Sixth form college funding has been cut by 26% since 2010, leaving teachers and students in a desperate situation, struggling with more and more resources being cut. To add insult to injury, teachers are only being offered a 1% pay rise after enduring a 15% pay cut in real terms since 2010. Now 25 colleges have managed to beat the anti-trade union laws ridiculously high ballot thresholds and are out on strike, with more set to follow.
Education
Striking teachers give free maths lesson outside Parliament
Film length: 6:31 David Cameron is telling everyone that by cutting 22% of sixth form funding since 2010, he’s actually “protecting” it and providing “better funding”. So striking teachers from City & Islington hold free […]
Education
6th form colleges: on strike for survival
Running Time: 2min 19 sec Four thousand teachers at 77 sixth form colleges are on strike – not just for a pay rise in line with inflation, but for the survival of the entire sector. […]
Education
NUT public meeting, Shrewsbury (excerpt)
Film length: 2:53 A taster of the packed NUT public meeting In Shrewsbury on February 8 over the proposed merger of three sixth form colleges into one. Full film to come at the end of […]