Articles from United Kingdom
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Union growth 12 March 2020 Beijing +25: "Making the Promise of Beijing a Reality for Learners and for Education Sector Workers."
madeleine kennedy macfoy
Examples of the work done by Education International and its member organisations in different parts of the world since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted in 1995, demonstrate the power of taking collective action to find collective solutions.
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Standards and working conditions 26 February 2020 UK: Retention crisis looming as teachers dissatisfied with pay conditions
Key education unions in the UK have warned that a majority of teachers have already considered leaving the profession due to pay concerns.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 February 2020 UK: University staff walk out for fair pay, conditions and pensions in the largest strike to date
With negotiations undermined by uncompromising university heads, the University and College Union has launched a third wave of strikes which will affect 74 universities in the UK over the next 14 days.
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Standards and working conditions 20 January 2020 UK: Unions highlight shortcomings of Ofsted report on ‘stuck’ schools’
Education unions in the UK have said that a report detailing how some schools have improved and others have not does not paint the full picture, and school inspection must be reviewed.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 November 2019 UK: over 40,000 university personnel take strike action for better pensions, pay and conditions.
The University and College Union has called on its members to go on strike for 8 days starting 25 November over pensions, pay and working conditions.
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Equity and inclusion 31 October 2019 United Kingdom: NASUWT calls for statutory provisions on sexual harassment in schools
22% of LGBTI teachers report they have experienced sexual harassment in schools and that a majority of teachers do not feel that their workplace is a safe environment for LGBTI teachers.
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Standards and working conditions 9 September 2019 UK: increasing starting salaries – a step in the right direction for guaranteeing recruitment and retention of teachers
Reacting to the government’s announcement of an increase in starting salaries for teachers, education unions in the UK have acknowledged that this measure will make teaching more attractive and help to mitigate the recruitment and retention crisis, but further public investment in education is urgently needed.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 7 September 2019 UK: Member of Parliament argues for international aid to support public education systems, not private providers
Education International welcomes the intervention of UK Member of Parliament Dan Carden who demanded that his country’s international aid be used to support universally accessible inclusive quality public education, and not private education providers in the Global South.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 August 2019 UK: GCSE results put stress on students and undermine their learning opportunities
Following the release of the results of the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), UK education unions welcome the hard work of students and all those who have supported them, including education professionals, and stress the impact of these tests on students’ well-being and the need for a broad curriculum.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 August 2019 UK: Cuts in school funding come with a high educational cost for disadvantaged students
UK education unions sound the alarm regarding the findings of the recently published Education Policy Institute annual report. The evidence is clear: cutting school funding harms the education achievements of students living in poverty the most.
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Leading the profession 24 July 2019 “Productive capabilities develop TVET’s contribution to social justice”, by Gavin Moodie.
Gavin Moodie
Education International’s new report on "Technical and Vocational Education and Training as a Framework for Social Justice" charts a new way for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to advance social justice.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 July 2019 “Climate change action: organising to win”, by Adam Lincoln.
Adam Lincoln
As education trade unionists gather together for the 8th EI World Congress, it is clear that working people and students are on the front lines of climate change. Already 83 million climate-related refugees have fled from disaster. 72 million jobs are threatened. Climate change affects our brothers and sisters –...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 July 2019 #OffTrack #4: In the UK, many challenges remain to achieve the SDGs domestically, by Mary Bousted.
Mary Bousted
Today, the UK will be presenting a Voluntary National Review (VNR) of its progress towards achieving the SDGs at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLFP).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 July 2019 #OffTrack #0: Educators Assess Progress Towards SDG 4, by David Edwards.
David Edwards
In 2015, governments committed to achieve inclusive, equitable, quality education for all by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goal 4, SDG 4). Four years later, the world is severely off track to achieve the goal. This mini blog series illustrates some of the many obstacles to the achievement of SDG 4, from...
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 May 2019 UK: Death of an outstanding public education union leader
Doug McAvoy, former General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers passed away on the morning of 12 May at the age of 80.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 April 2019 UK: Solidarity, democracy and unity high on the agendas of education trade unions
During their annual conferences, the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers and the National Education Union, both affiliated to Education International, have reasserted during their annual conferences their core values and determination to continue advocating education policies beneficial for educators and students.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 April 2019 UK: Scapegoating teachers and other workers will not solve violent crime
Commenting on the Downing Street Summit on violent crime, the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) has reaffirmed that violent crime involving young people is a complex issue which will not be resolved by putting additional pressures and responsibilities on educators.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2019 UK: The Chancellor’s speech does not adequately address the education funding crisis
While commending the Chancellor of the Exchequer for announcing in his Spring Statement the funding of free sanitary products in secondary schools, UK education unions deeply regret that he did not address the national school funding crisis.
UK: The Chancellor’s speech does not adequately address the education funding crisis