“Unsurprisingly, vexed questions about pay and pensions loom large on the agendas of three teacher unions as annual meetings take place this week in an atmosphere of simmering militancy …” (more)
[Irish Examiner, 9 April]
“At the USI conference, outgoing president Garry Redmond claimed that ‘a lecturer starting in Ireland would earn many multiples of what a lecturer starting in the UK would’ …” (more)
[Michelle Norris, Irish Examiner, 7 April]
“The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has warned that moves to extend the training period for new teachers will lead to a divide between those students able to afford and those unable to afford to pursue the career. Young teachers have been targeted for a disproportionate attack on pay and conditions …” (more)
[Teachers' Union of Ireland, 5 April]
“Outgoing President of the Union of Students in Ireland Gary Redmond is today calling on the Education Minister to force high-earning academic staff to take a pay cut …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 5 April]
“The refusal by a number of high-paid academics to take a voluntary salary cut has been called ‘disgraceful’ by the Union of Students in Ireland …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 5 April]
“The following extract from a speech delivered by Ireland’s President, Michael D Higgins, to the annual congress of the Union of Students in Ireland caught my eye …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 5 April]
“The continuing failure of some university presidents and other high-earning academic staff to take a voluntary pay cut has been criticised by Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn …” (more)
[Sean Flynn, Irish Times, 5 April]
“How much is a professor worth? It might help to know what professors are actually paid and how that figure compares with other salaries — and with the salaries of academics in other countries. But as Philip Altbach and his colleagues at the Center for International Higher Education discovered, such questions are a lot easier to ask than to answer …” (more)
[DD Guttenplan, New York Times, 2 April]
“These allowances form an integral part of teachers’ pay. Salary comprises the appropriate point of scale and applicable allowances …” (more)
[Teachers' Union of Ireland, 28 March]
“Teachers have been paid allowances totalling €2.5bn on top of their salaries over the last five years, figures from the Department of Education show …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 29 March]
“Scholars’ remuneration packages fail to match pay in many other professions. Academic salaries are no longer sufficient to attract the brightest and best into the sector, according to the co-author of a new global survey of higher education pay …” (more)
[Jack Grove, Times Higher Education, 22 March]
“… BMW’s hopes for a Technological University is stalling. Memo to the Border Midland West (BMW) region: you have two chances of getting a Technological University (TU) – slim and none! At least that’s the word from some education chiefs unimpressed by the joint bid for university status …” (more)
[Irish Times, 13 March]
“More than 1,000 teachers were warned last year that their pay was at risk of being withdrawn if they took too many sick days …” (more)
[Michael Brennan, Independent, 12 March]
“New figures which are expected to come before the Oireachtas Committee on Public Accounts next week show that sick leave within the public sector is costing the State over €550m per year …” (more)
[Irish Examiner, 10 March]
“Newly appointed teachers face cuts to a €4,426-a-year allowance in the latest clampdown on public service pay. They are among tens of thousands of state employees facing the abolition or reduction of allowances and premium payments that top-up their basic salaries …” (more)
[Katherine Donnelly and Anne-Marie Walsh, Independent, 9 March]
“The country’s highest-earning academics have snubbed a request by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn to take a voluntary pay cut to benefit the State …” (more)
[Gordon Deegan, Irish Examiner, 2 March]
“Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills his policy on the payment of salaries in the higher education sector above the pay cap for the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 28 February]
“Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Implementation Body will review high pay in the public sector during its annual review consultations this year. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Implementation Body give priority to public servants with €35,000 or less in its annual review …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 28 February]
“A landmark ruling by Germany’s Constitutional Court will improve basic salaries for professors across the country, according to representatives of higher education lecturers. The court ruled that salaries for professors in the federal state of Hesse are unconstitutional, and that Hesse’s government has to introduce new legislation by the beginning of next year …” (more)
[Michael Gardner, University World News, 28 February]
“Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to address the number of persons in third level who are continuing to earn more than the €200,000 pay cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 23 February]
