Archive for the 'News' Category
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
The sudden announcement by the Minister for Education, Mr Batt O’Keefe, TD, of the abolition of the National University of Ireland (NUI) has been described as the latest example of ‘decisions without policy’ by the Minister, Mr Mike Jennings, IFUT General Secretary has said.
“The announcement occurred without due consultation and with a total lack [...]
Posted in Department of Education and Science, General Secretary, HEA, Irish Third-Level, Legislation, Minister for Education, NUI, News | No Comments »
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
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.
Posted in EI, International, News, Non-Irish Education | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in ASTI, Department of Education and Science, Department of Finance, Funding, General Secretary, INTO, Industrial action, Institutions, Irish Primary Level, Irish Secondary Level, Irish Third-Level, Minister for Education, National Agreements, News, Partnership, President, Rationalisation, Salaries, TUI | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
In an initial reaction to today’s Budget, Mike Jennings, IFUT General Secretary, has described the Government’s approach to education funding as one of “cut, cut and cut again”.
“Cut the pay of an already demoralised staff, cut staff numbers to the bone and cut the funds needed to replace creakingly inadequate infrastructure – that seems to [...]
Posted in Department of Finance, Funding, General Secretary, Irish Third-Level, News, Rationalisation, Salaries | No Comments »
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
IFUT has declared that, if the Government cuts the pay of their members, then the Union will sanction an equivalent withdrawal of productivity.
“If they cut our pay, they can hardly expect us to continue working as though nothing had happened. I expect that IFUT members will disengage from non-core duties, particularly in the administrative area”, [...]
Posted in Department of Education and Science, Department of Finance, Executive, General Secretary, IFUT Institutions, Industrial action, Irish Third-Level, National Agreements, News, Salaries, Workload Models | No Comments »
Friday, December 4th, 2009
The breakdown today of talks between the unions and government on public sector pay talks represents a failed opportunity to get our economy and society back on track, Mike Jennings, IFUT General Secretary, has said.
“Government officials and trade unions negotiators had been achingly close to reaching an overall agreement which would have brought about an [...]
Posted in Department of Finance, General Secretary, ICTU, National Agreements, News | No Comments »
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
The announcement by the HEA that there are now students from 139 countries studying here only serves to illustrate the diversity of educational, social and cultural challenges faced by third-level institutions and staff in assisting these students to adapt and gain from their time here, Mike Jennings, IFUT General Secretary, has said.
“It is immensely frustrating [...]
Posted in Funding, General Secretary, HEA, International, Irish Third-Level, Minister for Education, News, University fees | No Comments »
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
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, [...]
Posted in Academic Freedom, Bologna, Contracts, EI, ETUCE, Europe, Fixed-term contracts, Funding, GATS, General Secretary, International, News, North America, Tenure | No Comments »
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
The IFUT General Secretary, Mike Jennings, has been nominated by Education International as an expert to an International Labour Office (ILO) Working Group which is drawing up a Toolkit on Best Practice for the Teaching Profession world-wide.
The Toolkit is an important new initiative of ILO Sectoral Activities and is strongly supported by Education International. The [...]
Posted in EI, General Secretary, International, International Labour Organisation, News | No Comments »
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
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 [...]
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