| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/2/17 |
| Title | Burnham Committee |
| Date | 1947 - 1948 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), the Ministry of Education, Local Education Committee's, the National Froebel Foundation regarding:
NUWT Circular sent to the Ministry of Education listing their objections to the recommendations of the Burnham Committee
Requests for advice from teachers regarding what salary and increments they are entitled to under the Burnham salary scale recommendations
Protests from the National Froebel Foundation about the non-recognition of the Froebel Certificate for incremental purposes under the Burnham Award
Letters of acknowledgement from various organisations on receiving circular letters from the NUWT regarding the Burnham Recommendations
NUWT requests to Editors of newspapers to print their statement regarding the Burnham Recommendations
Copy of a statement issued by the Burnham Committee explaining that they have rejected calls from the Teacher's Panel of the Committee to amend the part of the report relating to the basic salary scale for teachers
Copy of a statement by Percival Sharp explaining why he resigned from the Burnham Committee
Press cuttings and typed extracts regarding:
Teacher's salaries
Opinion pieces laying out arguments against the recommendations of the Burnham Committee
Reports of the negotiations of the Burnham Committee
Copy of 'The Young Teacher and Emergency Trainee', Vol1 No.1, Winter 1947
Teacher's World and Schoolmistress', 01/10/1947 - front page article about the Burnham salary scales
'The Woman Teacher', 07/11/1947 - with front page article 'The NUWT and the Burnham Proposals, 1947'
NUWT Circulars and Memorandums regarding the Burnham Recommendations 1947
Colour poster by the Birmingham branch of the NUWT showing discrepancies in the wages paid to men and women Headteachers |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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