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13 August 2021
Prison educators in England, Wales and Northern Ireland urgently need a pay rise and improved training, as well as access to improved facilities for learners, according…
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26 January 2021
Staff at England and Wales's largest prison education provider, Novus, delivered a damning vote of no confidence in chief executive John Thornhill on Friday (22…
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24 November 2020
Nearly half of prison education staff don't feel safe at work according to responses to a survey published today by UCU. The survey of prison education staff found…
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24 March 2020
UCU has welcomed the move to suspend prison education as part of a wider prison lockdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Her Majesty's Prison and Probation…
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24 March 2020
Around two-thirds of prison education staff (63%) say hand washing facilities in their prisons are inadequate, despite government guidance which says regular hand…
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19 November 2019
The next government should invest in the further and higher education workforce, end the hostile environment for migrants and scrap arbitrary metrics like the Teaching…
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1 November 2019
UCU members back strikes over both pensions and pay and conditions UCU members working in UK universities have backed strike action in ballots over both pensions…
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31 October 2019
UCU has welcomed calls from the Justice Select Committee for more stable prison education contracts and increased training for prison governors, but said bolder…
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13 September 2019
University strike ballots open Strike ballots opened at UK universities on Monday in rows over USS pensions and pay, workloads, casualisation and equality. The…
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5 July 2019
71% of university staff say insecure contracts have damaged their mental health Staff in UK universities working on insecure contracts say the lack of security…
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