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Tag: Higher Education

At the teach out

  Today I had one of the most precious teaching experiences of my life. Because we are taking strike action … More

Education, Higher Education, Initial Teacher Education, P4C, Pension Dispute, Philosophy for Children, Primary Education, Teaching Poetry, Teaching Writing, USS Strike

On not striking, Ofsted and British values

Once again I find myself in a place that I hoped never to revisit. In 2018, the union I belong … More

British values, Education, Higher Education, Initial Teacher Education, Initial Teacher Training, Ofsted, Pension Dispute, UCU, UCU Strike, USS Strike, USS Strikes

Saying goodbye

It’s a funny feeling, almost new each time I experience it, an anticipation of loss that is somehow fresh and … More

Education, Higher Education, Initial Teacher Education, Initial Teacher Training, PGCE, PGCE Students, Primary Education, Primary PGCE, Teacher Education, Teacher Training

Lifesaving Poems: Stuart Pickford’s ‘The Curtain Falls’

  The Curtain Falls Suddenly a life is over – Ends with such serious charades The Dean makes lame quips … More

Education, Graduation Poems, Higher Education, Lifesaving Poems, Lifesaving Poetry, Poems, Poems about graduation, Poetry, Poets, Reading, reading poems, Reading Poetry, Stuart Pickford, University Graduation

Some things I learned during the strike

These are some of the things I have learned during the recent industrial action taken by my union, the UCU, … More

Education, Higher Education, Mental Health Awareness, Strikes, UCU Strike, USS Strike, USS Strikes, UUK

UCU Strike Poems 11 -An Horatian Notion, by Thomas Lux

An Horatian Notion The thing gets made, gets built, and you’re the slave who rolls the log beneath the block, … More

Creativity, Creativity and Work, creativity process, Educating Teachers, Higher Education, Poems, Poems about work, Poetry, Poetry and Work, Poets, Thomas Lux, Thomas Lux an Horatian Notion, UCU Strike, USS Strike, USS Strikes

UCU Strike Poems 9 – from Cats and a Cock, by Muriel Rukeyser

from Cats and a Cock We walk the streets of the dark city, placards at back light in our heads, … More

Education, Higher Education, Muriel Rukeyser, Poems, Poetry, Poets, reading poems, Reading Poetry, UCU Strike, USS Strike, USS Strikes

USS Strike: A list of blog posts and resources

One of the most inspiring things about being involved in the UCU USS pensions strike has been the outpouring of … More

Becky Gardiner, Clive Barnett, Education, Higher Education, Liz Morrish, Michael Otsuka, Strikes, Striking, UCU Strike, USS Strike, USS Strikes

UCU Strike Poems 8 – Five Minutes Of Work 4.23.2009, by Margaret Alice

  Five Minutes Of Work 4.23.2009 Attending the PMDS workshop today a 46-page page performance document to be discussed in … More

Education, Higher Education, Margaret Alice, Poems, Poems about work, Poetry, Poets, reading poems, Reading Poetry, UCU Strike, USS Strike, USS Strikes

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