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Teachers leaders are demanding action amid concerns that “workplace violence” is “becoming normalised” in Scotland’s schools.

Morning papers: Latest Scottish and UK news at a glance on May 21 Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has described the proposals for an Eden Project Dundee as “stunning” after the charity revealed its preferred site in the city, reports The Courier. The plans involve converting the former Dundee Gasworks on East Dock Street into the Eden Project’s home in Scotland. The educat...

TEACHING union NASUWT is demanding action as concerns grow  that workplace violence is becoming normalised in Scotland’s schools. The union has claimed that in “too many schools, verbal and physical abuse against teachers is going unchallenged.” General secretary Patrick Roach wants the government to make “strong and unequivocal statements about the rights of teachers to a safe working environment.” The union is to discuss the issue at its Scottish conference today, with a motion n...

  Since the latest round of trade union-led national strike mobilisations were initiated on Wednesday April 28, Colombian state forces have committed human rights abuses on a massive scale.  According to national human rights organisations, state forces have killed at least 18 people, with some reporting up to 37 deaths, and left numerous others with permanent eye injuries.  There are also several reports of sexual violence committed against detainees, while human rights observers and journa...

Unions say the issue is all the more important during the pandemic as teachers are increasingly being called on to support students worried and depressed or facing poverty. Austerity funding cuts over the past decade have meant schools can no longer rely on educational psychologists and welfare workers to help students, leaving the job to teachers. In February this year the TRA heard the case of a senior teacher with a long and unblemished record who had been referred by a school in Norwich bec...

The purpose of the conferences was to whitewash the role played for the NEU and NASUWT in creating this catastrophe, while signalling that the union bureaucracy would continue in the same corporatist role in support of the government.

And when I reviewed Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day in 2009 I raved: "It could be the funniest Canadian movie ever made." And I meant it. Video of Trailer Park Boys Countdown to Liquor Day (Red Band Trailer) Hey, how was I to know they were gonna edit it down to "The funniest Canadian movie ever made" and stick that blurb on the back of the DVD. According to a press release about the anniversary issued today by Canada Newswire, the shows main characters plan on celebrating the mile...

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Free twice-weekly tests to begin Everyone in England will be given access to two rapid Covid tests a week from Friday. The lateral flow kits, which provide results in around 30 minutes, will be available free of charge at testing sites, pharmacies and through the mail. Matt Hancock said it would help squash any outbreaks as lockdown is relaxed but Allyson Pollock, professor of public health at Newcastle University, said mass testing is a “scandalous waste of money”. 2 Baby dies after car hi...

Male teachers and boys must be taught about sexism to support women and girls facing overwhelming levels of sexual harassment and abuse, a union conference was told today. The National Education Unions (NEU) annual conference heard that a toxic laddish culture pervades the countrys secondary schools and sexism stalks the corridors and classrooms. A motion passed at the conference said schools should have robust sexual harassment and abuse policies in place so teachers and students feel safe. It...