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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 releases policy document on Government’s employment policy for Higher Education

Friday, September 4th, 2009

IFUT has released an important policy document on the Government’s employment policy for Higher Education
The main points of the IFUT policy are:

The Government’s Employment Policy for the Higher Education Sector is Illegal
The Government’s Policy is Politically Stupid
The Government’s Policy is Contradictory and Unworkable
The Minister’s Policy Will Lead to Higher Drop-out Rates
The Minister’s Policy is Anti-Democratic
IFUT [...]

Supreme Court Rules on Case Involving Professor in UCC

Friday, November 7th, 2008

The Supreme Court has made a Judgement in a case regarding threatened disciplinary action against a Professor in UCC.
The Judgement has interesting implications regarding tenure for university staff.
The full text of the judgement is available here (Members only).

Labour Court tells Department of Education to pay compensation to ex-employees of St Catherine’s College of Education

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The Labour Court has recommended that the Department of Education should pay €60,000.00 to four members of the Irish Federation of University Teachers who were given early retirement when St Catherine’s College of Education for Home Economics, Dublin closed in August 2007.
The Labour Court issued its decision having found that “there was a level of [...]