Daniel Whittall

Really enjoyed writing this with @_isaacrose on financialisation, gentrification and urban geography fieldwork. We draw on important research by @InvisibleMapper @deNoronhaNigel @richmg_ @AdamLeaver1 @t_a_gillespie and others

💬 "At some point, we need to decide whether we’re serious about education in this country or not.” Our new research reveals a deeply concerning picture for our schools, with cuts still being made to essential staff and activities. suttontrust.com/our-research/s…

Feel like you need to brush up on the key facts about the General Strike and Miners' Lockout of 1926? Don't worry, we've got you covered... 10,000 copies of our free newspaper are going out in workplaces and communities around the region - and there's a brilliant introduction by @UniteNEYH historian Mark Metcalf. Read it online here: #page/9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">heyzine.com/flip-book/6e90… #GeneralStrike100 #GS100

🔊 New paper published in Area as part of an ongoing Special Section on 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'. 'Doing Geography Amidst Precarity' by @olivia_r_mason (@NCL_Geography). Read the full paper #OpenAccess 👇 doi.org/10.1111/area.7…

THE STORY OF CAPITAL OUT NEXT TUESDAY

NEW: Maternity pay for teachers is set to rise to 8 weeks full pay. We covered how this impacts teachers in our long-read last yr & revealed that civil service staff get an extra 20 weeks off. The increase is welcome, but still doesn’t come close to most other public sectors.

In a heavily female profession, and one with a persistent retention problem, this isn’t a new issue, but one successive govt’s have chosen not to tackle. Today’s announcement is certainly thanks to the campaigning of @mtpt_project & unions like @NEUnion. tes.com/magazine/news/…

Demonstrations in history: the importance of keeping on keeping on morningstaronline.co.uk/article/demons…

Leaders at the 68 trusts running 25 or more schools received a combined salary of at least £13.6 million in 2024-25, Tes analysis of the latest published accounts shows tes.com/magazine/news/…

What a nonsense this is. When we were winning back pay for support staff at CST in Bristol - NEU was for them. When we were saving jobs at ATLP - NEU was for them. We centre low paid women workers and fight for them. Desperate stuff from GMB.

Unions are battling an all-out assault on working-class education - DR GLYN ROBBINS ties fights at universities and sixth-form colleges to the consequences of the market system that began a generation ago with tuition fees morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unions…

@markmetcalf07 & I premiered our film, 'Who's Betty Tebbs?' Brilliantly narrated by Pegeen Murphy &funded by several NW trade union branches. I'd like to ask anyone involved in any campaigns or actions to take photos/videos & keep them. Our history & struggle needs recording ✊️

Why are we opening an indicative strike ballot on funding, pay and working conditions on 28 February? Years of sustained austerity mean our schools are running on empty. Every day, educators are being asked to do more and more with fewer resources. The pressure is relentless. The government has submitted evidence to the pay review body that recommends: - a real-terms pay cut - that any pay increase must be funded by schools themselves - a review of the limit on working hours All of this comes at a time when schools are already stretched to breaking point. If you’re a member, ask yourself: 1) Can you reasonably work after school and run enrichment activities on top of an already exhausting day if the government removes the working hours limit? 2) Can your school fund any pay award without cutting jobs or vital resources? 3) Will a 2% pay award this year - and every year for the next three - help your family keep up with the cost of living? Educators are leaving the profession in huge numbers. The system is grinding to a halt. Vote yes to action

The govt has focused heavily on white working-class boys - improving their outcomes will feature heavily in the WP. But it is their female peers who see the sharpest drop at GCSE. @CharlotteSantry investigates how they have slipped through the net: tes.com/magazine/news/…

Victory at Arthur Terry Learning Partnership. After 9 days of strike action, with strong pickets across 20 schools, mass parent support and sustained public pressure, NEU reps and members have won. - Redundancies stopped. - TLRs protected. - Regradings blocked. - Term-time only changes scrapped. - EHCP and pupil premium funding protected. But most importantly accountability secured as the senior leadership has gone. This is the power of organised workers standing together with their communities. Congratulations to ATLP members and reps, and thank you to everyone who stood in solidarity. ✊

A printable zine version of Phil A. Neel's "Lies You Will be Told" is now available in our print library. illwill.com/print

Latest Post-16 Educator Iss. 122: Jan-Mar '26 Post-16 Ed. & Skills White Paper: reviewed, General Education, Punk pedagogy, Authentic pedagogies in an age of AI, The pedagogy of radical change, Trade Union education post16educator.org.uk #post16education #Furthereducation

It took Greenland not Gaza for Mark Carney to call time on the international rules based order. This is a fundamentally racist equation, as I explain in my new column for Middle East Eye: middleeasteye.net/opinion/carney…

Great to see our @RGS_IBG and @antipodeonline funded States of Precarity project covered in the @timeshighered. 'Use of fixed-term posts 'stifling more critical research''. timeshighereducation.com/news/use-fixed… @UniRdg_GES

Fixed-term contracts, restructuring, and redundancies are reshaping academic careers. The States of Precarity Report offers critical insights into both the immediate and long-term impacts on academic geographers. Read the report 👉ow.ly/67cq50XJvOW

Schools can’t afford the basics. Pens, exercise books, glue sticks – even these are in short supply. Our indicative ballot on pay, funding, and workload opens on 28 February. Get ready to vote to #SaveEducation Check your details are correct here 👉 myNEU.org.uk