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Your Union
My role in the Union
Division president
Quentin Deakin is coordinator of citizenship at Beckfoot School, Bradford.
When did you first become active in the Union?
About six years ago. Two things made me become more active: realisation that the pressures one is under as an individual teacher are widely shared by others, and appreciation of the professional support I received from the union. I should have got more involved years before.
What role do you currently hold?
I am president of Bradford District NUT, having been vice-president last year. The job is held for a year.
What does the role involve?
The main responsibility is to chair meetings bringing school reps from the Bradford district together with full- and part-time officers.
What are the best aspects of the role?
When meetings go well, with frank but productive discussion in a good atmosphere. Everyone should leave feeling they’ve had the opportunity to contribute. The free curry after meetings is always a bonus – we hold our meetings in one of Bradford’s wonderful curry houses.
And what are the worst?
Mobile phone ring-tones or conversation cutting through the meeting.
Who has inspired you?
My fellow officers, who are so knowledgeable, patient and hard working.
What changes would you like to see?
If you are interested in becoming an NUT rep, or playing another active role in the Union, go to
www.teachers.org.uk/getinvolved.
People join for different reasons. It would be good to see more young members getting involved and not letting the fear factor put them off. Whether it’s recruiting, becoming a rep, holding a placard or simply using their union to the full, the important thing is, with so many challenges facing us, every brave new idea is welcome.
Tell us about your role – email
teacher@nut.org.uk
100 years ago
The Schoolmaster, April 27, 1912
News and Comments
We are pleased to notice that some of the firms responsible for the production of cinematograph films in this country are beginning to realise the educational importance of this useful invention. If trained intelligence be directed to the production of films suitable for use in schools, the pioneers will reap a big harvest.
The first German school to use the cinematograph is the Volksschule of Zella Sankt Blasii, in Thuringia. The local authorities have installed apparatus and purchased films, and delighted children are being taught geography and natural history in a class which has become a picture theatre. There are limitless possibilities in the educational world for the cinematograph.
First rung of the ladder
NUT member and primary school teacher Kayleigh Langton (pictured with fiancé Daniel Howlett) used the Teachers’ Building Society to take out her first mortgage.
TBS told them about FirstBuy, the Government’s equity loan scheme, and they were able to buy their first property.
Kayleigh said: “As a first-time buyer, I had so many questions about the mortgage and the whole process. Once our house was ready, it took two weeks to get approval to proceed on the FirstBuy scheme.
“We applied for the mortgage and within a month we had completed and picked up the keys to our beautiful new home!”
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