Articles from United Kingdom
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 February 2014 Defend Public Education: from cradle to grave
UCU held a one day conference open to all its members on Saturday 1 February 2014. This important conference was about the defence of public education in the so-called age of austerity. This conference perfectly complements the aims of the Unite for Quality Education Campaign.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 January 2014 UK: Unions welcome Labour’s commitment to quality teachers
Two of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), have reacted to speeches by Tristram Hunt, UK Shadow Education Secretary. They reiterated their support for a Qualified Teacher Status and a continuing professional development...
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Union growth 14 November 2013 UK: Strike threat remains in place after ‘provocative’ Education Secretary letter
Two unions in the UK, representing nine out of 10 teachers, have reaffirmed their commitment to a jointly coordinated campaign, Protect Teachers and Defend Education. This action by the UK’s two largest teachers’ unions, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT),...
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Union growth 30 October 2013 UK: University staff to go on strike
The University and College Union (UCU), one of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, has planned a coordinated strike action on 31 October with UNITE and UNISON to demand fair pay in higher education. Unions are disappointed that employers refused talks to try and avert a walkout, but said they...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 October 2013 UK: Strike action over Government refusal to negotiate
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) have gone on strike as part of their continuous action to seek decent living and working conditions for teachers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 October 2013 UK: Maintaining world class schools
Education unions in the United Kingdom have enthusiastically welcomed the recently launched Unite for Quality Education campaign. Union leaders have highlighted the timeliness of this agenda, both on a global scale and nationally in the UK.
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Union growth 30 September 2013 UK: Regional strike action over pay and conditions
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), two of EI’s national affiliates, have announced dates for regional rolling strike action in England as a further step in the dispute over pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 September 2013 UK: Strikes planned in ongoing campaign to protect teachers
Plans are in place for a national teachers’ strike in England before Christmas in a row over adverse changes to teachers’ pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs. This is the next phase of a campaign to protect teachers and defend education, jointly coordinated by the two biggest UK teachers' unions...
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 August 2013 UK: Education Secretary must listen to teachers, not attack them
Two of EI’s affiliates, the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), have criticised a survey released by the UK polling organisation, Populus.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 July 2013 Fighting Privatisation in Higher Education
At its recent Congress, the University and College Union (UK) unveiled a new toolkit for members to campaign against the growing pressures of privatisation.
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Union renewal and development 25 July 2013 How not to reform the CurriculumHow not to reform the Curriculum
Warwick Mansell
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 July 2013 UK: Revised curriculum fails to reflect student needs
EI’s UK affiliates, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) have expressed concern about the revised national curriculum for state schools in England. The new curriculum, implemented by Education Secretary Michael Gove, is being introduced from September 2014.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 June 2013 UK: Education unions’ joint strike rallies
The NASUWT and the NUT, two of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, are taking joint action as part of their campaign to protect teachers and education. The educators’ unions are in dispute with the Government over teachers’ pay, pensions and working conditions. Tens of thousands of teachers in the...
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Standards and working conditions 9 April 2013 UK: Video alleges Education Minister’s misuse of evidence
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the two largest EI national affiliates in the UK, have recommended a video about the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove. The video looks at the policies pursued by Gove...
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Equity and inclusion 26 March 2013 United Kingdom: Transgender primary school teacher dies
After having been publicly bullied in a newspaper column in the United Kingdom’s second-largest paper, the Daily Mail, a transgender teacher is said to have taken her own life when the attacks became too much to cope with.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 March 2013 UK: campaign to protect teachers and education
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), EI affiliates, have announced the next phase of their jointly coordinated national campaign to protect teachers and defend education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 March 2013 UK: Education unionists fight asbestos in schools
The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) has welcomed the spotlight focused on asbestos in schools at the Education Select Committee Inquiry into Asbestos in Schools on 13 March’s. EI’s UK affiliates, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), and the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 January 2013 UK: Trade unions react to Academies Commission Report
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), two EI affiliates in the UK, have reacted to ‘Unleashing Greatness: Getting the best from an academised system’, a report released on 10 December by the Academies Commission.
UK: Trade unions react to Academies Commission Report