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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 April 2018 Education and copyright. It matters to you!
(YES you can share these images and videos with your students, colleagues and anyone! But that is not always the case.)
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 March 2018 Passing of outstanding Canadian education unionist
Education International is sad to learn of the passing of Donald C. Savage, an inspiring educator and committed union leader. He was 85.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 March 2018 #8March: Female leadership, strong unionism: a higher education perspective
Yamile Socolovsky
In the past, women were rarely able to attend university. It was only in the 20th century that the growing number of women undertaking university courses began to significantly impact the demographics of graduates of higher education. However, much like in the workplace, the acceptance of women in higher education...
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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 27 February 2018 Proper implementation of quality assurance standards needed for higher education in Europe
Education stakeholders across Europe have reasserted the need for effective and innovative ways to implement the revised Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in higher education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 February 2018 North American and Caribbean education leaders work towards strong leadership in times of crises
As Education International convenes its regional affiliates in Trinidad and Tobago, the challenges they face are as varied as they are common, from strengthening democracy, ensuring quality education to the future of trade unionism.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 February 2018 Canada: trade unions worried by planned reform of university governance
Education unions oppose Bill 234, which would make sweeping changes in the system of governance of the University of Montreal, threatening academic freedom and the university’s collegial governance, and deteriorating working conditions.
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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 20 November 2017 Canadian college instructors forced back to work
A month-long strike has abruptly ended after the Ontario government passed legislation forcing college instructors back to the classroom days after the latest contract offer was rejected and a renewed call for negotiations was made.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 November 2017 Academic freedom and the 1997 UNESCO Recommendation: a view from Europe
Rob Copeland
For unions in the higher education and research sector, this year’s World Teachers’ Day takes on the greatest significance.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 October 2017 The ‘core value’ of academic freedom is voiced in Paris
The status of higher education teaching personnel was the focus of an Education International event in Paris where academics were joined by teachers’ unions to shed light on a sector under threat.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 October 2017 Higher education teaching personnel to be celebrated in Paris
To mark the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Recommendation on Higher Education Teaching Personnel, Education International is throwing the spotlight on tenure, academic freedom, self-governance and collegiality, which are being challenged around the world.
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Standards and working conditions Twenty years later: International efforts to protect the rights of higher education teaching personnel remain insufficient
Nelly P. Stromquist
18 October 2017The prevailing discourse on higher education has raised a voice concerning quality, equality, and equity—all centered on students. Surprisingly, such discussions have remained relatively silent on another set of actors crucial to the teaching/learning process: higher education personnel.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 October 2017 Ghana: Introduction of free senior high school education welcomed
Ghanaian trade union leaders have warmly welcomed the decision of Ghana’s president to set up the Free Senior High School Programme.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 October 2017 World Teachers’ Day brings professional freedom and empowerment into focus
As the contributions and significance of teachers are recognised, this year’s focus has turned toward the diminishing freedoms facing the profession and the empowerment needed to allow teachers to work effectively in a challenging world.
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Union renewal and development 2 June 2017 Datafication of education and professional organisation at heart of researchers’ discussions
The role of unions in helping teachers negotiate professional issues and the impact of data on education were standout topics during Education International’s Research Network.
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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 Education unions forge a pathway from research to advocacy
With an aim to research, refine, and resist, teachers’ unions are reinforcing their leading role at the cutting edge of research methods and practices at the 13th annual Education International Research Network meeting.
Education unions forge a pathway from research to advocacy