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Debates on lecturers’ USS pension scheme in the pre-1992 universities, and on our 2012-13 pay claim will be central to the higher education sector conference.

The Further education sector conference agenda reflects the diversity of attacks on "second chance" education.

Morale at picket lines was high at Sunderland College on Thursday of last week, as lecturers struck against pay cuts and redundancies.

The impact of austerity on education will dominate debates at the annual general meeting of Scotland’s EIS teachers union in Dundee this week.

Teachers at Alperton Community School in Brent, west London, struck on Thursday of last week against plans to turn the school into a privatised academy.

Disabled workers sent a clear message that they will fight back at the TUC’s disabled workers conference last week.

A referendum in Ireland to decide whether to support a European Union (EU) treaty to cut public spending has returned a yes vote by 60 percent to 40 percent. But the campaign for the treaty only won through fear and bullying—with the only enthusiasm coming from government parties and the bosses.