Karen Flanagan is the Head of Special Education and Inclusive Intervention Services in the London Borough of Camden, and is also a Prospect member who sits on the Education and Children’s Services Group Executive Council. She talks to Education Eye about her career, the impact of the pandemic and her belief in unions.
Over the summer and into the autumn Prospect’s Education and Children’s Services Group has continued to meet with the Department for Education, writes national secretary, Steve Thomas.
Prospect's self-employed education professionals are one of the union's largest groups of self-employed members outside of the Bectu sector. The plight of the self-employed and freelance workers has been one of Prospect's top priorities since the start of the pandemic. That is why we have helped to launch a new inquiry into the future of self-employment. Members can take part by completing our survey.
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