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Sep 20 2010

AU: School day violence

By David Killick, The Mercury Teachers in the state’s public schools are being spat on daily, sworn at, threatened and bashed, the main teachers’ union says. The revelations come as a Bridgewater High School teacher was bashed so badly by a student, he had to take two days off work. The assault is just the …

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Sep 20 2010

UK: Two primary school pupils wielding weapons are expelled every week

By Mark Aitken, Daily Record Two weapon-wielding child thugs are being thrown out of primary schools every week for attacking teachers and fellow students. Almost 100 primary pupils were removed from school last year for violent or threatening behaviour involving a weapon, the Sunday Mail can reveal. The level of violence has even led some …

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Jun 11 2010

UK: Workplace bullying rife in higher education sector, union claims

By Alan Thomson, TES Connect One in ten have suffered physical or violent abuse, while 41 per cent report intimidation, UCU study finds Two-fifths of further education employees have been bullied at work in the past sixth months, with one in ten reporting violent or physical abuse, according to a report by the University and …

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Apr 28 2010

UK: Violence against staff in schools falls

By Calum Ross, The Press and Journal. Violence against staff in Aberdeen schools has fallen to a five-year low, new figures revealed yesterday. The number of violent incidents against employees in city secondary schools almost halved between 2007-08 and 2008-09, falling from 311 to 157. There was a similar downward trend in Aberdeen’s primary schools, …

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