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  • 12 April 2019

    ¹ÏÉñÍø members at three colleges in West Midlands strike over pay ¹ÏÉñÍø members at three West Midlands colleges were the most recent to take strike action over pay this…

  • 2 April 2019

    Apprenticeships should be refocused towards young people and have education at their heart, according to a new charter launched today by ¹ÏÉñÍø. The union said the…

  • 22 March 2019

    Strikes at five colleges this week with progress in some disputes ¹ÏÉñÍø members at West Thames College, South Bank College, Croydon College, Bradford College and…

  • 15 March 2019

    Ten colleges face strike action in third wave of walkouts Tes has reported that ¹ÏÉñÍø members at 10 English colleges will be taking three days' strike action next…

  • 6 March 2019

    Staff and students at Newcastle College will be celebrating International Women's Day as a pioneering initiative to ensure students have access to free sanitary…

  • 1 March 2019

    ¹ÏÉñÍø general secretary Sally Hunt resigns for health reasons ¹ÏÉñÍø general secretary Sally Hunt has resigned for health reasons. The union's national executive committee…

  • 22 February 2019

    Angela Rayner tells ¹ÏÉñÍø members free-market experiment in higher education has failed Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner was among the speakers at ¹ÏÉñÍø's annual…

  • 20 February 2019

    Responding to a report from the all-party parliamentary group on social mobility, ¹ÏÉñÍøÂ said investment across the board was required if students from all backgrounds…

  • 13 February 2019

    ¹ÏÉñÍø members at Coventry University are being balloted for industrial action in a row over pay. Members are being asked to back both strike action and action short…

  • 29 January 2019

    The report, from the Social Mobility Commission, says that people from the lowest socio-economic backgrounds are the least likely to receive adult skills investment,…