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Jo Grady has been elected as UCU general secretary—easily beating establishment candidate Matt Waddup.

The battle to defend university pensions is back on following a resounding demand for action at the UCU union’s annual congress.

The defence of Further and Adult education is urgent. With over one million adult education places gone in the past five years, FE is fighting for its life.

The NEU union members are fighting a plan to turn the school into an academy.

The new National Education Union held its first conference last month, and delegates met amid much prior speculation and some trepidation. Would the merger of the NUT and the ATL prove a block on moves to action, and how would the turn out in our pay and funding ballot affect teachers and support staff’s commitment...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said his party will scrap the hated Sats school tests. Sadie Robinson spoke to people about why they should go now

A historic strike of teachers and other school and nursery workers has been unnecessarily ended by the leaders of the Polish Teachers’ Union (ZNP), the biggest union involved.

Workers at two London colleges are holding three-day strikes this week in a battle over pay and conditions.

Children, parents, school workers and others marched on Downing Street to demand an end to “baseline tests”

Delegates backed motions to ballot for a boycott of the hated Sats tests and for more action on pay

Poland has been struck by the biggest all-out walkout in over 25 years, reports Andy Zebrowski

Unions estimate that over 600,000 workers are taking part in an indefinite education strike - not just teachers, butcooks, cleaners, caretakers and office staff as well.