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Education

Education

National Education Union: End ‘intolerable’ inspection regime and unfair assessments

Lucy Skoulding
8 April, 2021 (2 weeks ago)

One in three staff intend to leave the education profession in the next five years

An early year worker’s plea to the Education Secretary: Close nurseries now

Josiah Mortimer
6 January, 2021

Many in the early years sector feel ignored, at risk, and treated as an afterthought by the government.

Chaotic government messaging over schools continues

Emma Burnell
4 January, 2021

Government dithering is leaving teachers, pupils and parents in chaos.

University Keble College Oxford

Government U-turn on in-person teaching as universities suffer 50,000 cases of Covid

Lucy Skoulding
3 December, 2020

Online learning will be the default until at least February thanks to UCU campaigning

Union learning provides around £1.4bn to the economy – but the Tories want to scrap it

Kevin Rowan
19 October, 2020

It boosts jobs, wages and productivity but Gavin Williamson wants it gone

Education figures hit out ‘censorship’ of anti-capitalism in new teaching guidance

Josiah Mortimer
30 September, 2020

“It’s laughable to put talking about alternatives to capitalism on par with racism.”

Union calls government ‘negligent’ for no ‘plan B’ when schools reopen

Lucy Skoulding
25 August, 2020

“We want schools open but we want staff and students to be protected as well” says the National Education Union

The Education Secretary is spreading pointless myths about free speech on campus

Jamie Beauvais
22 July, 2020

Talking up the idea of a ‘free speech crisis’ is a favourite of Tories, but this latest ploy is pure hypocrisy.

Schools must face up to Britain’s colonial past

Amar Raja
8 June, 2020

Teaching a whitewashed history excludes British students from different cultural backgrounds: it ignores the impact of their ancestors.

child at table playing with toy cars - Photo by Sandy Millar on Unsplash

One in five nurseries and pre-schools lost a quarter of their employees to job pressures in 2019

Fleur Doidge
9 March, 2020

Workers such as teachers suffering from years of government cuts are continuing to leave the industry.

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