The United Kingdom National Education Union (NEU) is organising a roundtable during the Labour Party Conference to 'soft-launch' its new report, Prioritise teachers to transform education: How tackling the global teacher shortage can unlock the UK’s development agenda.

The event will feature contributions from the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030, focusing on how addressing the global teacher shortage is essential for advancing Sustainable Development Goal 4 and supporting Labour’s wider development goals. Carlos Vargas, Head of the Teacher Task Force, will provide insights from the Recommendations of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession and the Global Report on Teachers, emphasising the importance of UK government action on teacher recruitment, retention, and training in the Global South.

Event Goals:

• Highlight the NEU International report with support from the TTF
• Engage parliamentarians on the global teacher shortage and its impact on SDG 4
• Advocate for a global teacher strategy in UK global education and development policy

The United Kingdom National Education Union (NEU) is organising a roundtable during the Labour Party Conference to 'soft-launch' its new report, Prioritise teachers to transform education: How tackling the global teacher shortage can unlock the UK’s development agenda.

The event will feature contributions from the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030, focusing on how addressing the global teacher shortage is essential for advancing Sustainable Development Goal 4 and supporting Labour’s wider development goals. Carlos Vargas, Head of the Teacher Task Force, will provide insights from the Recommendations of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession and the Global Report on Teachers, emphasising the importance of UK government action on teacher recruitment, retention, and training in the Global South.

Event Goals:

• Highlight the NEU International report with support from the TTF
• Engage parliamentarians on the global teacher shortage and its impact on SDG 4
• Advocate for a global teacher strategy in UK global education and development policy

Register here.

The inaugural Teacher Task Force and UNESCO Global Report on Teachers will be presented in Nottingham, U.K., on 21 June at a special event organized in cooperation with the United Kingdom Forum for International Education and Training (UKFIET).

The report, titled Addressing teacher shortages and transforming the profession, was officially launched at the 14th Policy Dialogue Forum in Johannesburg on 26 February. This Nottingham event aims to share the findings of the report and provide an opportunity to foster dialogue, exchange ideas, and generate actionable strategies to empower decisions-makers and teachers to improve education outcomes globally, in the United Kingdom and in Commonwealth countries as well as in countries where UKFIET and its partners operate.

An in-depth presentation will unveil the key findings of the report, including the need for an additional 44 million primary and secondary teachers by 2030 to meet SDG 4 targets. This session will discuss the root causes of teacher shortages, such as inadequate salaries, challenging working conditions, and insufficient professional support, as well as successful mitigation strategies employed by various countries.

Following the report presentation, four panel discussions will be held, focusing on key themes related to the report's findings:

• Teachers' continuous personal development
• Teachers' working conditions
• Financing teachers for achieving Target SDG 4 and Education 2030
• Missing data on teachers

The presentation of the report will be live streamed, the  panel discussions will be in person in Nottingham.

Register here.

AGENDA

• Registration – 10:30- 11:00
• Introduction of the panel – 11:00-11:10
• Presentation of the Global Report on Teachers- Carlos Vargas Tamez, Head of the Secretariat of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 and Chief of UNESCO’s Section for Teacher Development 11:10- 12.10 (including a Q&A)
• Panel discussion – 12- 1.00
• LIVE online sessions – 11.00am- 1.00pm
• Break- 1.00- 1.40pm
• Breakout sessions - 1.40-3.00pm
• Tea break- 3.00- 3:15pm
• Closing- 3:15- 4:20

Panelists will include key education stakeholders and representatives from partner organizations. 

Useful links:

• Register here
• Visit the official UKFIET event page
• Consult the Global Report on Teachers