IFUT has donated €2000 to assist relief efforts in Haiti, following the recent devastating earthquake there. The donation is being provided to a Fund co-ordinated by Education International, the World federation of teacher unions, and in full consultation with CNEH, IFUT’s sister teacher unions in Haiti.
The IFUT Press Release is available here.
Universities are being subjected to the same market-based, profit-driven policies that caused the crisis in the financial markets and face an increasing risk of a crisis in academic standards and credibility, David Robinson, [...]
IFUT is holding an important seminar on Saturday, 31 October 2009 in the Gresham Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin, entitled Will Marketisation Destroy the University Ideal?.
The seminar will hear keynote contributions from David Robinson and [...]
Monday, 5 October 2009 is World Teachers’ Day. World Teachers’ Day, held annually on 5 October since 1994, commemorates the anniversary of the signing in 1966 of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers. It is an occasion to celebrate the essential role of teachers in providing quality education at all levels and [...]
IFUT has signed reciprocal membership agreements with sister teacher unions in Australia, Canada and Sweden.