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Category: education and training

Government ‘short-changing’ nurses on education and training, says UNISON ahead of Westminster debate

UNISON is urging MPs to highlight the urgent need for substantial investment in education and training for nurses and other healthcare staff.   The call comes ahead of a special debate later...
Posted on 21/11/2018Author Unison news releasesCategories apprenticeships, education and training, news releases, nurses, Press ReleaseTags Unison

Older workers deserve access to training, says UNISON

Responding to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee report on the weak enforcement of age discrimination law published today (Tuesday), UNISON head of learning and organising services...
Posted on 17/07/2018Author Unison news releasesCategories education and training, news releases, older workers, Press ReleaseTags Unison

National Careers Week – the lost art of giving good guidance

It's National Careers Week - but thanks to years of government cuts, careers advice at school isn't what it used to be. UNISON thinks young people deserve a better start to their working life The...
Posted on 07/03/2018Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, careers advice, careers services, education, education and training, education services, news releasesTags Unison

UK’s largest academy trust’s caretaker cuts pose serious risk to pupils, say unions

Some schools face losing 50% of caretaking staff under an academy chain’s ‘controversial’ plans released today (Tuesday). Education unions have issued a warning over plans by London-based...
Posted on 09/05/2017Author Unison news releasesCategories academy schools, Caretakers, education and training, education services, News, news releases, Press ReleaseTags Unison

Derby school support staff vote ends ten-month dispute, says UNISON

Derby school support staff have voted overwhelmingly (nine to one) to accept the council’s latest offer, ending a ten-month dispute over pay and working time, says UNISON. Derby City Council had...
Posted on 05/04/2017Author Unison news releasesCategories Derby, education and training, local government, News, news releases, Press Release, school support staffTags Unison

‘Fair funding’ must also mean sufficient funding, say education unions

Following the publication of the Government’s final proposals for its long-awaited National Funding Formula (NFF), organisations representing school staff, teachers and leaders – ATL, GMB,...
Posted on 16/01/2017Author Unison news releasesCategories education and training, education services, News, news releases, Press Release, schoolsTags Unison

School funding cuts could deny children a decent future says UNISON

Responding to government plans to reform school funding UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Schools that are already underfunded will get much less than they’d hoped for....
Posted on 14/12/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, education, education and training, education services, news releases, school fundingTags Unison

UNISON calls for council oversight of academy school finances

Friday 26 August 2016 For immediate release Responding to the Local Government Association call for councils to have oversight of academy school finances, UNISON national secretary for education Jon...
Posted on 26/08/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories Academies, academy schools, education and training, education services, News, news releases, Press Release, school fundingTags Unison

UNISON welcomes government’s academies climbdown

Commenting on the news today (Friday) that the government has abandoned its plans to force all maintained schools still linked to local authorities to become academies, UNISON head of education Jon...
Posted on 06/05/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories Academies, education, education and training, education services, News, news releases, Press ReleaseTags Unison

Academy chain job cuts are a lesson in how not to manage schools, says UNISON

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...
Posted on 05/05/2016Author Unison news releasesCategories ATT academy chain, education, education and training, education services, News, news releases, Press ReleaseTags Unison

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