Communication practitioner wins teaching and learning support staff category at the National Association for Special Educational Needs’ annual awards
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Campaign to save nurseries goes national
A group campaigning to save five council-run nurseries in Salford has joined up with campaigners from across the country at a rally in Salford.
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UNISON wins legal pay out for 5,000 low-paid women in schools and nurseries in Greenwich
This is a victory for all low-paid women working in the public sector
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‘Inspiring’ agreement
In a significant step forward for Unite and its relationship with insurance provider Aviva, the union and the firm have together hammered out a learning agreement that will give staff the opportunity…Read more…
Childcare plans will make a huge difference to young families and nursery staff
Young families across the country are struggling because childcare costs are such a massive drain on their finances.
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‘Education for the many’
Unite delegate Philippa Marsden today (September 24) spoke in support of a composite on the school system at Labour’s conference. “Education must never be left to market forces,” she said. “We…Read more…
Mismanagement by academy trust leaves vulnerable students and staff facing huge cuts
Large cuts are looming at the TBAP multi-academy trust, which runs schools in London, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North West, following accusations of financial mismanagement.
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Higher education members to be balloted on strike action
National pay offer rejected by two thirds of members in recent consultation
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Further education needs an urgent injection of funding
Pay claim for FE staff submitted as survey reveals members struggle to pay the bills
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“The work you do saves and transforms lives”
Angela Rayner addresses UNISON’s national delegate conference
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Surviving the Windrush scandal
Michael Braithwaite, a school teaching assistant who lost his job due to the Windrush scandal, recalls his fear of deportation
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Unions welcome Association of Colleges’ U-turn on pay talks
The University and College Union (UCU) and UNISON have today (Tuesday) welcomed a U-turn from the Association of Colleges (AoC) over pay talks for staff in further education. At the start of the…Read more…
‘Mass Trespass’
Mass Trespass is an entertaining 13 minute documentary film by WellRedFilms about the 1932 Kinder Scout Trespass, which has been described as the most important event of civil disturbance in the…Read more…
Save our nurseries: when the kids went to Westminster
Are these the youngest UNISON campaigners?
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Are you ready for the weekend of action to save schools?
On 21 and 22 April, education staff, parents and children across the UK will be taking part in a weekend of action against cuts to school funding
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New study shows 1,000 Sure Start children’s centres may have shut
‘Children’s centres have been left in limbo,’ says UNISON
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Underfunding of schools resulting in increased class sizes for secondary schools in England
New research by the School Cuts coalition of unions (NEU, NAHT, ASCL, UNISON, GMB and Unite) shows that class sizes are rising in the majority of secondary schools in England as a result of the…Read more…
National Careers Week – the lost art of giving good guidance
It’s National Careers Week – but thanks to years of government cuts, careers advice at school isn’t what it used to be. UNISON thinks young people deserve a better start to their working life
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Schools forced to cut teachers’ and teaching assistants’ posts to make ends meet
Real-terms cuts to school funding since 2015 have led to a big reduction in the number of secondary teachers, teaching assistants and support staff in England, says research published today…Read more…
Schools forced to cut teachers’ and teaching assistants’ posts to make ends meet
Real-terms cuts to school funding since 2015 have led to a big reduction in the number of secondary teachers, teaching assistants and support staff in England, says research published today…Read more…