UCU: Education policy as the foundation of a progressive industrial strategy

Motion

Motion title: Education policy as the foundation of a progressive industrial strategy

Motion text: Congress notes Education Committee’s vital policy work must underpin and
strengthen our industrial strategy
Congress calls on NEC and Education Committee to:
1. Build on Congress 2024 motion 10
2. Clearly outline evidence-based policy to:
a. Promote the economic, social and cultural necessity of sustained
investment across all post-16 education, whose institutions and employers
are community anchors across the uk
b. Combat cuts, mass redundancies, and ideological attacks on disciplines
and subject provision
3. Continue annual Cradle to Grave conferences, explore options for additional
webinars
4. Tackle ‘curriculum review’ through a liberatory, democratic, anti-racist,
decolonised lens
5. Work to embed climate justice across curricula
6. Continue addressing global challenges, including:
a. Opposing the far right and its threats to education
b. AI and education technologies
c. Defending academic freedom and professional autonomy
d. Building solidarity with educators in conflict zones, including Palestine,
Ukraine, and Sudan, supporting the defence and rebuilding of education
systems, in partnership with global unions and campaigns