Education key to addressing growing inequalities, UCU fringe hears
Pupils in a classroom
EDUCATION can play a vital role in addressing growing inequalities that have fractured our society, the UCU said today.
Speaking at a fringe meeting held by the union on the sidelines of the Labour conference, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: “There’s been growing inequalities of class, race, gender, disability.
“They have fractured our society. They’ve contributed directly to the social problems that are more and more visible.”
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