Articles from United Kingdom
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Standards and working conditions 9 April 2013 UK: Video alleges Education Minister’s misuse of evidence
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the two largest EI national affiliates in the UK, have recommended a video about the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove. The video looks at the policies pursued by Gove...
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Equity and inclusion 26 March 2013 United Kingdom: Transgender primary school teacher dies
After having been publicly bullied in a newspaper column in the United Kingdom’s second-largest paper, the Daily Mail, a transgender teacher is said to have taken her own life when the attacks became too much to cope with.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 March 2013 UK: campaign to protect teachers and education
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), EI affiliates, have announced the next phase of their jointly coordinated national campaign to protect teachers and defend education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 March 2013 UK: Education unionists fight asbestos in schools
The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) has welcomed the spotlight focused on asbestos in schools at the Education Select Committee Inquiry into Asbestos in Schools on 13 March’s. EI’s UK affiliates, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), and the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 January 2013 UK: Trade unions react to Academies Commission Report
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), two EI affiliates in the UK, have reacted to ‘Unleashing Greatness: Getting the best from an academised system’, a report released on 10 December by the Academies Commission.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 December 2012 The Vandals at the Gate
Defending higher education in an age of austerity - a view from the University and College Union (United Kingdom) By Kathy Taylor, President, University and College Union, United Kingdom
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 November 2012 Andreas Schleicher: You must emulate and innovate to keep pace
The nature of education has moved on in high-performing nations; it's time the UK moved on too, says Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD's Secretary-General.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 November 2012 UK: Mixed reviews for 2013 English grading process
Two of EI’s national affiliates, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), have commented on plans to change the GCSE English grading process for 2013.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 Tuition fees on the rise:Tuition fees on the rise:
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 A dangerous experiment:A dangerous experiment:
Kathy Taylor
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Standards and working conditions 26 September 2012 Raised voices are calling for respect
Teachers need a role in decision-making as much as a limit to their workload, says John Bangs
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 The Perfect Storm: UK Austerity Measures and Reforms Undermine Educational Equality ServiceThe Perfect Storm: UK Austerity Measures and Reforms Undermine Educational Equality Service
David Rose
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 September 2012 UK: Government should stop playing politics with international students
The University and College Union (UCU), one of EI’s national affiliates, is publicising a petition to support international students at the London Metropolitan University (LMU) who have been affected by the last month decision of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) to revoke the Tier 4 licence of the LMU.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 September 2012 U.K.: Education unions react to GCSE results
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), the National Union of Teachers (NUT), and the University and College Union (UCU), three EI’s national affiliates, have commented on the publication of the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) results. The GCSE is an academic qualification awarded in a...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 August 2012 UK: Government support needed to promote school sports
EI national affiliates in the UK reacted angrily to Prime Minister David Cameron’s suggestion that teachers were not “playing their part” in school sports. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) were reacting to Cameron’s call for “a big cultural...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 18 July 2012 UK: Unions condemn plans to open more free schools
The two largest of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), have strongly reacted against Downing Street's plans to open a further 100 free schools in England from next year onwards.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 June 2012 Education union leader debunks anti-teacher activist’s assertions
EI welcomes a recent BBC show featuring the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ (ATL) General Secretary Mary Bousted and Michelle Rhee, a former chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. It allowed one of the UK’s top education trade unionists to reassert what quality teachers and teacher assessment mean.
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Standards and working conditions 25 June 2012 UK: Government must raise teachers’ training quality and work conditions
EI’s national affiliates in the UK, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), have called on the Government to provide teachers with quality training and decent working conditions.
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