[ad_1] The UK's largest teaching union will "make Labour MPs pay a high political price" if the government does not offer teachers in England a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise, its general secretary has said.Daniel Kebede said members of the National Education Union (NEU) "expect better from a Labour government" than the pay recommendation ministers have made.He said NEU members would campaign in Labour constituencies if it did not change
[ad_1] Jasmine SandharBBC Midlands TodayBrum Action 4 PalestineMariyah Ali (left) and Antonia Listrat launched their UoB2 campaign earlier this year with the aim of getting the disciplinary charges against them dropped Two students have questioned a university's commitment to freedom of speech after they feared expulsion over a pro-Palestinian protest.Mariyah Ali and Antonia Listrat were cleared by a misconduct hearing last week, but said the possibility of expulsion had affected
[ad_1] Nicky Ford & Jess WarrenBBC NewsBBCLeo's primary school is less than 40% full and could be shut by the council Some primary schools in London are struggling for pupil numbers and are in danger of being closed by their local authorities.Seven-year-old Leo's school in Earl's Court is one of them - leaving Leo and his cohort worried."If the school closes, my friends will go to different schools and we
[ad_1] There were 4,564,000 children in state nurseries and primary schools in England and Wales in 2024, according to annual statistics published by the Department for Education.The projected data for 2025 is expected to see that fall by 42,000 to 4,522,000.In 2023, birth rates - which have been falling for several years - hit an all-time low in England and Wales. It was a similar picture in Scotland, and it
[ad_1] A University of Oxford building has been closed for almost a week after a seagull broke a glass roof by repeatedly dropping a stone on it.A spokesperson for the Blavatnik School of Government has confirmed the bird caused damage to a glass panel on the roof on Wednesday.In a video posted online by The Telegraph, the bird can be seen bouncing a large stone off the glass roof of
[ad_1] Hazel ShearingReporting fromNEU conference in HarrogateGetty ImagesSchools in England closed when National Education Union members went on strike in 2023Teachers in England will vote on whether or not to go on strike if the government stands by its pay offer for the next school year.The National Education Union (NEU), England's largest teaching union, says it will hold a formal ballot if the offer remains "unacceptable", or if no extra
[ad_1] GoogleThe teacher was also found to have made inappropriate comments about Muslims at the school, near Eaton ParkA primary school teacher who accidentally showed a film clip containing blackface to a class of Year 5 pupils has been found to have behaved inappropriately.Grace Whiley played the video of an old Sinbad film during an English lesson at Bluebell Primary School in Norwich.The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) panel said she
[ad_1] Ken BanksBBC Scotland, AberdeenRGURGU announced a plan for redundancies last yearLecturers at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen have gone on strike over redundancies.RGU announced in November that more redundancies could be made after 130 staff left through a voluntary severance scheme last year. It hopes there will be less than 60 further redundancies.Teaching union the EIS said its members had been left with "no other option" but to
[ad_1] Joshua AskewBBC South EastMarcella WhittingdaleBBC NewsBBCThe government said it had already invested more money into SEND A mother campaigning for better support for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) in Sussex has said the system is in "crisis" and she feels "gaslit". Kirsti Nicole Hadley, from Brighton, whose son is autistic, said systemic issues put a "huge amount of admin and advocacy" onto parents."People
[ad_1] Harvard University has rejected a list of sweeping demands sent by the White House that asked the university to change many of its policies or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding."The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights," the university wrote on its X account on Monday.The Trump administration sent Harvard a letter on Friday that added to a list of requirements it
