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University support staff are calling for managers and ministers to step in to end the Covid campus chaos that’s left them dealing with weeks of sometimes violent disruption,…

The job retention scheme should be extended – or another wage support scheme put in its place – to support thousands of university staff, such…

Giving all staff priority testing, reducing the size of pupil ‘bubbles’ and making face coverings compulsory on school buses would help ensure schools can continue…

Catering, cleaning, security, and student support workers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) have voted overwhelmingly to strike to save jobs, says @UNISON. The…

College staff should be allowed to wear face coverings, says @UnisonTheUnion  Commenting on the government’s decision to allow college students to wear face coverings in corridors…

School staff must be allowed to wear masks for safe reopening, says @unisontheunion Responding to a joint statement by UK chief medical officers about school reopening,…

Clearer guidance still needed on face coverings in schools in England, says @unisontheunion      Parents and staff are still confused over the wearing of face coverings in schools, says…

@unisontheunion- Some cleaners ​in English schools are ​still having to work without protective kit and not given the ‘deep-clean’ training needed to keep people safe, says a survey published today…

Lessons to be learned by government after limited schools’ reopening, says @unisontheunion Rushed government reopening plans have led to guidelines on ‘safe’ class sizes being ignored by ​some schools, according to a survey…

English schools pause ‘the right thing to do’, says @unisontheunion Commenting on the announcement today (Tuesday) that primary schools in England will not have to…