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No to redundancies
(29/06/09) Lunchtime protests on 3 July over further education jobs and funding cuts in EnglandUnion prepares for changes in schools
(15/06/09) New negotiating body will be an important tool in achieving equity and fairnessWomen members win pensions equal-pay fight
(08/06/09) 27 low-paid women celebrate after 10-year fight against private schoolNews list >
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UNISON is the largest trade union for staff in schools and local authority education departments.
Our members include teaching assistants, nursery staff, administrators, secretaries, policy officers, technicians, cleaners, caretakers, school meals workers - in fact anyone working in schools or supporting education.
Learning & Skills Council (LSC) college building projects England - UNISON survey
(24/03/2009)Following a request from UNISON and UCU the Learning and Skills Council has agreed to meet the FE trade unions on the 31 March to discuss college capital funding.CALL Campaign Latest Bulletin
(07/03/2009) You can download below the latest copy of the CALL Bulletin 10 with all the latest news about the Campaigning Alliance for Lifelong Learning and the recent Lobby of Parliament.Campaign against Further Education funding cuts continues
(28/09/07) UNISON, as part of its campaign against funding cuts in further education, has just published a new report at the start of the academic year to highlight the contraction of adult education place and the implications for colleges in England.College Cuts Increase Inequality and Decrease the Quality of Provision
(12/02/07)There are funding pressures and issues of quality. That’s not an excuse to cut provision either to access or quality.Disability rights campaigners have expressed concern following an internal Department for Education & Skills survey which showed that 15% of college places for people with learning disabilities were cut in 2006.Funding Crisis in Adult Education Campaign Details
(09/02/07)We have updated the campaign pack against the funding cuts. These which contains a toolkit, the bulletins, checklist and fax back can be downloaded from the links below. It is important that you keep us informed asap about the cuts that are taking place. We are looking at taking legal action against these cuts.Campaign Against Cuts To Adult Education and ESOL
(30/01/2007)Cuts to adult education continue to reveal alarming trends; course closures, fee increases for students and redundancies, cuts to nursery provision, restructuring and uncertainty for staff. The cuts to adult education have proved to be more than three times as high as official predictions made last yearImpact on English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
(30/01/2007) UNISON is greatly concerned about the impact of ESOL cuts on the wider skills agenda. This was featured in FE Focus 19 January. It will impact on migrant workers in the public sector; in the health service, social care and school catering who will lose the right to free English classes.< Back | More >
CONTACT DETAILS
• For urgent help and advice at work to go Help at Work.
• UNISON's education workforce unit is managed by Christina McAnea.
UNISON Education workforce
1 Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9AJ
Email: education@unison.co.uk
• For urgent help and advice at work to go Help at Work.
• UNISON's education workforce unit is managed by Christina McAnea.
UNISON Education workforce
1 Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9AJ
Email: education@unison.co.uk
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