"Due to the NEU’s success in surpassing the fifty percent boundary laid down in the Tory Trade union bill, the union has now declared seven days of strike action in February and March."
Tag: Education
Biggest picket lines ever on university campuses across the UK – UCU
"70,000 university staff have turned out like never before, defying bullying tactics from management to show they will no longer accept falling pay, pension cuts, brutal workloads and gig-economy working conditions."
The Biggest University Strike in UK History
As university staff in the UK begin the biggest strike action in the sector's history, Caitlin Adam looks at the reasons why educators are striking and the effects of marketisation on Higher Education.
Student-Staff Solidarity! Why the UCU is fighting to improve higher education for everyone
"Thousands of students will support university workers throughout the duration of the industrial action, taking part in teach-ins, joining staff on picket lines, and working to organise strike fundraisers."
The lessons of Nicaragua’s education system and the eradication of illiteracy
"The government organised across the broad spectrum of Nicaraguan society to deliver a ground-breaking literacy campaign across the country" - A look at the eradication of illiteracy in Nicaragua.
Cost of summer childcare is “pushing families to the edge”
"The TUC is calling on the government to give an urgent cash boost to the childcare sector, and in the long term deliver a proper plan for a universal, flexible, high quality, affordable childcare for everyone who needs it."
The cost-of-living crisis is exacerbating child hunger, we need free school meals now more than ever
Education representatives have called on the government to expand free school meals, to address the affects of the cost-of-living crisis on growing child hunger.
Teachers and students faced with a “profound” cost of living crisis, it’s time to take action – the TUC
Teachers and schools leaders do not need to be reminded of the stark effects of this crisis on their pupils and in their own lives. We need urgent action.