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Education round up: Notts College workers get ready for more walkouts
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Education round up: Notts College workers get ready for more walkouts

UCU union members at Nottingham College were set to start a fresh wave of strikes next week in their battle over new contracts.
29 October 2019
Walkouts set to hit 25 sixth form colleges
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Walkouts set to hit 25 sixth form colleges

Workers at 25 sixth form colleges were set to strike on 5 November—the second walkout in a battle over pay and funding.
29 October 2019
Wave of sixth form strikes gets top marks
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Wave of sixth form strikes gets top marks

Action at 23 colleges is about more than anger at employers’ paltry pay offer, reports Sadie Robinson
22 October 2019
Enthusiastic support for sixth form college strikes over funding and pay
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Enthusiastic support for sixth form college strikes over funding and pay

At college after college, strikers reported that new faces had joined big picket lines and that there was a buoyant mood.
17 October 2019
‘Build on climate strikes’ say education workers
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‘Build on climate strikes’ say education workers

Over 250 education workers, students and activists joined the Climate emergency—educating for the future conference in London last Saturday.
15 October 2019
West London school strikes force bosses to back off
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West London school strikes force bosses to back off

Strikes in west London have pushed Brent council to reconsider a plan to close a school.
08 October 2019
‘We have had enough,’ say sixth form workers preparing to strike
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‘We have had enough,’ say sixth form workers preparing to strike

Workers at 23 sixth form colleges are set to strike on Thursday 17 October in a battle over funding and pay.
01 October 2019
Reports round-up - strike and protest over closure of Strathcona school
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Reports round-up – strike and protest over closure of Strathcona school

NEU union members at Roe Green Strathcona School in Brent, west London, struck on Monday. The action follows a walkout in June against a plan to close the school.
10 September 2019
Reports round up: Moulsecoomb workers say yes to academies battle
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Reports round up: Moulsecoomb workers say yes to academies battle

Workers at Moulsecoomb primary school in Brighton could strike against a plan to turn the school into an academy.
30 July 2019
‘We’re proud of our anti-academy fight,’ say John Roan school strikers
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‘We’re proud of our anti-academy fight,’ say John Roan school strikers

The NEU union’s picket line at The John Roan School last week was still lively on the last of 20 days of strikes since May 2018.
23 July 2019
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Schools round-up: Frustration after Sats result

The NEU union plans to consult some of its members on whether to ballot for local boycotts of Sats tests
16 July 2019
Schools round up: Strikers at John Roan vow to keep up fight
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Schools round up: Strikers at John Roan vow to keep up fight

Workers at The John Roan School are refusing to give in to plans to turn their school into a privately-run academy.
09 July 2019