Staff and students to hold lunchtime rally against government cuts
UNISON steps up its campaign against £10.5bn spending cuts
UCU announced today that strike action at the University of Sussex, planned for Friday (19 June), has been suspended.
Protestors to march through Birmingham city centre as part national day of action against education cuts
Staff and students to hold lunchtime rally against government cuts
Staff and students at the University of Sheffield will hold lunchtime protests on Monday 21 June in a row over controversial new contracts.
Demonstrations to be held in over 70 colleges and universities across the UK
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:55:00 GMT
The free schools programme will be anything but free. Free schools are an unnecessary and costly gamble in educating the country’s children.
Fundamental flaws in the Policy Exchange report
Commenting on the Policy Exchange report published today (Friday) on the public sector, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“For Policy Exchange every nurse, every doctor, every teacher is a drag on the economy. The rest of us know that they all – and countless other public servants – provide a vital role. Far from holding back the private sector, the public sector educates and trains their workforce, buys many of their goods and services, keeps their staff healthy and provides the vital infrastructure without which the UK would travel back to the 19th century.”