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Over 4,600 lecturers across 20 further education colleges in Scotland struck today, Thursday. They have a simple message to their employers—“honour the deal” agreed 13 months ago.

Hundreds of students and their supporters protested outside the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) yesterday evening, Thursday, as Israeli ambassador Mark Regev spoke inside.

The battle to stop Tory education cuts is growing.

NUT union members at Forest Hill School were set to strike on Wednesday this week. The workers are fighting a planned £1.3 million cuts package that Labour-run Lewisham council is trying to impose.

Workers at Manchester Metropolitan University were furious after bosses banned the UCU union from holding a meeting on campus last week.

Members of the National Union of Teachers have been battling in education to halt academisation, over testing and, more recently, against £3 billion in funding cuts up to 2020. We have always attempted to get parents’ groups on board to work jointly on campaigns.  In 2016 two new groups, Let Kids Be Kids and Rescue...

At the National Union of Teachers conference in April a historic motion was passed supporting positive positions on transgender rights and committing the union to fully implement the recommendations of the Gender Recognition Act. Over recent years arguments have taken place about transgender rights both on the left among feminists, and on the right. These...

Workers at three schools in south east London began a coordinated two-day strike against cuts on Tuesday of this week.

School strikes are spreading across London even before the Tory funding cuts have begun to hit schools.

UCU union members at the University of Brighton were set to begin a two-day strike on Wednesday this week. Workers will escalate action, culminating in an all-out strike, if bosses don’t back down.

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Workers at three south east London schools are on strike against cuts today, Thursday. As the Tories plan to impose drastic cuts on schools across England, the workers are at the forefront of the battle to defend education.