European backing for 7 new schools in the Home Counties
The European Investment Bank has agreed to support construction of seven new secondary schools in Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Bedfordshire that will improve education facilities and school life for thousands of children in the Home Counties.
UK study says science and maths send girls' future wages soaring
Studying science or maths at A level sends girls’ earnings soaring by a third, a new report reveals on 22 March in UK.
Indigenous education gains progress in Brazil
It has been a busy March for Brazil’s national education union, the Confederaçao Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educaçao(CNTE), one of the member organisations of Education International (EI), after it held both the First National Indigenous Educators...
UK's new Nuclear College will equip local young people with the right skills for the job
The college, a partnership between UK government and nuclear employers, led by EDF Energy and Sellafield Ltd, will be based at 2 hubs in Somerset and West Cumbria, close to major sites of nuclear investment.
Stakes are high for education in trade agreements
“Public education is definitely part of what is being negotiated for the moment,” said Rømer, Director of the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), Education International (EI)’s European Region. “However, there is a problem of course...
Stakes are high for education in trade agreements
With the fate of education currently being negotiated in global free-trade talks, Martin Rømer, Director of the European Trade Union Committee for Education, spoke with RadioLabour about the possible consequences.
Zimbabwe: qualified teachers are the answer to filling the recruitment gap
High-level meeting highlights common priorities of Mexican union and Education International
SNTE international secretary, Maria Antonieta Garcia Lascurain, President, Juan diaz de la Torre, and EI vice President...
