Irish Federation Of University Teachers

NUIG agrees to gender taskforce recommendations

University welcomes report as Siptu branch questions credibility of group’s findings

College lecturers say they are spending more time teaching ‘basic skills’

Almost 73% of academics surveyed indicate increasing student diversity

College lecturers: More time being spent on basic skills

Language difficulties and inadequate writing skills are cited as core academics problems

Do Irish teachers work long hours by international standards?

Working hours of secondary teachers are 4th longest in Europe but shorter than US, Australia

Union calls on UCC to withdraw student letters claiming strike will affect exams

Researchers at Tyndall National Institute to continue strike action over pay dispute

Unions back female NUIG lecturers in court actions over promotions

NUI Galway lecturers lodge challenges over lack of promotions on two occasions

Call for implementation of gender pay gap recommendation

University Teachers group seeks ‘clear and detailed public statement’ from Minister on NUIG gender issue

EU-US trade deal to undermine education as ‘public good’

Upheaval in third-level sector escalates on Monday with industrial action at Cork IT

Rush to e-learning may fuel online plagiarism, warn lecturers

Union’s members express concerns over impact of technology on higher education

Education policy seeks to diminish status and morale of researchers

Ireland’s research policy runs counter to EU proposals

Academics reluctant to take gender equality cases, union official says

Representative says university staff feel too isolated to take gender discrimination cases

Taskforce on gender equality initiated by NUI Galway

Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington says ‘concrete action’ required

Gender imbalances in the classroom – and all the way up

Boys underperform in school but women get fewer professorships in academia. How do we tackle the factors that skew how children and adults fare through their studies?

Student loans and graduate taxes will lead to an exodus

Opinion: Ireland’s status as one of Europe’s best-educated societies is under threat from financial starvation

Department of Education does not respect academics, conference told

Higher Education Authority has ‘gone native’, says Irish Federation of University Teachers

US-EU trade agreement will make higher education ‘more commercial’

University lecturers hear warning over ‘predatory’ for-profit colleges

Universities becoming ‘profit-making institutions’

Teachers’ unions open campaign to defend third level bodies in their research

Tough times for third-level lecturers

The image of the leisurely academic in an ivory tower is one that hard-pressed lecturers, suffering intense third-level education cutbacks, simply don’t recognise