Education

Academics at 37 universities have voted in favour of continued strike action against pension cuts.
University and College Union (UCU)...

As many as 40% of classrooms in primary schools do not have adequate ventilation to mitigate the spread of Covid-19,...

Public sector workers will see their pay increase next year, the Chancellor has confirmed ahead of the Budget on Wednesday....

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce close to £3 billion in skills funding in the budget on Wednesday (27 October).

In the last of our profiles of 2020's winners, we look at how Loughborough University has transformed its OH delivery.

Further education leader calls T-levels a ‘hammer blow for social mobility‘

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed two appeals relating to the application of Oxford University’s Employer Justified Retirement Age...

The government is coming under increasing pressure to give key workers priority at fuel stations.

University employees could strike in a long-running dispute over spiralling workloads, pay cuts and claims the value of guaranteed pensions...

Employment tribunal finds fault in school's disciplinary investigation after pupil lied about being forced into a cupboard.

A teacher who had been suspected, but not charged, of possessing indecent images of children was fairly dismissed, the Court...

Essential workers unable to claim statutory sick pay Q1 2020, because they did not meet the minimum earnings threshold, included 27% of cleaners and 26% of retail workers.

Women’s average working hours have been less affected than men’s, with women who do not have children now working longer...

The ‘diversity champions’ scheme run by LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall has been accused of providing unlawful advice on transgender rights.

The growth in degree apprenticeships has led to fears that disadvantaged young people are losing out in favour of the more affulent.