Press releases

Crisis in education

Date: 14/05/2024

Unsustainable teacher workload threatens quality of education.

Pay parity across the nations in the UK

Date: 05/04/2024

Teachers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland should not be paid less than their counterparts in Scotland.

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Palestine

Date: 04/04/2024

Children should not pay the price of war.

Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council announce strike day

Date: 20/11/2023

Teachers’ Strike: 29 November 2023: Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council announce strike day.

Industrial action

A million children experiencing destitution in the UK

Date: 24/10/2023

This Joseph Rowntree report should be an alarm for Government to finally take action.

Child poverty

Northern Ireland education budget

Date: 17/08/2023

The budget funding gap of over £300m will undoubtedly have a significant impact on education in 2023-24.

Funding

The cost of going to school

Date: 11/05/2023

Pupils experiencing poverty face barriers to getting the education they deserve.

Child poverty

Teachers in Northern Ireland to strike

Date: 12/04/2023

NEU Northern Ireland announces strike on 26 April.

Climate tipping point

Date: 04/04/2023

Our future and that of younger generations is being threatened.

General Secretary election result

Date: 31/03/2023

Daniel Kebede elected General Secretary of NEU from 1 September

NITC statement

Date: 30/03/2023

The five recognised teacher unions are calling on all teachers and school leaders to take a full day of strike on the 26 April.

Northern Ireland : Strike action

Date: 13/02/2023

NEU teacher members in Northern Ireland have voted in favour of strike action.