"Leaving the announcement until the end of the summer holidays, has left schools and councils with very little time to make urgent rearrangements and minimise the chaos."
Tag: Education
Apsana Begum MP: The marketisation of higher education has failed students and staff alike
The failed free-market experiment in higher education needs to be ended and tuition fees abolished. Education should be a right not a privilege, writes Apsana Begum MP.
Teachers vote for industrial action – NASUWT
Members of teachers union NASUWT have voted for industrial action over pay, workload and working time in schools across England.
Teachers fighting for fair pay set for two more days of strike action – NEU
With the Education Secretary failing to get round the negotiating table, the NEU has announced a further two days of strike action in the fight for teachers to receive a fully-funded pay rise.
Labour Under Fire on Tuition Fees
"In higher education as with energy and water, we will not tackle the Tories' failed economy by tweaking around the edges... what is needed is wholesale replacement of the failed market model in higher education."
UK Universities are cracking down on student organisers as the failure of the marketised system becomes ever clearer
The creeping authoritarianism of the British ruling class goes beyond public protests. UK universities are increasingly attacking protest rights and political activism, writes Fraser McGuire and Alec Severs.
Reclaiming Our Education System – activist and educators come together with the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs
This week, the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs hosted a seminar on "Reclaiming Our Education System" with Daniel Kebede, NEU; Janet Farrar, UCU; the SEA and more.
Why Labour must commit to Free School Meals for all – Louise Atkinson, NEU
"If free school meals are being introduced in Scotland and Wales, why is it not possible for England too? Labour has a big opportunity to step in and fill this gap" - Louise Atkinson, NEU President
Over 50 MPs and Peers condemn brutal university staff pay deductions
"University staff deserve fair pay and fair terms. That is all they're asking for... but universities are now deepening a dispute when they should be working to resolve it." - Beth Winter MP
Get behind our teachers and the NEU’s #PayUp #SaveOurSchools campaign
"Our campaign to demand an inflation busting pay rise, fully funded from the government rather than already overstretched school budgets, continues throughout the summer term."