The rush to secure university status could do more damage than good to some institutes of technology, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland congress heard.

The Teachers Union of Ireland has today criticised plans to cut teaching posts at second level by up to 1,000 next year.

ALMOST 57,000 students receive their Junior Certificate results today — a week before planned changes are finalised on how future teenagers will be assessed.

THE threat of increases in class sizes next year has prompted an angry response from teachers and opposition parties.

Schools will be forced to drop subjects if proposals to increase class sizes to save money go ahead, it has been warned.

A WARNING that failure to provide adequate language support teachers for ethnic minority students could lead to future social problems was given yesterday.

EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn rejected calls by second-level teachers for the lifting of a moratorium on the filling of promotional posts.

SOARING demand for training has left at least two people turned down for every successful applicant to restricted places on further education courses.

An average of three applications has been received for every place in Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses in colleges of further education, it was claimed today.

IF we don’t put cash into the education system then we’re going to have to put it into the prison service, warned a school equality expert.

SCHOOL management bodies have been urged to draft a detailed policy document specifically addressing the growing threat of racism in Ireland’s schools.

SCHOOLS and colleges are ill-equipped and unprepared to deal with increasingly frequent incidents of racism, teachers have claimed.

SCHOOLS and colleges are ill-equipped and unprepared to deal with increasingly frequent incidents of racism, teachers have claimed.

THE Central Statistics Office has almost halved its estimate of the public-versus-private sector pay gap to 19.1%, a move welcomed by some public service unions but dismissed by others.

The Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) today expressed concern that recommendations of cuts to third-level education outlined in the McCarthy report would have huge negative effects for economic recovery.

The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has said that public sector pay and conditions cannot be used as a punching bag as the country works towards economic recovery.

CONCERNS have been raised by teachers and principals about the integration of a number of education agencies working with disadvantaged children into the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB).

MORE than a quarter of teachers in post-primary, higher and further education have said they were aware of racist incidents over a one-month period, a pioneering Teacher’s Union of Ireland survey has found.

TEACHERS and lecturers should be allowed to work past the compulsory retirement age of 65 if they so wish, the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) has recommended.

Tireless Independent TD Tony Gregory was a true Christian who restored dignity and pride to Dublin’s inner city communities who will never forget him, his funeral mass heard today.

FURTHER education colleges with hundreds of computers do not have dedicated technical staff because of outdated structures, the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) has claimed.

SOME schools are in danger of becoming ghettos for non-national students who require assistance in overcoming language and other educational barriers, a union leader has claimed.

WOMEN hold almost two-thirds of teaching jobs in some second-level schools but are appointed to only one-fifth of principal posts, figures have revealed.

STAFF working with early school-leavers are being paid up to €15,000 less than second-level teachers - despite doing the same work, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) claimed yesterday.

THE Teachers’ Union of Ireland has called on Education Minister Mary Hanafin to immediately implement major recommendations contained in a 2003 report on reform of the further and adult education sector.

HUNDREDS of women could be prevented from returning to education and training because of cutbacks in childcare funding for students.