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Global Day of Action for a financial transactions tax
EI is encouraging all its affiliates to get behind the Global Day of Action on 22 June to demand a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT).
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Global Labour University organises a Masters program in South Africa
The Global Labour University (GLU) is inviting trade unionists and\nlabour activists to apply for a specialised Masters program on 'Labour\nand Globalization' at the University of the Witwatersrand, in...
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Murdoch brings in neo-liberal schools boss to fix scandal
Former New York schools boss, Joel Klein, has been brought in by the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to try and sort out the scandal which has engulfed his company in recent weeks.
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ILO study examines remedies for financial crisis
The International Labour Organisation's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ILO/ACTRAV) has published the proceedings of a conference it held where researchers assessed evidence from the beginning of the...
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UK: Teacher quits post for Somalia ministerial role
A school support teacher from London has resigned from his job after unexpectedly being appointed as deputy prime minister of Somalia. Mohamed Ibrahim had been a learning support teacher at Newman...
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Canada: Web resources for teachers in Democracy Week
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) is supporting the first-ever national Democracy Week from 12-16 September initiated by Elections Canada, an independent agency responsible for conducting federal...
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Canada: Study shows ways to improve bilingual education
A new survey by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) has found that the poor use of technology is hampering learning in bilingual education. The national survey, which considered the impact of...
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Canada: Media Literacy Week raises students’ online awareness
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), an EI affiliate, together with the Media Awareness Network, is organising the Media Literacy Week from 7-11 November under the theme “Digital Citizenship.” This...
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Global Labour University seeks applicants for its Masters courses
The Global Labour University (GLU) invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply to its Masters course in "Labour Policies and Globalisation" offered in Germany, or the Masters course in...
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Canada: Marketing and consumerism focus of Media Literacy Week
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, will organise the eighth national annual Media Literacy Week on November 4-8 in collaboration with MediaSmarts, a Canadian...
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Philippines: Teachers and population severely affected by typhoon
Many schools and a number of teachers were affected by Typhoon Haiyan on 8 November, according to EI affiliates in the Philippines. Amongst the devastating and deadly consequences of the typhoon is the...
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Philippines: Teacher community shows international solidarity
In the aftermath of the devastating typhoon in the country, teachers globally have reacted promptly, showing great solidarity with severely affected colleagues.
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South Africa: Nelson Mandela, the world’s teacher, passes away
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, affectionately known as Madiba, anti-apartheid activist and first democratically elected president of South Africa, died last night at the age of 95.
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Round table meeting in Bucharest on the potentials of social dialogue
On 20 February 2014 ETUCE held its first out of six roundtable meetings within its new project “Promoting the potentials of the European sectoral social dialogue in education by addressing new...
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FETE UGT won the Spanish cinema award with the documentary film “Las Maestras...
"Las Maestras de la República” (women teachers in the Spanish Republic) film promoted by the Education Federation of Workers (FETE-UGT) and Transit Productions won the 2014 Goya Award for best...
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Erasmus Mobility Grant Open for Application
The Erasmus Mobility Grant is open for application. The grant is part of the KA1 action under the Erasmus+ programme.
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Open Education Challenge
The initiative Open Education Challenge, launched in partnership with the European Commission, is an invitation to all innovators to submit projects, and receive technical support through the European...
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Education International sends condolences to South Korean ferry victims
Education International would like to express its strongest condolences to the families of those lost and still missing following the tragic South Korean ferry sinking off the country’s south-western...
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Online consultation on teaching and learning 21st century skills
KeyCoNet, the European schoolnet’s key competences network, invites teacher, head teachers, parents, students and other education stakeholders to participate in an online public consultation on 21st...
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