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The government careers strategy is a missed opportunity to pull together an effective and coherent careers service.

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 month the AoC said that it would not discuss a pay claim for 2018/19 while UCU members were still in dispute at […]

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.

Young families across the country are struggling because childcare costs are such a massive drain on their finances.

Much more needs to be done to improve the social care sector and restore the dignity that’s lacking

Further education should not be at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to investment.

It’s shocking that so many people in jobs are still struggling financially and living in poverty.

This new insight from those at the heart of decision-making on where money is spent – and axed from budgets – is deeply concerning.

The OfS report demonstrates the inequality and injustice at the heart of higher education pay

The UK’s largest academy chain faces a potential dispute with seven education unions over job cuts, low wages and outsourcing.

Education unions representing staff at Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) – the largest academy chain in the UK – are today (Wednesday) launching a ballot asking if employees have confidence in the trust’s leadership. The move comes after AET failed to listen to staff concerns over proposed cutbacks and restructuring. The changes will put the wellbeing […]

A pay offer to higher education staff falls far short of the annual rise they deserve as university bosses have seen their salaries soar, says UNISON. The union’s higher education executive has now agreed unanimously to recommend the “inadequate” 2019/20 pay offer from UCEA higher education national employers should be rejected. UNISON will now undertake […]

Staff and students have suffered serious injuries as a result of offensive weapons being brought into colleges, according to a UNISON survey published today (Tuesday). Machetes, hammers, metal bars and even a gun are among the items either recovered or that have been used in pupil-on-pupil assaults, gang attacks or in violent incidents against staff, […]

Council staff have paid a heavy price during the years of austerity

UNISON survey uncovers how far teaching assistants go to financially support their pupils