Howard Stevenson

I enjoyed attending this and making a contribution. Right issue - right time. Hat tip to @etuce.bsky.social for organising (in every sense).

Union Renewal Starts Locally: ETUCE’s “Your Turn 2” Workshop in Utrecht On 2-3 October 2025, ETUCE, in collaboration with Dutch education union AOb, hosted the second training workshop of the “Your Turn 2: Teachers for Trade Union Renewal” project in Utrecht. This event f...

Union renewal starts locally!
At our “Your Turn 2” workshop in Utrecht, teachers and union activists explored how local leadership drives change and keeps unions strong.

Read more: www.csee-etuce.org/en/news/etuc...

#ETUCE #YourTurn2 #UnionRenewal

And the full report here neu.org.uk/latest/libra...

Thanks to Patrick Yarker, from Forum, for his excellent blog based on our report for the @neunion.bsky.social ‘Are you on slide 8 yet?’ The impact of standardised curricula on teacher professionalism. Patrick’s blog here lwbooks.co.uk/just-teach-t...

This was such a great event to be part of. Modelling the cultural change we want to see in our organisations - thanks to all participants who brought their ideas and enthusiasm. We keep the conversations going … !

El Sector de Enseñanza de UGT Servicios Públicos participa en Utrecht en el proyecto europeo 'Docentes para la renovación sindical' - UGT El proyecto busca impulsar acciones que contribuyan a mejorar las condiciones de vida y laborales del profesorado en toda Europa

Participamos en Utrecht en el taller del proyecto europeo 'Docentes para la renovación sindical', organizado por @etuce.bsky.social

El proyecto busca fortalecer la acción colectiva del sindicalismo educativo frente a los retos que amenazan al sector.

ugt-sp.es/el-sector-de...

Starting the 2nd training workshop of the project “Your Turn 2: Teachers for Trade Union Renewal” in Utrecht.

Together with our member @aob.nl , teachers and union representatives are working on strengthening union renewal and developing key local leaders.

More on the project: t.ly/pVt2i

Trump offers top universities funds if they boost conservative ideas Brown and MIT among nine schools told to back conservative views or risk losing federal support, sparking free speech fears

No words www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Based on our report into global higher education for @eduinternational.bsky.social. This work by @ifut.bsky.social members at Maynooth University was fantastic.

Teacher Professionalism from the Margins: The Policies and Politics of Education Governance in England and Sweden Teachers have a vital role in ensuring a quality education for all. However, education systems across the globe face growing teacher shortages. Without urg

Great to see this published today. A critical comparative study of teacher professionalism in England and Sweden. Congrats @alisonmilner.bsky.social ! www.emerald.com/books/monogr...

When the world is going to shit - you get together with those people you trust completely, and you make plans.

AAUP President: “Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy” More than a year into his presidency of the American Association of University Professors—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector”...

“We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy. But the converse isn’t absolutely true. Higher ed alone cannot save democracy, but we’re a critical part.

We need a broader societal movement to save our country.”

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

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...