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Letters 


 






It is becoming commonplace for councils to close up to half their library branches. It would be inconsistent if the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) did not superintend councils acting as unjustifiably as Wirral, preventing the slashing of services.


We call on the DCMS not to ignore its responsibilities. We ask you to act in the spirit of the 1964 Act and prevent council cuts which amount to vandalism.


Alan Gibbons NUT member, author and organiser of the Campaign for the Book


• Editor's note: This open letter to DCMS ministers Jeremy Hunt and Ed Vaizey was signed by over 1,100 authors, illustrators, publishers, trade unionists and others, including Philip Pullman, Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Rosen, Malorie Blackman (see page 50) and the NUT's Christine Blower.


 










There is an alternative


I have been an NUT member since the early 1960s. I am now a retired primary head teacher but continue to work for fairness in all things.


I would like to see my union give full backing to the 'Yes to Fairer Votes' campaign. A 'yes' at the alternative vote referendum on 5 May 2011 is your chance to reform the electoral system and be better represented in the future. Find out more at www.yestofairervotes.org.


Joan Ellis, by email


• Editor's note: This is an area on which the NUT would not normally have a policy position.






Maths lesson


Regarding the 'pupil premium', Mr Gove, £430 per year breaks down as follows:


£430 over 38 weeks is £11.31 per week.


£11.31 divided by five days per week is £2.26 per day.


£2.26 divided by four lessons a day is £0.565, rounded up to £0.57 per lesson.


So, Mr Gove, the individual pupil premium for our most disadvantaged young people is 57p per lesson!


Remind me again how much was required to bail out the banks?


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Please elect one! 



If there is currently no NUT representative in your school, please get together with your colleagues to elect one. Once a rep has been elected, notify your division/association secretary, whose details are on your membership credential and at  









www.teachers.org.uk/contactus 



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Moved or changed your job? Help us to keep in touch.



Ring 0845 300 1666, visit 
www.teachers.org.uk/update



, or write to Records and Subscription Services, NUT, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD.






 



Does the NUT have your email address and mobile number? If not, please let us have these.


Please also let the union know if you:


• Change your home or school address 



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Change your employment contract (to permanent, fixed-term, supply, full-time or part-time teacher)


 


• Are about to change to reduced subscription membership (maternity leave, retired/left profession membership)


 


• Are appointed to a new post such as deputy head, head teacher, or Emtag teacher.


 


Need help or advice? If you've got a problem at work, or want to know more about NUT services, contact either:





• Your school representative


• Your local association (see www.teachers.org.uk/contactus)


• Your regional office, or NUT Cymru in Wales (see below).


 


 


NUT regional and Wales offices


1 NORTHERN t: 0191 389 0999 e: northern@nut.org.uk


2 NORTH WEST t: 01204 521 434 e: north.west@nut.org.uk


3 YORKSHIRE/MIDLAND t: 01302 342 448 e: yorkshire.midland@nut.org.uk


4 MIDLANDS t: 01785 244 129 e: midlands@nut.org.uk


 


5 EASTERN t: 01638 555 300. e: eastern@nut.org.uk


 


6 SOUTH EAST t: 01444 894 500 e: south.east@nut.org.uk


7 SOUTH WEST t: 01392 258 028 e: south.west@nut.org.uk


8 LONDON t: 020 8477 1234 e: london@nut.org.uk


WALES t: 029 2049 1818 e: cymru.wales@nut.org.uk






Find full contact details at www.teachers.org.uk/contactus 

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