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Menopause training should be mandatory for all school leaders, says UK union

06-04-2024 17:06

Women with symptoms are being penalised, National Education Union’s annual conference toldThe UK’s biggest teaching union is to lobby for menopause training to be made mandatory for all school leaders, saying women with symptoms are being penalised for sickness absence and disciplined on competency grounds.Older staff were at greatest risk of “capability procedures”, delegates at the National Education Union’s (NEU) annual conference in Bournemouth were told, while

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A Labour government could face teachers’ strikes, union warns

06-04-2024 16:04

National Education Union chief Daniel Kebede says Labour pledges are ‘a long way from the scale of change’ neededA new Labour government could find itself facing a wave of industrial action by teachers in England and Wales if it fails to meet demands over pay and education funding, the leader of the UK’s biggest education union has warned.Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), fired a warning shot over Keir Starmer’s bows, declaring th

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'I sent out 300 applications and got 299 rejections'

06-04-2024 10:05 via bbc.co.uk

Universities and employers are working together to help low-income families start a career by 2030.

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Teachers in England and Wales report vermin and pests in schools

06-04-2024 07:00

Union poll on school buildings also highlights sewage and wastewater leaks, overheating, severe cold and mouldA survey by the UK’s biggest education union on the state of school buildings in England and Wales has found two in five teachers reporting signs of vermin or pests and more than a quarter complaining of sewage or wastewater leaks.Of the 8,000 members of the National Education Union who responded to the online poll, two-thirds (68%) said they worked in buildings that leaked, with o

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