| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/41/18 |
| Title | [Communists in schools] |
| Date | 1950 - 1954 |
| Description | Correspondence between the NUWT, the office of the Minister of Education, the Middlesex Education Committee and the National Council for Civil Liberties regarding enquiries from employers into employees political beliefs.
This covers:
NUWT protests against proposals from Middlesex County Council to conduct enquiries into teachers political beliefs
Request to the Ministry of Education to intervene to safeguard teachers and stop any enquiries by local councils into teachers political beliefs
Correspondence between Muriel Pierotti (NUWT General Secretary) and an NUWT member who is concerned about communist influence in schools
Press cuttings regarding:
National Union of Teachers (NUT) refusal to agree that teachers dismissed by the Minister of Education should automatically lose their union rights
Opposition to proposals to conduct enquiries into teachers political beliefs
Reports of attitudes towards teachers suspected of communist beliefs |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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