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Unions 'Won't Rest' In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Unions "Won't Rest" In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Health
The year began with the highest levels of industrial action in decades, with nurses, junior doctors, ambulance workers, rail operators, teachers, university staff, and civil servants shivering on the picket lines in their fight for improved pay and conditions – sometimes almost all at once.
Top Stories: Labour Sets Sights On Sue Gray, SNP Leadership Hustings Begin, Tories Hold Away Day
Coronavirus
Top Stories: Labour Sets Sights On Sue Gray, SNP Leadership Hustings Begin, Tories Hold Away Day
Former Cabinet Minister Says Grandparents Should Get Extra Support To Help With Childcare
Health
Former Cabinet Minister Says Grandparents Should Get Extra Support To Help With Childcare
Top Stories: Dominic Raab Row Deepens, Liz Truss Plots Comeback, Childcare Pressure For PM
Education
Top Stories: Dominic Raab Row Deepens, Liz Truss Plots Comeback, Childcare Pressure For PM
Top Stories: Sunak Under Pressure To Suspend Raab, Half Of Schools Impacted By Strikes
Education
Top Stories: Sunak Under Pressure To Suspend Raab, Half Of Schools Impacted By Strikes
Why Thousands Of Teachers Are Going On Strike
Education
Why Thousands Of Teachers Are Going On Strike
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Health
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
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Scrap upfront childcare fees for families on the lowest incomes – it’s the poverty premium in action
Education
By Becca Lyon
Scrap upfront childcare fees for families on the lowest incomes – it’s the poverty premium in action
UK Advertising’s Talent Shortage Needs Government Help Partner content
Education
By Advertising Association
UK Advertising’s Talent Shortage Needs Government Help
Government must make its review of Relationships, Sex and Health Education a top priority
Education
By Sarah Champion MP
Government must make its review of Relationships, Sex and Health Education a top priority
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Unions 'Won't Rest' In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Unions "Won't Rest" In Fight For Pay Deals After Success For NHS And Rail
Health
How Liam Fox passed the world's first legislation for Down syndrome
How Liam Fox passed the world's first legislation for Down syndrome
By Sophie Church
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Why Thousands Of Teachers Are Going On Strike
Education
Why Thousands Of Teachers Are Going On Strike
Thousands of teachers in England and Wales are set to strike on Wednesday after talks between education unions and the government failed to reach an agreement.
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Health
Who Is Going On Strike And When In February?
Mass walkouts are set to take place across multiple sectors in February affecting the NHS, schools, rail services and more.
Why we must do better for children in hospital schools
Health
By Maarten Crommelin
Why we must do better for children in hospital schools
When Faisal* walked through the doors of our school at the Maudsley and Bethlem Hospital, we only knew his name.
Like so many of our pupils, he had been admitted because of a mental health emergency and was too unwell to leave the ward. It took daily visits by our teachers to build trust and to work out what they could do to help.
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Education
By PSHE Association
Labour Manifesto Response
The PSHE Association welcomes today's commitment in the Labour manifesto to statutory status for the Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) element of PSHE education, but is concerned about the lack of reference to the subject as a whole.
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Education
By million+
million+ comments on Labour manifesto pledge for careers advice service
The university think-tank million+ has commented on the manifesto pledge made by the Labour Party today (April 9) that every teenager will receive one-to-one careers advice to support them from school to work.
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Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT welcomes Labour's commitment to educational entitlement for all children and young people
Commenting on the launch of the Labour Partys education manifesto, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:
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Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL welcomes Labour's education manifesto but some issues remain unaddressed
Adrian Prandle, Director of Economic Strategy and Negotiations of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers comments on the Labour manifesto
The success of Labour's careers advice pledge Partner content
Education
By National Federation of Builders
The success of Labour's careers advice pledge
The National Federation of Builders welcomes Miliband's promise to guarantee personal careers advice for all teenagers, but warns the success of the plan depends on the advisors. 
