General
Tuesday
11th Apr 2023
Pam Duncan-Glancy named Scottish Labour education spokeswoman
Michael Marra, who had been the party’s education spokesman at Holyrood, now becomes Labour’s finance spokesman
AI may unlock doors, but teachers hold the keys
Even though artificial-intelligence systems such as ChatGPT will be able to do many tasks in education, human moderation will be essential, says this teacher
Saturday
8th Apr 2023
NASUWT to re-ballot teachers over strike action
All four teaching unions have now rejected the government’s pay offer
‘Wake up’ to Stem teacher shortage, ministers warned
NASUWT president will plead for action on teacher recruitment in a speech at the teachers’ union’s annual conference in Glasgow today
Friday
7th Apr 2023
Thursday
6th Apr 2023
Weekly round-up: Pay deal rejected, more strikes ahead
This week’s essential education news and analysis includes unions rejecting the latest pay offer, plans for summer strikes and a warning about school staff workloads
Teacher strikes: ‘Pay fight might not be won this year’
Outgoing NEU joint general secretaries warn Gillian Keegan to ‘do her job’ as they admit dispute might not be won on their watch
Mental health leads: over 8 in 10 teachers don’t get enough support
Just 8 per cent of teachers who responded to an NEU survey said they had sufficient access to Camhs support
SEND: Teachers struggle to ‘paper over cracks’ of broken system
NASUWT survey reveals just 3% of teachers say pupils with special educational needs or disabilities always receive the support to which they are entitled