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The Guardian
education·
26 Oct, 09:00

Goldsmiths fine art students call for compensation over record tutor strike

With industrial action over job cuts heading into its 21st week, students at famed London college are unhappy

中文導讀

Goldsmiths, University of London 嘅教職員罷工行動已經持續咗 21 個星期,主要係抗議校方裁員。呢場工業行動嚴重影響教學質素,令唔少 Fine Art 學生覺得學費交得唔抵,紛紛要求校方賠償。對於喺英國讀書嘅港人嚟講,呢單新聞反映咗英國大學面臨嘅財政壓力同勞資糾紛,可能會影響學生嘅學習權益,值得留意。

Goldsmiths fine art students call for compensation over record tutor strike
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Vocabulary 生字

Compensation

Noun名詞

賠償金;補償

EN

The company offered financial compensation to the employees for the unfair dismissal.

中

公司向員工提供咗不公平解僱嘅金錢賠償。

Industrial action

Noun phrase名詞短語

工業行動(指罷工、按章工作等勞資爭議手段)

EN

Public transport services were disrupted due to industrial action taken by the unions.

中

公共交通服務因為工會採取嘅工業行動而受到干擾。

Dispute

Noun名詞

爭議;糾紛

EN

They are trying to settle the pay dispute through peaceful negotiations.

中

佢哋正嘗試透過和平談判去解決薪酬糾紛。

The Guardian
education·
26 Oct, 06:00

Higher training costs for older workers risks plan to tackle youth jobs crisis, employers say

Exclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understands

中文導讀

英國政府計劃改革學徒培訓資助制度,打算增加培訓 25 歲以上員工嘅成本。僱主團體警告,呢項政策可能會令企業減少聘請年長員工,反而令原本想解決青年就業危機嘅計劃適得其反。對於移英港人嚟講,如果喺當地職場想轉型或者進修,未來可能要面對培訓機會減少或者成本上升嘅挑戰,值得密切留意相關政策變動。

Higher training costs for older workers risks plan to tackle youth jobs crisis, employers say
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Vocabulary 生字

Overhaul

Noun名詞

徹底改革、全面檢修

EN

The company decided to perform an overhaul of its customer service policy to improve satisfaction.

中

公司決定對客戶服務政策進行全面改革,以提升滿意度。

Apprenticeship

Noun名詞

學徒訓練、見習制度

EN

He started an apprenticeship in carpentry to learn a skilled trade.

中

他開始了一份木工學徒訓練,以學習一門專業手藝。

Tackle

Verb動詞

處理、應對、解決(難題)

EN

We need to find new ways to tackle the problem of rising living costs.

中

我們需要尋找新方法來應對生活成本上升的問題。