IFUT News
General Election 2020 - Five Steps to Revive Higher Education
IFUT calls on all parties forming the next government to adopt the following as part of the Programme for Government:
Organising Workers in the Modern (and Future) World of Work
IFUT is author to one of the chapters in a new essay collection ‘Ensuring Good Future Jobs’, launched on 28th November 2019 at the National University of Ireland offi
A Christmas Message from IFUT
As we approach the end of a very busy and demanding term we would like to extend our warmest greeting to all of our members for a happy and peaceful Christmas and a (much deserved!) restful holiday.
Lecturer on separate precarious contracts and low pay - until IFUT secured full-time lecturing status
I have been working for one of the large universities in Ireland for almost a decade, holding year-to-year hourly-teaching contracts, without summer pay, payment for meetings, and the extensive preparation required for delivering high-quality lectures.
Strikes over pay and conditions to hit a number of third-level institutions
Lecturers in Irish third levels to picket in February, while those in Northern Ireland are in the middle of an eight-day dispute.
Strikes over pay and conditions to hit a number of third-level institutions
Submission on Proposed Legislative Reform of the Higher Education Authority Act 1971
Below is IFUT's Submission on Proposed Leglislative Reform of the Higher Education Authority Act 1971.
(Attached as a PDF document.)
Mike Jennings appointed ‘Distinguished Associate’ by Education International
Mike Jennings, our former General Secretary, was designated a ‘Distinguished Associate’ of Education International (EI) at the organsation’s 8th World Congress, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in July this year.