Latest education sector news

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Tony Corfield 1919-2011

05 September 2011

Tony Corfield (1919-2011) worked in adult education all his life and one of the busiest and happiest stages of his career was as Education Officer and eventually Education Secretary for the mighty Transport & General Workers Union from 1950 to 1968.

Universities merging services could mean job losses, says Unite

25 July 2011

Liverpool and Lancaster could be ‘the tip of the iceberg’

Raising fees for students is ‘detrimental’ to the economy, says Unite

11 July 2011

The dangers of the coalition’s policies for higher education are ‘very real’ and ‘extremely detrimental’ for future economic growth, Unite, the largest union in the country, has told MPs.

TUPE Update: Conference

20 June 2011

The IER has organised a conference on TUPE for the 12th July, download a registration form and find out more here.

Latest Pay Scales

25 March 2011

The latest pay scales

Eddie Sands Obituary

24 February 2011

Eddie Sands Obituary

Unite backs day of action to defend EMA

13 December 2010

Scrapping school support grant will condemn kids of the less well off, says union

Lib Dems continue campaign against ‘modest’ public sector pensions

15 June 2010

Nick Clegg’s attack on public sector pensions is part of a long-running Liberal Democrat campaign against the ‘modest’ pensions of local government staff, health workers and teachers.

Public sector 'productivity boost' claim is a smokescreen for more privatisation

08 June 2010

Claims that £60bn of increased productivity can be squeezed from the public sector are a smokescreen for the acceleration of the privatisation of schools and health services.

£6bn public sector cuts is ‘an economic wrong turn’, says Unite

24 May 2010

The £6 billion worth of public sector cuts shows that the coalition has taken ‘an economic wrong turn’ says Unite.

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