Education
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
Lecturers walk out against attacks in higher education
Lecturers and other university workers in the UCU union at Leeds University struck last Thursday.
Strikes spread in London schools - and teachers' action can stop Tory funding cuts
27 June 2017Teachers at a number of London schools struck this week against cuts and the threats to education.
Upbeat walkout against job cuts at Manchester Metropolitan University
20 June 2017Groups of pickets were out in force across Manchester Metropolitan University to begin a two-day strike on Tuesday.
Teachers begin strikes at two schools in Ealing to say no to academies
20 June 2017Teachers at two west London schools were out on strike on Tuesday of this week. NUT union members at Drayton Green primary school began a two-day strike on Tuesday. Those at Dormers Wells High School began a three-day strike.
Union leader tells Forest Hill School strikers - ‘Keep up the fight for education’
20 June 2017NUT union general secretary Kevin Courtney has congratulated pickets at Forest Hill School for striking over cuts – and urged them to keep fighting.
As parents plan London protest over school funding cuts - pile pressure on the Tories
13 June 2017Parents, teachers, children and others are preparing to protest against school funding cuts in London. The demonstration is expected to be on Sunday 16 July.
Anger grows in EIS union as Scottish college bosses drag their feet over pay deal
13 June 2017Scottish college bosses are still dragging their feet in a long-running dispute over equal pay.
Anger from unions at new SNP plan to privatise teacher training
06 June 2017The EIS education union has reacted angrily to the Scottish government’s plan to involve private firms in teacher training.
UCU union congress calls for national strategy to defeat attacks on education
30 May 2017Delegates gathered for the UCU union’s annual congress in Brighton last weekend. Members in the higher education sector conference defeated the union leadership by backing a motion calling for a “national industrial strategy”.
‘School cuts are an election issue’ as parents, pupils and teachers protest
30 May 2017Parents, children, teachers and others joined a nationwide day of action yesterday, Friday, against cuts to school funding.
It’s right to fight the Tories as ‘Big School Assembly’ against cuts draws huge crowd
30 May 2017More than 1,000 people gathered in Mile End Park in east London this evening, Wednesday, in a fantastic show of opposition to school funding cuts.
Conference to vote on action
23 May 2017The general election will influence debates at the UCU union’s annual congress in Brighton this weekend.
Tory wreckers manifesto is only for the rich
23 May 2017Theresa May tried to pitch her manifesto as progressive with false promises on the NHS and schools. Nick Clark unpicks the attacks that they’re planning
Scottish lecturers get their bosses telt
23 May 2017College lecturers in Scotland held a victory rally on Saturday after their bosses "crumbled" on Friday in the face of an escalating national dispute.
Big schools protests pledge resistance to Tory education funding cuts
23 May 2017Anger at Theresa May's plan to slash billions from schools' budgets burst onto the streets
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