📢 IFUT + ASTI, INTO & TUI call on Govt to withdraw proposed Article 88bis of the GDPR, which weakens data protections as AI expands across education. We're also asking Minister James Lawless @lawlessj to engage educators on new AI tools for students. 🎓🔒 Read more: ifut.ie/content/education-un… #DataProtection #AIinEducation #HigherEd

IFUT Assistant General Secretary Robert McNamara explains the economic reality for many working in higher education today on @gbayfm 🎓 Why: Govt has no credible pay offer for university staff. 93% voted for action. 📅 Oct 5, 14, 21 – strikes ahead. Stand with our educators 💪 #IFUT #PublicSectorPay #HigherEd

📢 IFUT's pay dispute is in the news 📰 🎓 Why: Govt has no credible pay offer for university staff. 93% voted for action. 📅 Oct 5, 14, 21 – strikes ahead. Stand with our educators 💪 RT to support! #IFUT #PublicSectorPay #HigherEd

📢 93% YES. A decisive mandate for industrial action from IFUT members. Action begins: 🗓️ 5 Oct — 1hr stoppage (World Teachers' Day) 🗓️ 14 Oct — 24hr strike 🗓️ 21 Oct — 24hr strike The ballot is the mandate. Now we organise. 👇 ifut.ie/content/decisive-yes… #IFUT #FairPayNow #HigherEd

⏰ 1 DAY LEFT: IFUT's public service ballot closes 12 noon TOMORROW, Tue 22 Sept. A strong Yes vote = real leverage for pay talks, outstanding claims & protection from unilateral change. 🗳️ Vote: mi-vote.com/secure/ifut No code? Request one on the same page. Don't miss it. #IFUT #VoteYes #PublicServicePay #TradeUnion

Don't let somebody else make the decision for you. 🗳️ IFUT's Public Service Dispute Hub is where you'll find it all — the background to the dispute, answers to your questions, and your ballot vote — in one place. Vote now or retrieve your voting code 👉 ifut.ie/content/ifut-public-… ⏰ Vote closes 12pm Tue 22 Sept #IFUT #YourVoteMatters #PublicServicePay #UnionStrong

🎓⚖️ IFUT is a registered nominating body for the Seanad's Cultural & Educational Panel. A vacancy has opened following Seán Kyne's move to the Dáil. Members with strong education/research credentials can seek IFUT's nomination — contact the union now, ahead of the (as yet unpublished) closing date. 📖 Full details: ifut.ie/content/ifuts-role-s… #IFUT #Seanad #Education #Oireachtas

🌐 👩‍🏫 Help shape a new webinar series for teachers and lecturers. Our mortgage service partner, EDUC Mortgages, is planning a new series of free online property and mortgage webinars and they’d like to hear from IFUT members about the topics that would be most useful. The survey takes less than 2 minutes to complete, and participants can enter a draw to win a €100 gift card. 👉 Take the survey - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… ❗ Closing date: 27 September 2026. #IFUT #HigherEd #EDUC

IFUT General Secretary Frank Jones attended the launch of the Programme for International Assessment (PISA) 2025 results this morning (September 8). The report was formally launched by the Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton TD @1Hildegarde Read more: ifut.ie/content/pisa-2025-st… #PISA #HigherEd #IFUT

⚖️ Today, IFUT takes the fight against precarious employment to the Labour Court. Our delegation is before the Court today pursuing the outstanding Local Bargaining claim from the Public Service Agreement 2024–2026. 🗞️Read the full story at: ifut.ie/content/ifut-takes-f… ✊ Join IFUT: members.ifut.ie/Membership-A… #IFUT #HigherEducation #PrecariousEmployment #TradeUnions #CollectiveBargaining #ResearchCareers

🗳️ IFUT will begin balloting all eligible public-sector members on Tuesday, 1 September, for industrial action, up to and including strike action. The ballot will remain open until Tuesday, 22 September. ✉️ What members should do now: ☑️ Check your email over the coming days for full ballot details.  ☑️ Make sure IFUT has your correct personal contact information by using the member details update form - 🔗 members.ifut.ie/User-Login?r… ☑️ Vote promptly once the ballot opens. ☑️ Speak to non-union colleagues and encourage them to join immediately.  ✊ Not yet a member? Join IFUT now - 🔗 members.ifut.ie/Membership-A… Together, organised and participating, we strengthen our collective position and our ability to secure a fair successor public-service agreement. #NationalBallot2026 #HigherEd #PublicServiceAgreement #PublicSectorPay

👓 IFUT General Secretary Frank Jones featured on @VirginMediaNews raising privacy and safety issues over the use of Meta Smart Glasses, calling for clear guidelines to be implemented in 3rd level institutions.  IFUT is the only trade union in Ireland which exclusively organises workers in Universities. #HigherEd #IFUT #VMNews

🗳️ IFUT will begin balloting all eligible public-sector members on Tuesday, 1 September, for industrial action. The ballot will remain open until Tuesday, 22 September. ✊ Not a member? Join today: members.ifut.ie/Membership-A… 📰 Read more: ifut.ie/content/ifut-public-… #NationalBallot2026 #PublicServiceAgreement #PublicSectorPay

IFUT General Secretary & Chair of the Congress Group of Unions: "These students have been offered the opportunity to continue their education in Ireland after overcoming circumstances that few of us can begin to imagine. Their applications should be considered with an understanding of what has happened to Gaza’s universities, schools and essential infrastructure, rather than being judged as though they were applying under ordinary circumstances. It cannot be reasonable to expect students whose universities, homes and communities have been destroyed to provide the same evidence as applicants living in normal circumstances. Where records, documents and educational pathways have been disrupted by war, the visa process must allow for that reality. Education should be part of Ireland’s humanitarian response. Giving these young people the chance to study here is not simply about obtaining a university qualification; it is about preserving opportunity, professional development and hope for a generation whose education has been so severely interrupted. These attacks on education must be seen in the context of the wider campaign of genocide being conducted by Israel against the Palestinian people. Ireland has an opportunity to demonstrate that its commitment to education, international solidarity and humanitarian support extends beyond words. These students have been offered places because they have demonstrated their ability and potential. They should now be given a fair and workable opportunity to accept those offers. The Congress Education Group of Unions are calling for urgent engagement between the Government, the universities and the students concerned to resolve the outstanding visa cases." ictu.ie/news/higher-and-furt… #HigherEd #Gaza #Palestine #IFUT

🏘️IFUT General Secretary Frank Jones argues that affordable student accommodation is essential educational infrastructure in the @IrishTimes Letters to the Editor. 📨Read the full letter here: ifut.ie/content/irish-times-… #HousingForAll #AffordableHousing #HigherEd