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  1. Standards and working conditions 9 October 2025

    Education voices | International trade union cooperation promotes occupational health and safety for teachers in Burundi

    Rémy Nsengiyumva

    Since 2021, the STEB has been conducting a cooperation project with the French union SNES-FSU to improve occupational health and safety in Burundi’s schools. Rémy Nsengiyumva, President of the STEB, reflects on the progress made with this initiative, the challenges encountered, and the prospects for the future.

    Education voices | International trade union cooperation promotes occupational health and safety for teachers in Burundi
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 October 2025

    Novice teachers under pressure: Insights from TALIS 2024

    Heewoon Bae

    Reports of teacher shortages in many countries around the world raise questions about teachers’ well-being and job satisfaction. Which teachers are thriving? Which ones are struggling? What might make teachers more likely to leave the profession? What could support teachers to stay? Data from the fourth cycle of the Teaching...

    Novice teachers under pressure: Insights from TALIS 2024
  3. Democracy 30 September 2025

    Education voices | Promoting academic freedom in the Philippines

    Raymond D. Basilio

    This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .

    Education voices | Promoting academic freedom in the Philippines
  4. Standards and working conditions 29 September 2025

    Education voices | Collective union action in defence of collegial governance

    Sinéad Kennedy

    This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .

    Education voices | Collective union action in defence of collegial governance
  5. Standards and working conditions 24 September 2025

    Education voices | Campaigning for higher education research

    David Robinson

    This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .

    Education voices | Campaigning for higher education research
  6. Equity and inclusion 15 September 2025

    Women lead for learning - Insights from the 2025 Gender Report

    Anna Cristina D'Addio

    Although the global majority of teachers are women, the Gender Report of the 2025 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, Women lead for learning , confirms that the “glass ceiling” still blocks women from top positions in education. The report also shows that when women do lead, they often drive inclusion,...

    Women lead for learning - Insights from the 2025 Gender Report
  7. Standards and working conditions 18 August 2025

    Constant changes in Irish second-level education hamper teacher agency

    Conor Murphy

    Skibbereen Cathedral stands on a hill on the left-hand side of the road as you enter the town. This slight elevation means that you have to walk up two flights of steps to get to the entrance, it also means that, no matter how nice the weather, there’s always a...

    Constant changes in Irish second-level education hamper teacher agency
  8. Standards and working conditions 13 August 2025

    Education Voices | How persistent solidarity secured a historic win on pensions for higher education workers in the UK

    Jo Grady

    This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .

    Education Voices | How persistent solidarity secured a historic win on pensions for higher education workers in the UK
  9. Equity and inclusion 9 August 2025

    Education Voices | The trade union fight for Indigenous rights in Quebec

    Isabelle Tremblay Chevalier

    The education trade union movement supports Indigenous Peoples and works to promote their rights in education all around the world. To mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, celebrated every year on 9 August (the date of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous...

    Education Voices | The trade union fight for Indigenous rights in Quebec
  10. Standards and working conditions 31 July 2025

    Education voices | Rising against the drive to commercialise higher education in Fiji

    Rosalia Fatiaki

    This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .

    Education voices | Rising against the drive to commercialise higher education in Fiji
  11. Democracy 24 July 2025

    Education voices | A blueprint for a peaceful, democratic, and inclusive Syria

    Nesrin Reshk

    Worlds of Education: Nesrin, it is a pleasure to sit down with you for this interview on your first visit to the Education International head office in Brussels. Please introduce yourself to our readers. Thank you very much for your work and the warm welcome. Thanks to EI, I have...

    Education voices | A blueprint for a peaceful, democratic, and inclusive Syria
  12. Equity and inclusion 2 July 2025

    From private failures to public futures: Why FFD4 must Go Public

    David Edwards

    For over a decade, Education International has warned that the World Bank's “Billions to Trillions ” agenda—a strategy to leverage small amounts of public money to attract private investment for development— would prioritize private profit over public need. We were dismissed as ideological, anti-market, unrealistic. Then came the evidence.

    From private failures to public futures: Why FFD4 must Go Public
  13. Equity and inclusion 30 June 2025

    Not the exception, but essential: Teachers with disabilities in mainstream classrooms

    Nidhi Singal

    Where are the teachers with disabilities in our classrooms? A question I often ask my audience is: “How many of you were taught by a teacher who identified as having a disability during your school years?” In a room of 50–60 people, usually only one or two hands go up.

    Not the exception, but essential: Teachers with disabilities in mainstream classrooms
  14. Equity and inclusion 25 June 2025

    Standing together against attacks on disabled workers in the UK

    Lena Davies

    Against a backdrop of increasing cuts and attacks to vital support for disabled people, NASUWT is continuing to be part of the fight back to ensure disabled teachers can live and work with dignity.

    Standing together against attacks on disabled workers in the UK
  15. Equity and inclusion 19 June 2025

    Supporting Ukrainian refugee teachers in Ireland

    Rory Mc Daid

    The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 prompted an unprecedented response from the European Union (EU), activating the Temporary Protection Directive, which offers displaced persons rights to residence, employment and education. Among the 5.8 million displaced Ukrainians are approximately 22,000 teachers (Stolarski, 2024). While much has been written about...

    Supporting Ukrainian refugee teachers in Ireland
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 June 2025

    Education voices | How a union is mobilising communities against child labour in Burundi

    Rémy Nsengiyumva

    Since 2021, projects run by the STEB education workers’ union of Burundi have enabled more than 900 former child workers to return to school. Remy Nsengiyumva, President of the STEB, reflects on the strategies used in these projects supported by Education International, the AOb, NEA, GEW Fair Childhood Foundation, and...

    Education voices | How a union is mobilising communities against child labour in Burundi
  17. Equity and inclusion 16 May 2025

    Challenging LGBTQ+ discrimination: The fight goes on

    Phil Siddle

    In recent years, the UK has made meaningful progress on LGBTQ+ rights, with improvements in both legal protections and public attitudes. However, this progress is now under threat. Around the world, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation are growing—and the UK is not immune. The recent Supreme Court ruling that trans women...

    Challenging LGBTQ+ discrimination: The fight goes on
  18. Democracy 8 May 2025

    Higher education under attack

    Randi Weingarten

    President Donald Trump has declared war on America’s colleges and universities, demanding they bow to his demands on what they can teach and whom they can admit or hire. Trump’s illegal and autocratic actions are tantamount to a war on knowledge intended to force schools to bend the knee to...

    Higher education under attack