It’s the dramatic rise of China with its burgeoning economy that has put the Trump administration into a frenzy – with major implications both at home and abroad, argues MICHAEL BURKE
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The teaching profession is at breaking point
The failure to provide salaries which are competitive and which reflect the immensely skilled nature of the job of teaching is triggering a teacher exodus, warns NASUWT general secretary PATRICK ROACH
NASUWT leader Patrick Roach
DR DAVID GORDON SCOTT tells the story of the North Sands Massacre, Sunderland, as part of the ongoing work of remembrance of those killed by soldiers during the 1825 Seafarers Strike and the bicentennial commemorations on Sunday August 3
MATT KERR charts his bike-riding odyssey in aid of the Royal Marsden charity and CWU Humanitarian Aid
JOHN CALLOW tells of the rise, fall and rise again of a young martyr to the early French republic, Joseph Bara, whose short life was elevated by Robespierre and, later, others for its emotional and ideological appeal
April 9 1928 – July 26 2025
OLIVER SNELLING, a south London stonecarver and yeoman stonemason, relates how he is helping bring about a new festival next month
AFTER two years of being forced to move to a virtual event, I am delighted that this year the NASUWT is able to return to holding an in-person annual conference this weekend.
Our members are gathering in Birmingham for four days of debates and discussion which will set our policy agenda for the year ahead.
Our agenda is decided by our members, they tell us what matters to them, but underlying the wide-ranging set of issues which will be debated runs a thread of discontent at the growing crisis in teacher wellbeing and morale.
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