NEU Northern Ireland News and Blogs

Coronavirus: New School Day

This guidance has been developed for education settings, to support a safe reopening of schools in line with the Northern Ireland Executive’s “Coronavirus Executive Approach to Decision-Making” published on 12 May 2020.

Coronavirus: Keep your distance and beware of complacency!

Mark Langhammer, Northern Ireland regional secretary's blog on social distancing, hiring more teachers, a 1 to 10 ratio, secondary spikes and a cautionary note from Azerbaijan.

Coronavirus: Reopening schools: Looking for international ‘outs’ – New Zealand and Denmark

Mark Langhammer, Northern Ireland regional secretary writes about why Government should only reopen schools when it is safe to do.

Coronavirus: When should schools and colleges re-open?

NEU’s Regional Secretary, Mark Langhammer's blog on NEU's ten demands for a proposed return for schools, colleges and educational settings.

Coronavirus: We are living in extraordinary times

NEU’s Regional Secretary, Mark Langhammer continues his weekly blog in this second week of school closures in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

Coronavirus: Should we trust the UK Government?

Week of 30 March, Professor Scally published important articles in the Irish Times and Irish News which were widely read and debated, and get to the heart of the UK Government’s approach to the Covid-19 crisis. Prof. Scally’s article is reproduced here in full, without the need for further comment.

Northern Ireland teachers’ council accepts teachers' pay offer

Today, the Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council (NITC) – the body which makes up the Teachers’ Side of the Teachers’ Negotiating Committee has announced that it will be accepting the terms of the Pay and Workload Agreement presented to them on 8 April 2020.

Department of Education NI launch engage programme

The Department of Education NI (DENI) have announcement a major programme aimed at addressing the impact of Covid-19 on children’s learning. This is a scheme that NEU have been campaigning for as part of the school -re-start’ negotiations.