Howard Stevenson

Remembering Agnes x www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Non dimenticare

For years I taught on school governor training programmes. My final slide of my final session was always ‘Billy McBone’ by Allan Ahlberg. My point - your job is to take care of the Billy M’s in your school - because there are Billy M’s in every school. RIP #allanahlberg

Solidarity to all those @uonucu.bsky.social colleagues facing redundancy right now.

Was lovely to return to University of Nottingham to support my @uonucu.bsky.social colleagues fighting redundancy. A fantastic @ucu.org.uk branch and so many great colleagues who make it fantastic.

Last time I saw @billybragg.bsky.social I was with Agnes Flues. Tomorrow will be the first time on a picket line without her #powerinaunion #miadolcerivoluzionaria @uonucu.bsky.social

200 people at a branch meeting in July!! Back to the heady days of the MAB. Go @uonucu.bsky.social !!!

Re-reading this. Published more than 30 years ago. What it tells us about what’s happening in the world today makes it an extraordinary work.

The war on knowledge is happening now www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘This is happening now’ - my editorial for @pdiejournal.bsky.social is online and open access. Inspired by my meeting with proftwolf.bsky.social. Now is the time to stand up for academic freedom www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Closing arguments have begun in our trial against the Trump admin’s policy of ideological deportations.

AAUP counsel: “The government’s policy is working actually as intended. The goal is to chill speech and stifle dissent.”

#AAUPvRubio

Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election 16- and 17-year-olds will be given right to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration

At last … www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Day 2 of 2 - with the transport workers. Always a pleasure to work with @tssa.bsky.social ✊

End of Day 1 of 2. Education workers today, transport workers tomorrow. Always on the side of the workers ✊

Education International member organisations have joined forces to support colleagues in Palestine and honour their unbreakable commitment to keep education going against all odds.

✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽 We stand in #solidarity with the General Union of Palestinian Teachers and all our colleagues across #Palestine!

Further details - and registration information available here gftuet.org.uk/courses/trad...

Registration for the @gftuet.org.uk leadership development programme is open. Aimed at senior leaders and aspiring senior leaders working in trade unions - first cohort in September and spaces are filling fast.

Artificial intelligence is the opposite of education Or: what if there is no middle ground?

"Education leaders who insist on the adoption of AI are actively producing a future in which the bet on AI turns out to have been the value call."

Reliably smart, critical, long and still in-progress work on AI in education from Helen Beetham helenbeetham.substack.com/p/artificial...

George Mason Is the Latest University Under Fire From Trump. Its President Fears an “Orchestrated” Campaign. When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.” But there are signs it may b...

“Youngkin, in his quest for political capital, has been following the DeSantis playbook and sees Mason as a potential New College that they can take over and take down.”
— Bethany Letiecq, George Mason AAUP

I am the course convenor and lead tutor, supported by a programme of external speakers, including those with General Secretary experience. If you have any questions, or want to arrange an informal chat - drop me a DM here and I’ll get back to you.

The course is aimed at those with senior leadership roles in TUs, or anyone with middle leadership roles looking to develop further in leading TU organisations. The programme has an external accreditation option.

@gftuet.org.uk 25-26 education programme is now LIVE. I’m course convenor for TULIP - GFTU’s unique leadership programme for those in senior roles in trade unions. Cutting edge theory, practical activities and learning with others across the TU movement. Find out more gftuet.org.uk/courses/trad...

Our 2025-2026 education programme is L I V E 🔴

👋 Look out for our team at today’s Gala.

✊ Be a part of our biggest programme to date, register today - gftuet.org.uk/education

#GFTUET

I’m still surprised, despite everything that has happened in/been done to the English school system, that it was possible to get to the bleak place described in our report. Sadly, many of these practices are continuing. Micro management and standardisation are the crack cocaine of poor leadership

“Are you on slide 8 yet?” | National Education Union The impact of standardised curricula on teacher professionalism

The full report is here - neu.org.uk/latest/libra...

Educate July-August 2025 | National Education Union Unions march against austerity, plus: Still fighting for pay and funding, winning on free school meals, AI in education.

Our report on the use of standardised/scripted curricula for @neunion.bsky.social is reported in ‘Educate’ magazine this month (p.19). The research was led by Prof Anna Traianou and the team also included Sarah Pearce and Jude Brady neu.org.uk/latest/libra...

We are making sure the voice of our profession is heard, respected, and reflected in the revision of the international Recommendations concerning the Status of Teachers.

Teachers must be active participants at every stage of the process.

Find out more!
➡️ eiie.io/40HnSNW

In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises The research examines recent trends in the higher education sector and how they align with the current provisions of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Pe...

On 4 July, Independence Day, I stand with US educators in defence of independent research, institutional autonomy and academic freedom. The threats to democracy are real - and happening now. Time to stand up and stand together.

@eduinternational.bsky.social

www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3008....

Critical academic inquiry is a threat to authoritarians.

Liberal arts colleges don’t exist in authoritarian nations.

An eye-opening analysis of the #crisis of, and attacks on #HigherEducation worldwide, from the #US to #Turkey via #Zimbabwe and #Argentina. by @howardstevenson.bsky.social , Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou.