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Devolution of schools

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Global Education 'Reform': Building Resistance and Solidarity

Gawain Little, Executive Member, National Union of Teachers, UK

7th December 2015

This edited volume brings together education academics and activists from around the world, who describe the effects of corporate education...

Campaigning against Neo-liberal Education in Britain

Bernard Regan, Past Executive Member UK National Union of Teachers

2nd June 2014

The author outlines the development of neo-liberal education policies in the UK, including privatisation, local management, standardised...

From ‘school correspondent’ to workplace bargainer? The changing role of the school union representative

Howard Stevenson, Professor of Education, Nottingham University, UK

14th October 2013

This paper draws on research in three English Midlands local education authorities to analyse the changing role of the teacher trade union...

On the Shopfloor: exploring the impact of teacher trade unions on school-based industrial relations

Howard Stevenson, Professor of Education, Nottingham University, UK

14th October 2013

Teachers are highly unionised workers and their trade unions exert an important influence on the shaping and implementation of educational...

Restructuring Teachers’ Work and Trade Union Responses in England: Bargaining for Change?

Howard Stevenson, Professor of Education, Nottingham University, UK

14th October 2013

A key feature of current school-sector reform in England is the restructuring of teachers’ work and the increased use of support staff to...