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Westminster government’s testing priority list only includes ‘teachers’ for education in England, forgetting the rest of the education team

The favourite for Labour deputy leader tells UNISON’s women’s conference why lifelong learning is key

But voters should be wary of cynical pledges and gimmicks.

Court of Appeal ruling has implications for hundreds of thousands of employees

Pressure on schools and NHS staff to tackle crime is deflecting attention from failure to fund services adequately, union says

Date

4 – 8 March 2019

Location

Online Event

TECHOGNITION is a national celebration of School Science Technicians, recognising the importance of this essential role in science education   Following the success of #TECHOGNITION 2018 we will be running the event again this year. During #TECHOGNITION week: Take a photo of yourself or a technician colleague at work. It can be something spectacular or […]

Date

6 – 7 November 2019

Location

Park Inn York City Centre

UNISON’s annual Higher Education branch seminar presents an exciting opportunity to network with colleagues from across the UK who work in the HE sector. We invite you to the 2019 branch seminar in York where you will have a chance to hear from experts on higher education, attend a wide range of workshops that are […]

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.

Angela Rayner addresses UNISON’s national delegate conference

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

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

UNISON’s higher education service group met yesterday to discuss the higher education employers’ full and final offer on pay for 2017-18.

An academy chain with schools in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside has announced today (Thursday) that as many as 40 support staff could face redundancy over plans to cut budgets. The David Ross Education Trust launched a consultation exercise earlier today over proposals to cut nearly £1m in funding from its 32 primary […]

Our message is clear and my position is the same as our members: the council must negotiate – massive pay cuts for school support staff cannot be the answer

If this Tory government really cared about making our country fairer and more prosperous then decent pay for education workers would be one of their top priorities.