Cuts at third level may hurt revival in economy - TUI [IrishTimes]
- Published: 05 April 2010
The union – whose annual conference begins in Ennis, Co Clare, today – said inadequate resourcing in the sector could undermine economic revival.
TUI represents 3,500 lecturers in institutes of technology.
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Here's your chance to be top of the class again, Mary -- call time on dreaded Leaving Cert [Herald.ie]
- Published: 05 April 2010
Spare a thought today for the thousands of anxious students who are swotting for the dreaded Leaving Cert instead of enjoying the bank holiday.
The Easter break is when students traditionally move into top gear in preparation for this monstrous test.
While the rest of us relax over the holiday period, they are stressing out over what will be the most important exam of their lives.
We are in the throes of Leaving Cert fever in our house. The stress levels are high and we are tiptoeing and creeping around as our daughter tries to cram and revise.
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INTO annual congress opens [IrishTimes]
- Published: 05 April 2010
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) today began its annual congress in Salthill, Galway.
Among the issues that will be discussed at the conference are the proposed deal on public service pay and reform, taxation, industrial action, the embargo on public service promotion, school buildings and class sizes.
The annual congress was addressed today by the INTO president, Máire Ní Chuinneagáin, and Ictu general secretary David Begg. New Minister for Education Mary Coughlan will give a speech tomorrow.
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INTO teacher conference underway today [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 05 April 2010
The INTO is the country's largest teachers' union and represents 30,000 primary school teachers.
It is already said it will recommend its members accept the public service pay agreement, which is likely to dominate the agenda at the conference.
Full Story: www.irishexaminer.com
More than 25% of teachers in negative equity [eircom.net]
- Published: 05 April 2010
The financial pressures facing particularly the younger members of the profession will be among the key themes at the annual conferences of the three main teacher unions this week.
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO), whose annual congress opens in Galway this evening, surveyed almost 350 members about their financial circumstances and found almost two-thirds are stressed by money worries.
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