Articles from Germany
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 December 2014 ETUCE Special Conference 2014 in Retrospect
Welcoming the participants to ETUCE's first Special Conference on 26-27 November 2014 in Vienna on The Future of the Teaching Profession, the ETUCE President Christine Blower reflected on what education and teachers' work will be like in future taking reference in today's world that is already constantly online.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 December 2014 Stand up! 16 days of activism against gender violence
The 16 days of activism against gender violence is an international campaign that started on 25 November 2014, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and ends on 10 December 2014, Human Rights Day. The campaign hopes to raise awareness about gender-based violence as a human rights issue...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2014 'When Europe forgot its homework: Education in crisis': the ETUCE Film-documentary released
The ETUCE documentary 'When Europe forgot its homework: education in crisis’ shows that cuts and downturns in the education systems have affected everyday people – teachers, students, parents, and societies – and made the prospects and opportunities for young people more unclear, jeopardizing the future of the younger generations.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2014 The Future of the Teaching Profession – The ETUCE Special Conference 2014
From 26 to 27 November 2014, more than 200 teacher union representatives from all over Europe convene in Vienna for ETUCE's first mid-term conference under the new structure. The Future of the Teaching Profession, which is the Leitmotif of the event and of the main conference resolution, promises interesting discussions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 November 2014 In Belgium, thousands of teachers and workers march against austerity
On Wednesday 6 November all Belgian teachers and educators affiliated to ETUCE member organisations together with all the other sectors and professions, demonstrated in Brussels to defend their working conditions, welfare state and purchasing power against austerity and the Belgian government's attacks.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2014 Coming up: Training seminar on Challenging the liberalisation of public services in TTIP and beyond
ETUCE is together with EPSU, AK and ÖGB organising a training seminar on trade policy on the 15-16 January in Vienna. The focus of the training will be on the current trade negotiations, in particular TTIP, CETA and TiSA and the EU's trade policy. We will discuss how to challenge...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 November 2014 Germany: Resources and rule changes needed for quality education
Education unions in Germany are calling for adequate funding for quality education at all levels, from early childhood education to vocational education and training.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2014 New Eurydice Report
National Student Fee and Support Systems in European Higher Education 2014/15: This report analyses the student fees and support systems (grants and loans) across European countries. It covers 33 European countries of the Eurydice network.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2014 Egalité des genres au sein des institutions européennes
Although female political representation across Europe has increased, it is happening at a slow pace. The most influential leadership roles in the European Parliament remain dominated by men. This raises questions about the possible need to resort to stronger measures to improve female representation in the EU institutions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2014 L’IE appelle ses affiliés à soutenir la campagne de l’AFT contre le magazine TIME
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is calling on EI affiliates to support their request to the TIME magazine to apologize to teachers. The reason for this campaign is the outrageous cover of the November issue of this world press magazine which blames teachers for the problems in schools.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2014 La profession enseignante au bord de la crise au Royaume-Uni : la NASUWT appelle à une mobilisation pour l’application de normes plus strictes dans le secteur de l’éducation
The NASUWT, one of the EI/ETUCE affiliates from the UK, has been engaged in a long-running and creative campaign of industrial action designed to protect teachers but also to be friendly to pupils, parents and the public. The industrial action campaign, also referred to as Standing up for Standards is...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2014 Teacher trade unions in Serbia unite in protest against salary cuts
On 22 October 2014, four trade unions in Serbia organised a one day strike in many schools across the country following a series of protest actions during the entire month of October. More than 3.000 teachers participated in the action, demanding among other things to exclude education from the announced...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2014 ETUCE Round Table Meeting in Podgorica
On 17 October 2014, ETUCE, held its 5th Round Table meeting in Podgorica within the project Promoting the potentials of the European sectoral social dialogue in education by addressing new challenges and exploring experience and knowledge. The meeting was attended by the Montenegrin Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2014 Réponse du CSEE à la consultation publique concernant la transparence des négociations du TTIP menée par la Médiatrice européenne
On 28 October 2014, the education social partners gathered in their final event of a series of six round table meetings within the current project of ETUCE.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 29 October 2014 ETUCE response to the European Ombudsman’s public consultation on transparency of TTIP negotiations
The European Ombudsman runs a public consultation on transparency of the TTIP negotiations until 31 October. ETUCE has continuously requested the European Commission to improve transparency in relation to the TTIP negotiations and to involve stakeholders in an active and meaningful way.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2014 New ETUCE Website
ETUCE launches its new website. From now on you will be able to find information on the latest ETUCE activities and initiatives by its member organisations in English, French and Russian. The website also provides updates on education issues relevant to teacher unions in Europe and their affiliates as well...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 September 2014 Eurydice launches new short overview on Annual Instruction Time
This report shows the recommended annual instruction time in full-time compulsory education in public sector schools. The report covers 32 countries of the Eurydice network (reference year 2013-2014). National sheets are included.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 September 2014 Germany: future of teaching profession revisited
Teachers’ training and qualifications have been at the heart of a seminar organised by the German education union GEW, one of the numerous culmination events around the globe of the Unite for Quality Education campaign.
Germany: future of teaching profession revisited