The General Secretary of Voice
Articles, speeches and opinion from General Secretary Philip Parkin (philipparkin@voicetheunion.org.uk) (See also News, Media and Blog.)
"In fear of the Gove delusion" (6 August 2010)
"Panorama, asbestos, BSF" (16 July 2010)
"Real business behind Budget cuts" (2 July 2010)
"More than one coalition in town" (1 July 2010)
"Voice against academies" (22 June 2010)
"Gove’s Ofsted exemption risks shifting ’outstanding’ schools into reverse gear" (4 June 2010)
What’s the deal? (20 May 2010)
Interview on Teachers TV News (30 April 2010)
Industrial action shames profession (30 April 2010)
Why belong to a union? (16 April 2010)
Visit the Voice Blog (12 April 2010)
Voice’s Election Manifesto 2010 (March 2010)
At the Education Show (5 March 2010)
"Poles apart on social partnership" (5 March 2010)
Parents and discipline (17 February 2010)
ePolitix interview (Election Manifesto) (1 February 2010)
Voice’s Election Manifesto 2010 (21 January 2010)
"Crying out for a break" (15 January 2010)
Don’t believe everything you read in the papers! (Your Voice, 11 January 2010) (pdf)
Winter weather advice (8 January 2010)
School surpluses (England) (8 January 2010)
School Accountability (7 January 2010)
"Public pay price" (18 December 2009)
School uniforms (28 November 2009)
"Look behind the headlines" (26 November 2009)
"Licence to Teach" (20 November 2009)
Queen’s Speech (17 November 2009)
Interviewed on toddler compensation case, BBC News Channel (13 November 2009)
Latest media coverage of Voice (9 November 2009)
School governance in Wales (20 October 2009)
Congratulations to the School Librarian of the Year 2009 (9 October 2009)
Ed Balls and spending cuts (21 September 2009)
Congratulations to the Voice Professional Nanny of the Year 2009 (19 September 2009)
Vetting and barring parent volunteers (15 September 2009)
TAs, WAMG, SSSNB (14 September 2009)
"Academies" (14 September 2009)
I have endorsed Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone (EM Radiation Research Trust) (25 August 2009)
"How mud sticks" (24 July 2009)
"Who’s bringing up the kids?" (9 July 2009)
Education White Paper (30 June 2009)
Psychometric tests (26 June 2009)
"Wi-fi: continuing concerns" (21 May 2009)
ePolitix interview, 8 May 2009
"Looking after your best interests" (8 May 2009)
Prime Minister’s education speech (5 May 2009)
"So, you wanna be a teacher?" (26 March 2009)
"Fast track to teaching and an executive job" (16 March 2009)
"Running schools like businesses will not give us freedom" (13 March 2009)
"Learning to love education" (ePolitix comment, 10 February 2009)
Teaching assistant apprenticeships (5 February 2009)
"Regulation or professionalism" (5 February 2009)
Teachers leaving Britain to work abroad (26 January 2009)
Let’s Cram (22 January 2009)
Home education (20 January 2009)
Children or adults? (9 December 2008)
Wi-fi: A ticking time bomb? (4 December 2008)
Small union, big Voice (12 November 2008)
Diplomas (23 October 2008)
National Challenge Schools (1 October 2008)
Male primary school teachers (30 September 2008)
Training ex-troops as teachers (29 September 2008)
Adults: roles and responsibilities (4 September 2008)
2008 Annual Conference speech (July 2008)
TAs and cover (19 June 2008)
Reflections on the strike (22 May 2008)
Industrial action (23 April 2008)
"Union unity" (3 April 2008)
Teaching: a master’s-level profession? (April 2008)
ePolitix interview 29 February 2008
28 February 2008: Voice launched
Earlier PAT speeches:
Annual Conference speech, 1 August 2007
Article on wi-fi, July 2007 (pdf)
Annual Conference speech 1 August 2006 (pdf)
Article on the voice (pdf)
Letter on voice care to TDA (pdf)
Biography: www.voicetheunion.org.uk/parkin
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