In a letter to The Irish Times, IFUT President, Joe Brady, writes:
“Last week’s news that, despite earlier assurances, the third-level sector would not escape the Government cuts was greeted with incomprehension although, on reflection, this treatment is par for the course. For years, those of us working in the Universities have had to endure large [...]
The General Secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT), Mike Jennings, has called on the Minister for Education to clarify the Irish Government’s position on changes affecting Education to be discussed shortly at the World Trade Organisation’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
The IFUT Press Release is available here.
A Rights Commissioner has upheld IFUT’s claim that a formal written warning issued to one of its members in TCD must be quashed because the College Procedures were flawed and unfair.
IFUT argued successfully that so-called “Witness Statements” had not been signed until 10 months after they were written up. It was also held to be [...]