Education

Scottish college lecturers powerful strike for a pay rise

21 March 2019
Thousands of college lecturers across Scotland held their fourth national strike over pay and conditions on Thursday.

Strong pickets on day two of English college strikes

21 March 2019
UCU union members at four colleges began the second day of a three-day strike on Thursday

College strikes show way forward in fight for better pay

19 March 2019
Workers at four colleges in England began a three-day strike on Wednesday in the “third wave” of a battle over pay and conditions.

College lecturers across Scotland and in England strike over pay

19 March 2019
College lecturers across Scotland and in nine colleges in England were set to strike over pay and conditions this week.

Education round up: Strike threat wins pay rise for Scottish teachers

12 March 2019
the threat of strikes by the EIS-Fela union has won Scottish teachers a pay offer that goes some way to restoring money lost under austerity.

Scottish college lecturers strike—and teachers set for strike ballot

05 March 2019
College workers across Scotland held their third one-day strike over pay on Wednesday.

Academy chain ‘loses’ 194 pupils

05 March 2019
An academy chain “lost” 194 children with special educational needs (SEN) at one of its schools in one year.

School strikes to stop academy plans

26 February 2019

Colleges in Hertfordshire could join pay walkouts

26 February 2019
UCU union members at Oaklands College in Hertfordshire are balloting for strikes over pay. The ballot ends on 11 March.

Striking teachers in California join growing revolt over pay and funding

26 February 2019
Around 3,300 teachers in Oakland, California, began their fourth day of strikes on Tuesday.

Two more London colleges could join strikes over pay

19 February 2019
UCU union members at two London colleges are balloting for strikes over pay and conditions

Schools round-up: Protest at music cuts

19 February 2019
A hundreds-strong protest by pupils and parents forced Labour-run Midlothian council in Scotland to step back from slashing the music service

Scottish teachers should fight for better pay

12 February 2019
School teachers in the EIS union in Scotland are voting on whether to accept the latest offer over pay

Vote Jo McNeill for UCU vice president

12 February 2019
Hundreds of academics from across Britain have signed a statement backing Jo McNeill for vice president of the UCU union

Scottish FE lecturers in second pay strike

05 February 2019
College lecturers across Scotland struck on Tuesday, the second day of their action over pay.

‘Let’s be a fighting union’—says UCU Left candidate Jo McNeill

05 February 2019
UCU Left candidate Jo McNeill’s campaign to become the union’s vice president has got off to a busy start.

‘The money’s there—where’s our share?’ college strikers demand

30 January 2019
Workers at colleges across England struck for the second day on Wednesday in a fight over pay

Hundreds on streets against Barclay academy

29 January 2019
Trade Unionists and Labour councillors joined parents, students and teachers at a protest against the threatened academisation of the Barclay school in Stevenage last Saturday.