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Union calls for action on Islamophobia in schools

A teaching union is calling for more action to tackle Islamophobia in Scottish schools, saying understanding the issue should be integrated into the curriculum. The NASUWT union says all school staff should be trained on how to tackle Islamophobia ...

21 May 2022 at 23:23

Pupils ‘can be sucked into far-right content through school projects’

Pupils researching topics for history projects online can be exposed to extremist content and Holocaust denial, teachers have warned. At the NASUWT teaching union’s annual conference in Birmingham on Monday, member Rachel Minto said extreme ...

18 Apr 2022 at 12:55

Teachers urge action on class sizes as three-quarters say numbers have gone up

Teachers have voted for the Government to set maximum limits on class sizes, as most say the issue is having a negative impact on their pupils’ progress. A survey by the NASUWT teaching union, ahead of its annual conference in Birmingham, ...

17 Apr 2022 at 16:25

Teachers to debate class size as three quarters say numbers have gone up

Teachers are set to debate whether the Government should set maximum limits on class sizes as most say this is having a negative impact on their pupils’ progress. A survey by the Nasuwt teaching union ahead of its annual conference in ...

17 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Schools’ impartiality guidance has ‘chilling effect’ on discussions of extremism

The Government’s political impartiality guidance for schools is already having a “chilling effect” on discussions of controversial topics in schools, a union leader has said. Patrick Roach, Nasuwt general secretary, said that pupils ...

16 Apr 2022 at 15:25

Teachers forced to ‘pop pills’ over excess workload, union told

Teachers have been forced to pop pills to cope with increasing workload, a teachers’ union has been told on Saturday. Member Owain Morgan-Lee told the Nasuwt teaching union’s annual conference in Birmingham that many colleagues had ...

16 Apr 2022 at 12:25

Teachers oppose pay freeze with six in 10 supporting strike action

Most teachers oppose a pay freeze set by the Government for school staff. In a survey by the Nasuwt teaching union ahead of its annual conference in Birmingham, the vast majority of respondents, 98%, said they disagreed with a pay ...

16 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Nine in 10 teachers say their job has made mental health worse

Teachers have been in the “eye of the storm” during the pandemic as new survey data has revealed that nine in 10 say their job has had a negative impact on their mental health. In a survey of nearly 12,000 teachers by the union ...

14 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Teachers to vote in strike ballot as union condemns ‘insulting’ pay offer

Teachers have been told to reject an “insulting pay offer” as Scotland’s largest teaching union opens a ballot on industrial action. A 5% pay offer from local authority body Cosla was rejected by the Educational Institute of ...

02 Sept 2022 at 17:46

Scotland

Education Secretary urged to intervene in teacher pay talks

A teachers’ union has urged Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville to intervene in pay talks. Teachers have rejected a 5% pay offer from local authorities, bringing the prospect of strike action closer. On Wednesday, ...

28 Sept 2022 at 15:41

Most teachers suffering from depression – survey

Most teachers show signs of clinical depression, according to a new survey at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. In a poll of nearly 12,000 teachers and headteachers as part of the NASUWT teaching union’s ...

09 May 2022 at 17:55

Teachers to protest in London over pay and conditions

Teachers are planning to march through the capital on Saturday to demand better pay and conditions from the Government. Members of NASUWT, The Teachers’ Union, will march alongside thousands of key workers as ...

18 Jun 2022 at 08:01

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