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Voice: Feeling stressed? Understand yourself? Now, move forward Conference
Application forms are now available for an exciting conference in Manchester. The fun-packed day will give you practical solutions and advice on managing stress and time to help you achieve a work/life balance.
Voice welcomes Committee’s “Great Teachers” report
Voice: the union for education professionals has welcomed the publication by the House of Commons Education Committee of its report Great teachers: attracting, training and retaining the best (1 May 2012).
Voice: SEN support scheme "targets only the elite – or ‘talented’ as the DfE describes them"
Voice: the union for education professionals has commented on the DfE’s £500,000 scholarship scheme for SEN support staff launched today (18 April 2012).
Voice: Cutting child benefit punishes children not parents
Commenting on a recommendation by Charlie Taylor, the Government’s Expert Adviser on Behaviour, that parents of children in England who persistently truant should have their child benefit cut, Philip Parkin, General Secretary of Voice: the union for education professionals, said:
Voice: We are pleased that the Government has taken on board the key recommendations
Voice: the union for education professionals has commented on the Revised Early Years Foundation Stage Framework published today (27 March 2012).
VoicetheUnion: Chief Inspector on ego trip to prove how tough he is
Commenting on news that the Chief Inspector of Schools has confirmed that a quarter of schools rated ‘outstanding’ are to be re-examined because their teaching supposedly did not reach the highest standard, Philip Parkin, General Secretary of Voice: the union for education professionals, said:
VoicetheUnion: JUAC backs parliamentary group’s asbestos action report
“The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC), a national asbestos trade union campaign group, has backed Asbestos in Schools: the need for action, a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health that highlights the level of danger from asbestos in Britain’s schools.
Ofsted scrapping 'satisfactory' in school inspections "unsatisfactory"
Voice: the union for education professionals – which represents teachers, head teachers and support staff – has commented on Ofsted's plan to scrap the "satisfactory" judgement in school inspections and replace it with "requires improvement".
Teachers will fear new bullies’ manual
Voice: the union for education professionals – which represents teachers, head teachers and support staff – has criticised the new arrangements for teacher appraisal and capability.
Gove wakes up to importance of computer science
While welcoming the Education Secretary's speech on computer science today (11 January 2012), Voice: the union for education professionals has expressed concerns about the practicalities of implementing the new computing curriculum.
Voice comments on Ofsted’s plans for no-notice inspection for schools
Voice: the union for education professionals has commented on Ofsted’s plans for no-notice inspection for schools.
VoicetheUnion: Group calls for Government to abandon plans to transfer health and safety to school governors
A national asbestos trade union campaign group has called for the Government to abandon its plans to transfer the responsibility for health and safety in local authority schools from local authorities to school governors.
VoicetheUnion: We have reached a position that is worth serious consideration by our executive national council
VoicetheUnion make an official statement on pension negotiations
Voice comments on Autumn Statement – a slap in the face for public servants
Commenting on today's Autumn statement (29 November 2011), Philip Parkin, General Secretary of Voice: the union of education professionals – which represents teachers, head teachers, education support staff and childcarers – said:
Voice advises growing membership ahead of 30 November strike
Voice: the union for education professionals – which does not take industrial action – is reminding its growing number of members, who include head teachers, teachers, education support staff and childcarers across the UK, to do their own work only and not that of striking colleagues during the industrial action planned by other public sector unions for 30 November. The union has seen its membership, which was around 30,500, rise by an average of 100 members a day during the last two weeks.
Voice advises members not to do others’ work during strike
Voice: the union for education professionals – which does not take industrial action – is advising its members, who include teachers, education support staff and childcarers across the UK, to do their own work only and not that of striking colleagues during the industrial action planned by other public sector unions for 30 November.
Voice: Teacher training plans short-sighted and biased
Voice: the union for education professionals has criticised plans to offer higher levels of bursaries to teachers with first-class degrees in certain subjects.
An open letter to Michael Gove regarding the ‘phonics check’ for six year olds in English primary schools
An open letter to Michael Gove regarding the ‘phonics check’ for six year olds in English primary schools
Voice: Literacy experts ‘deeply concerned’ about government’s reading test for six year-olds
Literacy experts ‘deeply concerned’ about government’s reading test for six year-olds
Voice comments on education spending report
Voice: the union for education professionals has commented on the report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies that has found that public spending on education in the UK is set to fall at the “fastest rate since at least the1950s”.
Voice: JUAC calls for a national audit of asbestos in school buildings
The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) calls for a national audit of asbestos in school buildings after figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) showed that of the small number of academies inspected approximately 60% had enforcement action taken against them for failing to adequately manage the asbestos in their buildings. Government estimates are that 75% of all UK schools have buildings that comprise asbestos containing materials.
Voice comments on Michael Gove's Conservative Pary Conference speech
Commenting on the speech by Education Secretary Michael Gove to the Conservative Party Conference today (4 October 2011) Philip Parkin, General Secretary of Voice: the union for education professionals, said:
Voice: McCormac report “not as radical as expected” but a “leap in the dark” for the teaching profession
Voice: the union for education professionals, which represents teachers, education support staff and early years professionals across Scotland and the rest of the UK, has given its reaction to The Report of the Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland.
Voice: the union for education professionals has commented on today's GCSE results
Senior Professional Officer (Education) Ian Toone said the following.
VOICE: Government must 'think again' about pointless EBac
Voice: the union for education professionals has welcomed the publication of the Education Committee’s report on the English Baccalaureate and its call for the Government to “think again about EBac”.
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