Archive for July, 2009

IFUT proposes unprecedented joint management-union response to education cuts

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

The General Secretary of IFUT, Mike Jennings, has called on university managements to work with IFUT and other employee representative bodies in the sector to present a strong and comprehensive response and resistance to the cuts proposed in last week’s McCarthy/An Bord Snip Nua Report.
“In view of the crisis now facing our sector, I am [...]

IFUT reponse to “An Bord Snip Nua” report

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

IFUT has issued a Press Release in initial response to the report by “An Bord Snip Nua”.
“This report, and, in particular, the parts of it which relate to education, will come to be regarded as one of the most short-sighted documents in Irish education history. At a time when more and more people are turning [...]

“An Bord Snip Nua” Report released

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, has today (16 July 2009) released the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes.  The Group, popularly known as An Bord Snip Nua, which has sat for the last six months, was chaired by UCD Economist, Colm McCarthy.
The Press Statement announcing the release of [...]

IFUT elected to Executive Council of ICTU

Friday, July 10th, 2009

IFUT has been elected to the Executive Council of Congress. The election took place at Congress’s Biennial Delegate Conference in Tralee.
IFUT’s success was all the more remarkable given the fact that it was the smallest Union contesting the election. Despite the fact that IFUT had only two delegate votes, we were elected on the first [...]

Publication of HEA Employment Control Framework

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

The HEA has published the Employment Control Framework for the Higher Education Sector.
This Framework was promised in the letter of 1 April from the HEA to the President/Provost of each of the seven Universities. This letter was sent in response to a letter from the Department of Finance to the Department of Education and Science [...]