omar Ali Ewado and Ahmed-Kadar Nour, leaders of Djibouti’s Syndicat des Enseignants du Premier Degré, have been released after eight days in jail.
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Union renewal and development 31 March 2017 Education unionists celebrate hard-won gains on women’s empowerment
Global commitments to women’s economic empowerment were agreed by the 163 participating member states at the 61st Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women which drew to a close on 24 March.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 March 2017 Edinburgh takes centre stage for international teachers’ Summit
Teacher union leaders and ministers of education are at the table together in the Scottish capital to address challenges facing education during the 7th International Summit on the Teaching Profession.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 March 2017 UK: increasing professional pressure greatly affects teacher wellbeing and mental health
Nearly half of teachers who responded to a poll led in Scotland on teacher wellbeing said their mental health was poor, fueling fears that growing numbers are struggling to cope with the profession’s changing demands.
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Standards and working conditions 24 February 2017 UK: workloads spark a crisis in teacher recruitment and retention
Following the launch of the Education Select Committee report into the recruitment and retention of teachers, UK education unions have urged public authorities to take urgent measures to tackle this serious national crisis.
UK: workloads spark a crisis in teacher recruitment and retention