Articles from United Kingdom
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 8 May 2018 Educators confront Pearson for funding profit driven Bridge International Academies
Education activists, teachers and global union leaders went to London to urge shareholders at the Pearson Annual General Meeting to stop funding Bridge International Academies, a for-profit company that makes money by shortchanging the education of thousands of at risk children.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 May 2018 #ResNet: Amplifying teacher voice: getting stuck into research, by Philippa Cordingley
Philippa Cordingley
One of the things we are exploring in our research into how different countries construct teachers’ professional identities that will be presented at Education International’s annual Research Network meeting today, is the nature of the links between investing in research-informed teaching and amplifying teachers’ collective professional voice.
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Standards and working conditions 24 April 2018 Not waiting for superman, by David Frost
David Frost
Last week I was fortunate in being able to participate in a conference on the island of Krk on the Croatian coast. The best part was linking up with colleagues from NGOs in places such as Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Macedonia and Palestine – all quite challenging contexts. It...
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 April 2018 United Kingdom: 74th state to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
Education International welcomes the move by the United Kingdom to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, committing itself to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities during times of violent conflict.
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Equity and inclusion 17 April 2018 “Sexism is a problem in every school. Now we must take action”, by Sally Thomas
Sally Thomas
In December last year, the National Education Union and UK Feminista launched a ground-breaking report on sexism in schools: “It’s Just Everywhere”[1].
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 April 2018 UK: Survey reveals ‘heart-breaking’ impact of child poverty in schools
Growing child poverty is affecting children’s learning in the UK, according to a recent National Education Union survey. However, schools and education staff are doing their utmost to provide the services and essentials of daily life to help disadvantaged families.
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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...
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 April 2018 UK: education unionists in solidarity with Iranian and Argentinian colleagues
Teacher unionists Esmail Abdi and Roberto Baradel have been recognised by the UK’s National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers for their fight for the rights of teachers and quality education in Iran and Argentina respectively.
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Union growth 28 March 2018 The UK University Strike – union renewal in action, by Howard Stevenson.
Howard Stevenson
Over the last few years I have researched and written a good deal about ‘union renewal’ – the process by which unions (re-)connect with their grassroots and create vibrant, inclusive and collective cultures that empower members to be the educators they want to be, working in the systems they aspire...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 March 2018 UK teacher unionist wins Global Teacher Prize award
Education International congratulates UK teacher unionist Andria Zafirakou upon winning the 2018 Global Teacher Prize award.
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Equity and inclusion 15 March 2018 “What Europe can do for refugees and migrants’ education” by Silvia Costa MEP
Silvia Costa
Refugees and migrants education, especially minors, is a top priority, the best way to empower them and foster their integration, but also one of the principles on which the EU is funded. It is incredible, though, that education of migrants - especially forced migrants and refugees - seems to be...
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Equity and inclusion 7 March 2018 #8March: UK Union UCU addresses gender inequity head on
Joanna de Groot
Reducing gender disparity in pay and campaigning around issues of sexual harassment and violence against women in the workplace are two key areas focused on by the UK’s University and College Union (UCU).
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Union growth 5 March 2018 UK: higher education personnel full steam ahead to protect social benefits and decent pensions
Thousands of university staff have taken part in the biggest strike the UK higher education sector has ever seen, and successfully brought employers to the table for negotiations on social benefits.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 February 2018 UK: Solidarity with education union’s fight over university pensions
Education International’s European region, ETUCE, has sent a message of solidarity to University and College Unions members at 61 UK universities who are due to walk out soon in a dispute over changes to the universities’ pension scheme.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 February 2018 UK: Public watchdog marks Government’s card over teacher shortages
UK education unions have urged the government to urgently address the serious teacher supply problem, in light of a report on teacher numbers from the government’s Public Accounts Committee.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 January 2018 UK: Education unions support free school meals policy
UK teacher unions have welcomed the latest Education Policy Institute’s report clearly laying out the benefits that free school meals bring to children and their families, and to quality education in general.
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Union growth 9 January 2018 UK: Unions call for increased dialogue with new Education Secretary
Following the reshuffle of the UK government by Prime Minister Theresa May, educators have welcomed the nomination of Damian Hinds as Education Secretary, and anticipate an ongoing social dialogue with him.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 January 2018 Partnership needed to increase value accorded to education
Education in Scotland is undervalued, according to a recent study undertaken for Education International, which also stresses that public authorities and education policy makers must work with teachers and their unions on professional and national identity.
Partnership needed to increase value accorded to education