Articles from Portugal
-
Education Support Personnel 16 May 2023 Valuing education support personnel amid investment cuts and privatization
João Gois Ramalho
The Federação Nacional da Educação (National Education Federation – FNE), its nine teachers' unions and three education support personnel (ESP) unions are honored to host the 2nd World ESP Conference, in the city of Aveiro, Portugal. Unions around the world are coming together for this important event to focus on...
Valuing education support personnel amid investment cuts and privatization -
Standards and working conditions 22 February 2023 Portugal: massive demonstration demands respect for the teaching profession
A hundred and fifty thousand teachers joined in a demonstration led by education unions in Lisbon demanding respect for the teaching profession.
Portugal: massive demonstration demands respect for the teaching profession -
Trade union rights are human rights 9 December 2020 Portugal: Union calls for strike to force government to negotiate
In Portugal, the Federaçao Nacional dos Professores (FENPROF) has urged educators to go on strike on 11 December. The national action is intended to put pressure on the government and members of Parliament, demanding respect for the profession, improvement of their working and living conditions, and a solution to the...
Portugal: Union calls for strike to force government to negotiate -
Trade union rights are human rights 7 December 2020 Portugal: Education union calls for adequate framework to ensure the health and safety of teachers in risk groups
The Federação Nacional da Educação has condemned the fact that the lack of a clear and appropriate national framework to regulate leaves during the pandemic has led to nearly all teachers belonging to high-risk groups still being present in class to teach.
Portugal: Education union calls for adequate framework to ensure the health and safety of teachers in risk groups -
Trade union rights are human rights 2 December 2020 Portugal: Teachers in high-risk groups need improved conditions and options
The Federação Nacional da Educação (FNE) has highlighted its concerns about the safety of Portuguese teachers and education support personnel (ESP) during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially if they belong to high-risk groups.
Portugal: Teachers in high-risk groups need improved conditions and options -
Trade union rights are human rights 23 July 2020 Portugal: Union seeks social dialogue on pandemic impact on teachers and students
The Portuguese education union, Federaçao Nacional dos Professores, is concerned about teacher professional issues, inequities, lack of social dialogue, and assessment of teachers.
Portugal: Union seeks social dialogue on pandemic impact on teachers and students -
Fighting the commercialisation of education 19 June 2018 “Between hope and despair in the EU copyright reform- What's in it for education?”, by Nikola Wachter
Nikola Wachter
I am a teacher by training and I am concerned about the current European Union copyright reform. I am familiar with the day to day practices of preparing lessons, the search for the best picture, text snippet, piece of music or video that will help me to explain a certain...
“Between hope and despair in the EU copyright reform- What's in it for education?”, by Nikola Wachter -
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 May 2018 Go for it! The Bologna ministerial summit in Paris, by Andreas Keller
Andreas Keller
Isn’ it ironic? 50 years ago, in May 1968, students in Paris were going to the barricades and aspiring to a societal revolution – and initiated an overdue reform of higher education almost throughout Europe eventually. Today, in May 2018, ministers in charge of higher education from 48 countries belonging...
Go for it! The Bologna ministerial summit in Paris, by Andreas Keller -
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...
Copyright and education: unequal conditions for teaching and learning in Europe, by Teresa Nobre -
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 March 2018 Global dialogue in support of the teaching profession
The 8th annual International Summit on the Teaching Profession to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 22-23 March is, once again, a good opportunity to discuss the teaching profession between those who represent teachers and those who represent governments.
Global dialogue in support of the teaching profession -
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...
“What Europe can do for refugees and migrants’ education” by Silvia Costa MEP -
Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 June 2017 The CETA’s “Investment Court System”: A Supreme Tribunal to Protect the Wealth of Foreign Nationals
Gus Van Harten
Imagine if governments proposed a supreme tribunal for the world. The tribunal would have the power to review anything countries can do in their sovereign role. It could review countries’ laws and regulations at any level. It could review the judgments of their highest courts.
The CETA’s “Investment Court System”: A Supreme Tribunal to Protect the Wealth of Foreign Nationals -
Trade union rights are human rights 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
This May Day, why not try solidarity? -
Standards and working conditions 17 October 2016 Portugal: Creative celebration of educators
Artists from a wide variety of disciplines and locations joined education unionists in Lisbon to celebrate the importance of teachers and education workers to the development of individuals and society as a whole.
Portugal: Creative celebration of educators -
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 June 2016 Portugal: thousands voice their support for public education
Around 80,000 Portuguese citizens have voiced their support for a strong public school system, reaffirming its primary role in promoting equal opportunities and building a future of justice, progress and development.
Portugal: thousands voice their support for public education -
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 May 2016 Portugal: educators look to tech to innovate the classroom experience
Surrounded by castles and classic military architecture, teachers, school directors, parents and education workers recently convened in a in a city known for its medieval charm to set their focus on the future of education.
Portugal: educators look to tech to innovate the classroom experience -
Standards and working conditions 29 April 2016 Portugal: Teachers hit hard by austerity
Since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, education spending in Portugal has fallen to 3% of the Gross Domestic product, with devastating consequences for the country's school system and teaching profession.
Portugal: Teachers hit hard by austerity -
Standards and working conditions 6 July 2015 Portugal: Educators bring attention to unacceptable work conditions
Thousands of educators and researchers came together in the streets of Lisbon for a national demonstration in defence of teacher professionalism and its connection to education quality.
Portugal: Educators bring attention to unacceptable work conditions