Pressure on schools and NHS staff to tackle crime is deflecting attention from failure to fund services adequately, union says
Pressure on schools and NHS staff to tackle crime is deflecting attention from failure to fund services adequately, union says
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 […]
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
Jon Richards, UNISON’s head of education, said: “This weekend is a chance for everyone to get involved to help save schools. There’s no hiding from it any more, the cuts are […]
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.
They voted for strike action and have already organised a one-day strike, held several rallies during local […]
More than half of classroom or teaching assistants (53%) across the UK have experienced physical violence at school in the past year, according to new figures published by UNISON today (Tuesday). In addition, three-quarters (76%) of the teaching assistants who took part in a survey for the public service union said they had witnessed violence at […]
Commenting on the decision today (Thursday) by the Academies Transformation Trust (ATT) to announce jobs cuts and a major restructuring across its secondary and primary schools in the East and West Midlands, and the East of England, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “This decision has come as a bolt from the blue, and […]
Clare Tierney, who had been Gateshead UNISON assistant branch secretary, passed away in 2012. Clare was a much-loved member of the branch team […]