Simon Kevin

The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has made its recommendation and the report is sitting on Bridget Phillipson’s desk. We ask the Education Secretary to publish the report now and fund fair pay for teachers and our schools. #NEU2025 #FundFairPay

It's a wrap from #NEU2025 in Harrogate.

Safe journey everyone.

See you in Brighton next year for #NEU2026!

📷 Kois Miah

At #NEU2025 delegates voted to ramp up the union's opposition to the far right.

Education needs to be at the fore front of countering the racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric pedaled by parties like Reform.

Fascinating that the urgent motion on pay still includes an instruction to go to a ballot. Will be quite a debate I suspect

Very true

Exhibition booth for the General Federation of Trade Unions featuring promotional materials such as brochures, a laptop, and branded merchandise including t-shirts and a tote bag.

Our stall is open at #NEU2025. We have merchandise and books from @strikemap.bsky.social @organisenow.bsky.social @gftuet.bsky.social & #GFTU.

Help support striking workers, organise workers and fund independent trade union education for the whole movement.

#GFTU #GFTUET #StrikeMap #OrganiseNow

Ok let’s do this… #neu2025.

New: Amanda Spielman’s nomination for peerage by Conservatives underlines politicisation of role of chief inspector of schools
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/amanda-...
Analysis piece looking at Ofsted’s closeness with ministerial priorities in recent years.

Preventing sexism & sexual harassment | National Education Union This toolkit aims to help NEU members take the steps needed to prevent sexism and sexual harassment.

Just watched Adolescent on Netflix. I think it worth sharing this advice on combating sexism from the NEU neu.org.uk/advice/equal...

For those still watching, twitter has become an even darker place. The manipulation is palpable.

Trump administration trying to un-fire nuclear safety workers The agency overseeing the US nuclear stockpile let some staff go - but now they want them back.

The US nuclear safety watchdog, which sacked hundreds of workers under orders from Donald Trump's administration, is now trying to contact employees to rehire them

news.sky.com/story/trump-...

Sixth form consultation results | National Education Union Members in non-academised sixth form colleges have voted overwhelmingly to end their dispute with the Secretary of State for Education.

Through their collective action, our sixth-form teaching members have secured funding for an above-inflation pay award, guaranteeing the integrity of their collective bargaining. A hard-earned win, well done! neu.org.uk/press-releas...

A Telegraph journalist does not accept that judges make decisions according to the law, rather than the imbecilic whims of uninformed newspaper proprietors.

o, sorry to bang on again, but @newstatesman.com with this headline are you trying to be the Spectator? www.newstatesman.com/politics/edu... Also, might have been worth pointing out that KB's own school, successful as it is, hasn't fully followed the national curriculum.

Sixth form teachers descended on parliament today, demanding the government funds a fair pay rise across all colleges.

NEU members from non-academised colleges were taking their 8th day of strike action for pay justice with other sixth form teachers. #PayUp

📷 Rehan Jamil

Sometimes you just have to look at the opposition and say ‘Well played’. We will learn from this and come back stronger. COYT

I am excited to announce the start of our Twilight Tuesday online CPD for independent sector members and officials doing casework in the independent sector.
We start with Making a Pay Claim.
Watch out for other events.

I couldn’t sleep and I noticed Education not Taxation puts out some of their tweets at 1.35am. I commented on this and they updated their tweet and put it out again (so without my comment). Is this normal for a campaigning organisation in the UK?

We've told the pay review body schools cannot afford more cuts. Any pay rise must be fully funded to avoid detrimentally affecting children's education. Read our evidence here: https://buff.ly/3PZSXad

UK funded studies on Long Covid in children ignored Media narrative of "lockdown babies" promoted while cognitive impairment, and reinfections increasing LC ignored

UK funded studies on Long Covid in children ignored

Media narrative of "lockdown babies" promoted while cognitive impairment, and reinfections increasing LC ignored
counterdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/uk-funded-...

Remember the names of the first three Doctors who died protecting British people from the COVID-19?

They were called:
Amged el-Hawrani
Adel el-Tayar
Habib Zaidi

Now tell me about Muslim migrants again.

Sod off Nigel Farage.

#StandUpToRacism

Milli miles or Mega miles? The use of a lower case m in the article implies you think it is the former!

@theguardian.com

Dear Guardian. I think you meant to put million miles, not milli miles.

End of Christmas term number 34 as a teacher. Merry Christmas everyone!

Solidarity to them

Claims of 'bullying and fear' at city school could lead to strike The National Education Union has raised serious concerns about the school as a ballot for strike action begins

This is becoming a worryingly familiar story up and down the country.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Up to 300,000 children could be missing out on education in England, thinktank suggests EPI blames patchy data for uncertainty over numbers and calls for national register to track those out of school

This is worrying. However the article mentions only covid as a possible cause. Surely zero tolerance and SLANT must also be examined as possible causes? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Beautiful Bethlehem. Praying for peace for Palestine this advent.

Just watched the film Blitz. Thought of my late Dad, who was taken back to London as a child after being evacuated to Huddersfield and running away. Things like that definitely did happen.