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Teaching union issues formal notices on strike ballot

Scotland’s largest teaching union has issued formal notices to the country’s 32 councils confirming a statutory strike ballot will open for teachers on October 12. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) confirmed on Wednesday that it will move ...

05 Oct 2022 at 20:08

Scotland

Teaching union issues strike ballot warning amid pay talks

A teachers’ union has announced its members will be balloted for industrial action if pay demands are not met. The NASUWT said on Thursday that it will be issuing formal notices to the Education Secretary, local authorities and employers that it ...

29 Sept 2022 at 21:18

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Two teaching unions vote overwhelmingly in favour of revised pay deal

Two teaching unions have voted to back the revised public sector pay deal. Primary-level union the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) – Ireland’s largest teachers’ union – said 80% of its members voted to accept it, while 85% of the ...

30 Sept 2022 at 20:33

Hugely popular summer teachers course at Glenveagh a big success

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The team of staff at Glenveagh National Park have resumed the hugely popular summer teachers course ‘Learning Through The Landscape’, which has welcomed 20 participants from all over the country, as part of its education and awareness remit. ...

11 Aug 2022 at 10:33

Scotland

Teacher strike moves closer as union announces vote over industrial action

Scottish teachers are moving closer to strike action after the country’s largest teaching union announced plans to open a statutory strike ballot. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is moving ahead with its plans to ballot members ...

21 Sept 2022 at 19:22

Teacher quitting rates higher in English secondaries than in Wales, report shows

The percentage of teachers leaving their jobs in English secondary schools is higher than in Wales but the trend is reversed when it comes to primaries, a report has suggested. Researchers said their findings challenge their original ...

21 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Life

School teachers Two Mr Ps on nightmare parents and what your child’s school report really means

From awkward sex education conversations to tackling difficult parents and receiving backhanded compliments from their pupils, brothers Lee and Adam Parkinson have experienced all that modern-day teaching has had to throw at them. ...

02 Aug 2022 at 09:30

Liz Truss abandons £8.8bn policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Liz Truss abandons £8.8 billion policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Liz Truss has abandoned a flagship policy to slash £8.8 billion from public sector pay outside London after furious warnings from senior Conservatives that it would be “levelling down” the nation by leaving nurses, police ...

02 Aug 2022 at 23:42

Teachers and heads accuse Government of creating ‘crisis’ with pay offer

Teachers and school leaders have accused the Government of putting schools “on the brink of a full-blown funding crisis” with their offer on teacher pay. Five education unions, representing the vast majority of teachers ...

22 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Teaching union to hold annual meeting amid pay increase calls

Teachers and lecturers across Scotland are to gather this week for the annual general meeting of the country’s largest teaching union. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), which represents more than 80% of ...

06 Jun 2022 at 01:01

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Tipperary teacher’s lifelong service to education is honoured

Last Wednesday June 1 teacher Mrs Celine Johnson was honoured for her lifelong service at Our Lady of Mercy Primary School. Celine arrived in the School in 1978 as a newly trained teacher and during her time ...

07 Jun 2022 at 09:33

Scotland

Proposed 2% pay rise for teachers rejected as ‘completely inadequate’ by unions

Teachers have rejected the offer of a 2% pay rise, with union leaders insisting the proposed increase would represent a “massive pay cut” at a time when the cost of living is soaring. Members of both the ...

19 May 2022 at 16:53

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