UCC must conduct fresh interview of lecturer for promotion

University College Cork has been instructed to re-interview one of the college’s lecturers for promotion after the Labour Court heard the original selection process was seriously flawed.

Declan Jordan, a UCC economics lecturer, claimed he was improperly denied promotion to the position of senior lecturer which he applied for in November 2012, despite being eligible.

Lawyers for UCC rejected the claim, stating the college’s Lecturers Promotion and Establishment Board had not ranked him in the top 30 candidates.