Post-16 Educator
Post-16 Educator is a bi-monthly magazine produced by and for activists in all sectors of post compulsory education.
Feature - Plebs: the lost legacy of independent working-class education Colin Waugh's recently published account of the Plebs League - the founding movement inspired by the notion that the working classes should produce its own thinkers and organisers. Download a flyer here, or contact us more information, or download the pamphlet here (950KB pdf file).
Latest Post-16 Educator Issue 58 July-August 2010
News Update - the latest facts and figures, news and events from the post-16 sector.
A new ‘landscape’ in Greek public education Dionyssios Gouvias examines the impact of the recent austerity measures on Greek education, and opportunities for challenging proposed reforms.
Report on NUT National Conference 2010 A summary of some of the key issues, including workload, mental health, SATs, OFSTED and Academies. By Philippe Harari.
Obituary: Jim Fyrth Richard Clarke recalls the life of a distinguished historian and adult educator, with a special interest in trade union and labour history.
Materials: Grown-up bullying Philippe Harari provides some suggestions and materials about bullying.
Review: Lost generation? New Strategies for Youth and Education (2010, Martin Allen and Patrick Ainley) by Colin Waugh.
Solidarity: Westminster UCU Sean Wallis (UCU London Region HE Secretary) calls for action in support of staff at the University of Westminster.
NEWS...
In each edition PSE provides a synopsis of over 100 reported events across a range of media and research. Did you know:
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•Bob Willerton is sacked after 25 years at Barnsley College for refusing to dismiss a colleague. UPDATE: charge of gross misconduct dropped, but Bob not reinstated (see Letters PSE 48)
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•UCU members at UCL suspend action after management proclaim compulsory redundancies unlikely (PSE 58)
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•Pay: a UCU special conference on HE pay agrees to submit a claim for either 8 per cent or RPI plus 5 per cent. The employers (UCEA) maintain a 'zero percentage' awaits (PSE 49)
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•Two Middlesex professors and one senior lecturer suspended pending investigation of their involvement is support for protests aimed at preventing the closure of philosophy courses (PSE 58)
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•In 2006-07, the average annual salary (including employer pension contribution) of a university vice-chancellor was £200,266? (THE survey, week beginning 10/3/08)
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•The LSC has paid failed private trainer Carter and Carter a total of around £90m? (Week beginning 10/3/08)
About PSE
The Editorial Board
The editorial board consists of grass roots activists from UCU and the NUT working together to organise readers and contributors into a national network that is democratic, that develops our practice and our thinking, and that equips us to take action over issues rather than always having to react to changes imposed from above.
The editors welcome articles of any length by and/or for practitioners and intending practitioners in any area of post-16 education, especially by women, plus letters, news items, photographs, materials and illustrations. Articles can be published anonymously if required.
PSE
There are several real debates going on in post-16 education at the moment. Practitioners need to engage in these debates before decisions get made. Post-16 Educator covers all the major issues in the post compulsory sector.
Each bi-monthly issue includes news and commentary from those working within post compulsory education, plus regular contributions from other interested activists. Comprehensive news coverage picks up on reports in national and local media, together with academic and government papers relevant to the sector. Recent features have included the Israeli academics boycott, the 2006 FE White Paper, prisoner education, teaching practice and the recently formed University and College Union (UCU).
Subscriptions
Any individual or organisation can subscribe. Annual rates (6 copies) range from £3.00 (unwaged) to an institutional rate of £25 each year. For further details please follow this link to download a pdf document (40kb) detailing subscription rates and standing order mandates.
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