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Articles

  1. 30 June 2025

    In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises

    Howard Stevenson Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo Melanie Bhend Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou

    Research

    The research examines recent trends in the higher education sector and how they align with the current provisions of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (1997) and the recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession. It also analyses higher education unions' experience with...

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  2. 15 March 2023

    Education and copyright: Perspectives from the classroom

    Preliminary findings

    Research

    We know from WIPO’s and our own research that copyright legislation is inadequate for education today. It creates barriers to ensure the right to education as well as curtails teachers’ academic freedom to choose and adapt materials including for cross-border collaboration and exchange.

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  4. 6 January 2021

    The Philippines: Trade union calls for greater resources for distance learning

    News

    The ACT welcomed the recent increase contained in the annual teaching allowance from 3,500 to 5,000 pesos (about 85 euros) incorporated in the education budget for 2021. However, ACT Secretary General and member of the Education International’s Executive Board, Raymond Basilio stressed that “The P5,000 annual allowance is totally short...

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  5. 16 May 2019

    Understanding the invisible workforce: Education support personnel’s roles, needs and the challenges they face

    Philippa Butler

    Research

    Education Support Personnel (ESP) play a vital role in promoting quality education, fostering a safe and positive learning environment for all students, and ensuring that schools and educational institutions function effectively. ESP cover a wide range of people working in the education sector, and despite being an essential part of...

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Cooperation Projects

  1. 2022 - 2025

    Promoting educators' rights in Asia

    The shrinking space of democracy and disrespect for human rights in many Asian countries reduces also the possibilities of constructive dialogue and societal progress. The shift in decision-making from human rights based towards more market driven policy making influences the basic rights of citizens. The shrinking liberty of action of...

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  2. 2021 - 2023

    Amplifying young voices within trade unions in the COVID-19 new normal

    Major challenges on the agenda of young workers, which were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, include high rates of youth unemployment, precarious and insecure work, deteriorating working conditions of young workers in old and new forms of work and discrimination and inequalities at work. In June 2020, the Global Unions...

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