Lack of time, resources and heavy workloads mean support staff are struggling to maintain standards for pupils in Scotland. That
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Hard Lessons: Support staff struggling to maintain standards for pupils because of cuts
This is a large scale survey of support staff working in schools across Scotland. It is a wide ranging report
Read moreFutures number 17 autumn/winter 2016
Latest edition of Futures covering the Scottish government’s plans for the upcoming year, the possibilities of a new Scottish approach to
Read moreFOI Time for Compliance Regulations – May 2016
Our response to the consultation joins other organisations in endorsing the response from the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland. We are
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School mainstreaming needs resources
#STUC16 Cuts in specialist and support services means ‘mainstreaming’ the schooling of children with particular needs has become the ‘do-nothing’
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GIRFEC must not become a tick box exercise – our children deserve better
#STUC16 The STUC condemned cuts to education which so often follow on from council cuts, especially attacks on support staff
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Cutting libraries will increase poverty and inequality, says UNISON Scotland
Date: Saturday 6 February 2016 On National Libraries Day (6 February 2016), UNISON is warning that more local government cuts will
Read moreMSP e-briefing: Local Government Budget – Feb 2016
MSP e-briefing: Local Government Budget – Feb 2016 Cuts to Local Government are Unsustainable Public expenditure in Scotland faces year-on-year
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Petition PE1583 Playground Supervision – Jan 2016
Petition PE1583 Playground Supervision – UNISON Scotland submission to the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee – Jan 2016 Full text
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Sturgeon must act to protect local government services, says UNISON
Date: Tuesday 12 January 2016 UNISON local branches across Scotland are calling on Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, to
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