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Stow college Workers at Stow college in Glasgow walked out on Monday in a strike against low pay. Over 60 Unison union members picketed the college. They included support workers, admin staff, caretakers and caterers.

The new Higher Education White Paper marks a step change in the neoliberal transformation of universities. Jim Wolfreys looks at the ideology behind the government's plans, what it will mean for students, staff and the nature of teaching, and how we can resist

The Tory plans for our schools are tantamount to going "back to Victorian times". That’s the stark conclusion of Melissa Benn, a writer and campaigner for comprehensive education.

University lecturers have voted for new strikes to defend pensions. The vote means that they could join millions of other public sector workers in a united strike in November.

Cleaners at secondary schools in East Lothian in Scotland are to take industrial action against a pay freeze.

If you go to an academy school you’re less likely to get high grades—and more likely to be excluded. That’s the finding of an equality impact assessment of the government’s academies bill.

Workers at Shorefields Community School in Dingle, Liverpool, struck on Tuesday of this week.

NASUWT union members at Whickham School and Sports College in Gateshead were set to strike on Wednesday of this week.

More than 70 NUT union members struck at Langdon School in Newham on Thursday of last week.

Langdon School NUT teachers’ union members at Langdon School in Newham, east London, were set to strike on Thursday of this week over workload and "oppressive management".

More than a third of English universities have been granted permission to charge fees of £9,000 as standard from next year, it was revealed on Tuesday.

A campaign involving parents, teachers and school students has succeeded in forcing a Brighton school to abandon plans to become an academy.