Irish Federation Of University Teachers

Education establishments accused of selling themselves by federation

Union says some staff earning €5,000 a year and many on insecure contracts

Forty assistant professors to be employed under five-year ‘tenure-track’ contracts

Members of Unite union reject Lansdowne Road accord as terms are ‘insufficient’

Ifut unhappy at shelving of planned €1,000 pay hike set for 2017 in Lansdowne Road deal

Short-term contracts and casual work increasingly common in workplace

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

Almost 73% of academics surveyed indicate increasing student diversity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ireland’s research policy runs counter to EU proposals

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

Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington says ‘concrete action’ required

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?

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

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

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