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Europe’s most efficient system of university education is being ruined, IFUT President tells 2010 Annual Conference

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

The Irish University system has always had to struggle and was never properly funded, even during the years of the Celtic Tiger, the President of the Irish Federation of University Teachers, Hugh Gibbons, said in his address to the 2010 IFUT Annual Delegate Conference today (Saturday, 24 April 2010). Now the Irish University system is [...]

Teacher unions rule out return to talks on change

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

The General Secretaries and Presidents of the four teacher unions met this morning to consider the impact of the budget on teachers and their families and plan a response.
The leadership of the unions is determined to reflect the anger of teachers at the budget cuts to salaries and changes to pensions through a sustained campaign [...]

Launch of IFUT badge

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The IFUT Badge was formally launched at a reception in the Gresham Hotel, Dublin on Friday, 2 October 2009.
The launch was attended by IFUT President, Hugh Gibbons, the General Secretary, Mike Jennings, members of the IFUT Executive and IFUT Council and a number of past Presidents.
Photographs from the event will be available shortly.

Teacher unions promise opposition to cuts in pay

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

ASTI, IFUT, INTO and TUI have declared their total opposition to cuts in the pay of their members. Such cuts are totally unacceptable and will be resisted.
The General Secretaries and Presidents of the four Teacher Unions issued a Joint Statement after their meeting today (Tuesday, 22 September 2009). “We want to send a crystal clear [...]

Four teacher unions prepare for challenges ahead

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

The Presidents and General Secretaries of the four teacher unions (ASTI, IFUT, INTO and TUI) met today (8 September 2009) to prepare a strategy against further attacks on the education system in the coming months.
All four unions are gravely concerned that cutbacks already in place are having a detrimental effect on the education system. Staffing [...]

IFUT ratifies incoming President

Friday, September 5th, 2008

IFUT ratified Dr Hugh Gibbons as its Incoming President at a meeting of the Executive this morning, Friday, 5 September.
He will serve alongside Dr Joe Brady, current IFUT President, until Joe’s term of office expires next year.
Dr Gibbons is currently a Vice-President of IFUT and Chair of the IFUT branch in Trinity College Dublin. He [...]