Budget 2020 another missed opportunity for Irish education By piofficer 08 Oct 2019 | 0 comments TUI’s initial response to Budget 2020. Comments from TUI President Seamus Lahart. [Read more...]
Latest OECD report endorses work of Irish educators while highlighting funding deficit By piofficer 10 Sep 2019 | 0 comments The latest set of OECD international indicators – Education At A Glance 2019 - highlights the high quality work of Irish teachers and lecturers. The report also confirms the consistent failure of Government to appropriately fund the education in Ireland. [Read more...]
TUI to ballot members for industrial action mandate in pay discrimination campaign By piofficer 28 Aug 2019 | 0 comments The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) will ballot its 18,000 members next month to renew a mandate for industrial action, up to and including strike action, as part of its campaign to end pay discrimination. [Read more...]
TUI congratulates students on Leaving Cert results By piofficer 13 Aug 2019 | 0 comments The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has congratulated students on their Leaving Certificate results and advised them to consider continuing their education in areas that they find most interesting and engaging. [Read more...]
‘Stay positive – exam results do not define a person’ - TUI extends best wishes to all examination candidates By piofficer 04 Jun 2019 | 0 comments The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI), which represents over 18,000 teachers and lecturers in second level, adult/further education and at third level, has wished all students the best of luck ahead of the 2019 state examinations. [Read more...]
Half of schools have unfilled teaching vacancies - new survey of principals highlights severe teacher recruitment and retention crisis By piofficer 22 Apr 2019 | 0 comments A new survey of principals and deputy principals in 120 of the country’s second level schools illustrates continuing, severe teacher recruitment and retention difficulties. [Read more...]
‘30% increase in student numbers requires immediate action on third level funding’ – TUI By piofficer 19 Apr 2019 | 0 comments [Read more...]
'99% of schools experiencing recruitment difficulties' - survey confirms crisis in Irish schools By piofficer 23 Jan 2019 | 0 comments Survey highlights teacher recruitment and retention crisis in second level schools [Read more...]
Continuing campaign to end pay discrimination By piofficer 30 Nov 2018 | 0 comments The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has once again outlined the damage that pay discrimination is inflicting on the education system and reiterated its commitment to securing full pay equality. The union has said that, wherever possible, it will seek to pursue this goal with its colleagues in the other teacher unions. [Read more...]
‘Teaching profession must be made attractive ahead of 40,000 spike in student numbers’ – school principals By piofficer 15 Nov 2018 | 0 comments Second level principals are warning that teacher recruitment and retention issues will worsen due to a significant spike in student numbers over the next six years. [Read more...]
List of ‘sticking plaster’ measures will do little to address teacher recruitment and retention crisis in Irish schools By piofficer 08 Nov 2018 | 0 comments The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has described the Teacher Supply Action Plan (published today) as a list of ‘sticking plaster’ measures that ignore the root causes behind the recruitment and retention crisis in Irish schools. [Read more...]
TUI members vote to accept proposal on 'new entrant' salary scale issues in context of union's ongoing campaign By piofficer 25 Oct 2018 | 0 comments Members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) have voted to accept a proposal on ‘new entrant’ salary scale issues by a margin of 53% to 47% in the context of the union’s ongoing campaign. [Read more...]
Budget 2019 fails to deliver for education By piofficer 09 Oct 2018 | 0 comments Excessively cautious and stubbornly rooted in an austerity mindset [Read more...]
Joint call for Government to address Higher Education Funding Crisis By piofficer 27 Sep 2018 | 0 comments Students and staff unions join with third-level representative bodies to demand government response [Read more...]
TUI to put new entrant proposals to ballot without recommendation By piofficer 26 Sep 2018 | 0 comments At its meeting this evening, the Executive Committee of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) decided to put the proposal on new entrant pay to a ballot of members without recommendation. [Read more...]