Teachers Union Of Ireland

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Graduates are voting with their feet and changing career because of the disparity in pay between teachers who qualified before 2010, TUI says. Photograph: iStock
It should be possible to address pay disparity for teachers, TUI says

The president of the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) said if it was possible to sort out the nurses pay dispute then it should be possible to address (...)

A total of 80 per cent of TUI members at Cork Institute of Technology (above) and 68 per cent of members at IT Tralee voted in favour of the merger.
CIT and IT Tralee staff vote in favour of creating new university

Cork Institute of Technology and IT Tralee look set to apply to become a technological university within weeks after lecturing staff voted to support (...)

Irish has emerged as the subject where teacher shortages are most acute at second level in a new survey.
Secondary schools undermined by Irish teacher shortage, survey finds

Irish is the subject where teacher shortages are most acute at second level, a new survey has found. The poll of principals and deputy principals at (...)

BBC journalist Fergal Keane spoke of the devastating impact his father’s alcoholism had on him as a child, and into adulthood. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Parents who regularly take three or more drinks a day may be abusing children

Parents who regularly drink three or more drinks a day could be “unwittingly” abusing their children, a HSE addiction specialist has warned. Marion (...)

Every student in the class received a fail grade from the lecturer - until IT Tralee intervened to raise their grades
Staff protest over ‘grade inflation’ at institute of technology

Lecturers at Institute of Technology Tralee are refusing to attend exam and course meetings after an exam board at the college overturned a lecturer’s(...)

“There’s a debate about how influential schools are in terms of academic success, with some studies saying it only accounts for about 20 per cent of a student’s academic achievement.” Photograph: iStock
Why some schools do better than others

It’s no surprise to find that schools in Dublin 4 send more students to third-level than schools in Dublin 24. Parents tend to be that bit more taken (...)

Secondary school teachers are trained through a two-year postgraduate masters in education, meaning most will have to spend six years at college. Photograph: iStock
What’s pushing teachers’ buttons?

Even the best schools, teachers and principals have problems that are outside their control. Schools don’t operate in a vacuum: education is highly po(...)

Teachers from the INTO, ASTI and TUI protesting over pay rates for new entrants earlier this year. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
ASTI rejects pay deal for new entrant teachers

The country’s largest secondary teachers’ union has narrowly rejected Government proposals to address the controversial two-tier pay system in schools(...)

Trish Reilly Nolan pictured with her son, nine-year-old Alex near their home in Athlone. Photograph: Tom O’Hanlon
Children on reduced timetables ‘denied education’

Children – many of them disadvantaged – are being “denied their education” by being placed on reduced timetables at school, usually for behavioural is(...)

Latest forecasts indicate that the number of students at second level is due to jump by 40,000 by 2024. Photograph: iStock
Principals warn teacher shortage will worsen due to spike in student numbers

Second level principals have warned that teacher shortages will worsen due to a significant spike in student numbers over the next six years. Latest (...)

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