Funding cuts will hit teacher quality
11 January 2016
Funding cuts will hit teacher quality, say education unions
Teaching and school leadership unions join together today in a statement to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB), warning the Government risks undermining teaching standards due to a real terms reduction in funding and the continued erosion of teachers’ pay.
A missed opportunity for the Welsh Language and ALN
17 December 2015
A missed opportunity for the Welsh language and Additional Learning Needs
Welsh-medium provision should be a core element of the Welsh Government’s proposed new legislation for Additional Learning Needs and not a marginal consideration which it is at present.
Supply teachers continue to face discrimination
16 December 2015
Supply teachers continue to face discrimination
In response to the publication today, 16 December, of a report into supply teaching, UCAC education union is calling on the Welsh Government to take urgent action to tackle the unfair conditions faced by supply teachers.
Budget cuts threaten Wales's new curriculum
24 November 2015
Budget cuts threaten Wales’s new curriculum
UCAC, one of Wales’s main education unions, has raised concerns about the severe budget cuts expected in the Westminster Government’s Spending Review on Wednesday.
UCAC celebrates 75 years
19 November 2015
UCAC celebrates 75 years
UCAC was established in Cardiff in 1940 by a group of teachers who saw the need for a teachers’ union that would correspond to the specific needs of teachers living and working in Wales.