Education

Radical mood among students on campuses as the new university year begins
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Radical mood among students on campuses as the new university year begins

As students begin a new university year many are looking at the upheaval in politics—and the possibility of change.
26 September 2017
Funding formula fails test as schools still face cuts
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Funding formula fails test as schools still face cuts

Also: strike called at Badock’s Wood Primary School in Bristol
19 September 2017
Durham councillors make insulting “final offer” to teaching assistants
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Durham councillors make insulting “final offer” to teaching assistants

Teaching assistants (TAs) in County Durham are furious at their Labour-run council’s latest attempt to settle a dispute over pay.
19 September 2017
UCU misses an opportunity to encourage pay resistance
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UCU misses an opportunity to encourage pay resistance

Workers in the UCU union in higher education have voted to accept a below-inflation pay offer. Bosses had offered just 1.7 percent.
01 August 2017
Schools face real terms cuts as Greening announces no new money
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Schools face real terms cuts as Greening announces no new money

Tory education secretary Justine Greening confirmed this week that schools across England face real terms funding cuts.
17 July 2017
Parents take to the streets of London against school funding cuts
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Parents take to the streets of London against school funding cuts

Hundreds of parents, children, teachers and others marched in London against school cuts today, Sunday.
16 July 2017
School strikes in Ealing show the way to beat back academies
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School strikes in Ealing show the way to beat back academies

Strikes at a primary school in Ealing, west London, have scored a significant victory in a battle against academies.
14 July 2017
Parents plan a London carnival in reaction to Tory school funding cuts
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Parents plan a London carnival in reaction to Tory school funding cuts

Parents, school workers, children and others will gather in central London this Sunday for a carnival against the cuts.
11 July 2017
'Over 40 joined our picket to fight for education', Stoke Newington teachers report
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‘Over 40 joined our picket to fight for education’, Stoke Newington teachers report

Teachers in the NUT union at Stoke Newington School in Hackney, east London, struck over funding cuts today, Wednesday.
28 June 2017
Strikes spread in London schools - and teachers' action can stop Tory funding cuts
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Strikes spread in London schools – and teachers’ action can stop Tory funding cuts

Teachers at a number of London schools struck this week against cuts and the threats to education.
27 June 2017
Lecturers walk out against attacks in higher education
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Lecturers walk out against attacks in higher education

Lecturers and other university workers in the UCU union at Leeds University struck last Thursday.
27 June 2017
Union leader tells Forest Hill School strikers - ‘Keep up the fight for education’
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Union leader tells Forest Hill School strikers – ‘Keep up the fight for education’

NUT union general secretary Kevin Courtney has congratulated pickets at Forest Hill School for striking over cuts – and urged them to keep fighting.
20 June 2017