Skills England will help tackle shortages ignored for years
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Filling the skills gap is vital for a prosperous UK economy
Skills England will help tackle shortages ignored for years
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Weapon and drug use ‘widespread’ among students on college premises
Dangerous behaviour needs to be tackled to ensure students and staff are safe.
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Weapon and drug use ‘widespread’ among students on college premises
Dangerous behaviour needs to be tackled to ensure students and staff are safe.
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MPs celebrate college support staff
Westminster event sets the scene for UNISON’s Champions in Our Colleges celebration tomorrow (Friday 9 February)
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MPs celebrate college support staff
Westminster event sets the scene for UNISON’s Champions in Our Colleges celebration tomorrow (Friday 9 February)
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UNISON welcomes return of further education to public sector
ONS decision means that senior leaders will have to justify big pay awards
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FE unions reject pay offer
‘Appalling’ offer from Association of Colleges falls far short of the joint union pay claim
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Staff shortages bite in colleges across the UK
Results of a new UNISON survey show the depth and impact of staff shortages in the further education sector
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Unions slam college employers over 1% pay offer
A one per cent pay offer is a joke – and not a funny one.
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The true impact of online learning
UNISON is concerned that saving money and not the needs of learners or staff is the main motivation as FE colleges move to a mix of online and in person learning
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‘Cuts have consequences’
After initially being promised by the government last Autumn, this week the wait for the Further Education White Paper finally came to an end as the Department for Education published “Skills for…Read more…
UNISON voices concern at post-18 education proposals
The union sees a missed opportunity in both further and higher education to create a system placing students and staff at their heart
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Further education unions ‘outraged’ at pay offer
UNISON says college leaders have broken their pay promises and that pay in the FE sector is ‘simply too low’
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UNISON submits further education pay claim
Claim for college staff in England seeks a “full restoration” of the loss to pay in the sector during 10 years of austerity
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Unions set out five tests government and colleges must meet before staff and students can return
Cutting corners risk pushing us back to square one
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FE workers in England reject pay offer
Working group to look into best way for members to protest at another low pay offer
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‘Think again’ UNISON tells government on LGPS plans
UNISON responds to the government consultation on proposals that would allow higher and further education employers in England to opt out of providing LGPS membership for new staff members
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Conference agrees to fight changes to the LGPS
Delegates denounce the cynical attack on public service workers’ pensions and warn that other sectors are at risk
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Union issues pension warning for university and college workers
Government plans to allow employers in England to opt out of local government pension scheme are an ‘unwarranted and grievous’ attack on higher and further education staff
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