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Education
By Save the Children
Charities lay down election challenge on nursery quality to get toddlers back on track
More than half a million children in independent (private) nurseries are being deprived of the benefits of a qualified early years teacher, according to the Read On Get On. campaign. This number includes many of the poorest children, who are most at risk of falling behind in basic language and reading skills and most in need of skilled teaching support.
Partner content
Education
By Mott MacDonald
Cambridge Education-led consortium evaluates teacher absenteeism rates, Indonesia
A consortium led by Cambridge Education, Mott MacDonalds international education consultancy, has completed a survey of schools in Indonesia to create nationally representative estimates of teacher absenteeism.
Partner content
Education
By Association of Teachers and Lecturers
ATL comment on Conservative's plans to make primary pupils re-sit maths and English tests
Anne Heavey, education policy advisor at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers reacts to the Conservative party proposal on SATs resits
Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career Partner content
Education
By Chartered Insurance Institute
Mind the skills gap: from classroom to career
Improving the UK’s skills gap must be a priority for the next Government, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Children and young people lose out when teachers' pay and conditions are attacked
Five years of attacks on every aspect of teachers working lives has created a teacher supply crisis, the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has heard today.
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Education
By NASUWT
Accountability regime creating climate of fear in schools
The high-stakes inspection and accountability regime has created a climate of fear in too many schools and is driving up stress levels and ill health among teachers, the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has heard today.
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Education
By NASUWT
The Coalition Government has been determined to break national frameworks of pay and conditions of service
The excessive freedoms and flexibilities granted to schools by the Coalition Government are undermining childrens and young peoples entitlement to a high-quality education service, teachers at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, have argued.
Partner content
Education
By NASUWT
Verbal abuse of teachers on the increase
Teachers are reporting increasing concerns over pupil indiscipline, a survey by the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has found.
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Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT calls for political parties to commit to partnership working in Government
The NASUWT has called for political parties to commit to genuine engagement, dialogue and partnership if they are elected on 7 May, in a motion debated today at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK.
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Education
By NASUWT
'Culture of paying teachers what you can get away with must end' says the NASUWT
Teachers at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, have condemned the Coalition Governments attacks on the pay of public sector workers, which has seen teachers pay cut by almost 15%.
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Education
By NASUWT
Teachers betrayed by ministers over workload
Representatives at the Annual Conference of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, have today condemned the failure of ministers and employers to address the problem of excessive teacher workload, which is damaging the health and wellbeing of teachers and contributing to the growing crisis in recruitment and retention.
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Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT international solidarity award for the Korean Teachers' Union
The NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has opened its Annual Conference in Cardiff by presenting its International Solidarity Award to the Korean Teachers Union (KTU).
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Education
By NASUWT
Pupil premium funding missing its target
Over half of teachers do not know how the additional funding their school receives under the Pupil Premium is being spent, a new survey by the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, has found.
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Education
By NASUWT
NASUWT hails release of jailed trade unionist
Commenting on reports that the jailed teacher trade unionist Omar Alfonso Combita has been released from prison in Colombia, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers union in the UK, said:
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Education
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million+ launches publication which debates the key policy areas for higher education
The university think-tank, million+, has published a series of opinion pieces in its newest publication The HE Debate: Where next for..? which was launched today (30 March).
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Education
By Universities UK
Response to new IFS report on student funding
Universities UK responded today to the latest report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) on the student funding system in England.
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Education
By AQA
New AQA History GCSE takes students from Magna Carta to War on Terror
A new History GCSE from exam board AQA - featuring a broader range of periods and topics - aims to use the past to give students a better understanding of today's world.
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Education
By million+
million+ comments on allocation of research funding
Following the publication of research funding allocations to universities in England by the Higher Education Funding Council, HEFCE, the university think-tank has said that the allocations confirm the strength of research in modern universities and called on governments north and south of the border to invest in research infrastructure across the sector and translational research which supports growth and innovation.
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Education
By million+
million+ welcomes government consultation on postgraduate loan scheme
The university think-tank million+ has today welcomed the publication of a government consultation on a postgraduate loan scheme for masters and doctorate students in England.
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