
The Science of Health and Happiness for Young People
This course is tailored for 12-18 year olds and consists of 10 pre-recorded lectures and one bonus lecture.
This course is tailored for 12-18 year olds and consists of 10 pre-recorded lectures and one bonus lecture.
NEU NI invites you to apply to the 2022 Women in Leadership Programme on 26 May.
Feminism in schools webinar, Thursday, 12 May 2022, 4:30pm via Zoom. Speaker: Charlotte Carson (founder of Feminism in Schools)
General teaching council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI) registration fee for 2022/23.
The members of the Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council (NITC), the representative body for the teachers’ unions, have agreed to act jointly to make finding an acceptable resolution to the question of teachers’ pay an election issue.
In anticipation for canvassing in the next few weeks and months, NEU have prepared this doorstep guide for our early years members.
Campaigners delighted as bill on flexible school starting age in Northern Ireland becomes law.
NEU Northern Ireland office staff roles and how they can help.
Flexible School Start campaign to drive change for children who should be able to defer Preschool or Primary 1.
Performance review and staff development (PRSD) has been suspended for rest of the academic year.
The NEU NI Autumn Webinar highlighted an innovative new pilot programme for Northern Ireland schools.
St. Mary’s University College hosted it’s first in a series of free online seminars from its newly launched Teaching Profession Project (TPP).
We have an opportunity to review where we are right now with the Independent Review of Education and ask some big questions about where we’re heading.
NEU NI has submitted initial views to the independent review of education in the form of ten demands or asks to be addressed.
The three unions - Irish National Teachers' Union (INTO), National Education Union (NEU) and Ulster Teachers' Union (UTU) continue to work in partnership to deliver training to members, school representatives, and health and safety representatives.
NEU NI are delighted to confirm that the European Trade Union Confederation's (ETUC) Esther Lynch will deliver our NEU Northern Ireland Annual Lecture in 2022 on Thursday 19th May 2022.
The Department of Education have published their revised Coronavirus Guidance for Educational Settings.
Consultation on transitional protection arrangements in Northern Ireland Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
The Department of Education, Northern Ireland (DENI) have now confirmed that temporary cover has been approved to allow the payment of incremental progression increases to eligible teachers from September 2021.
Management and Teachers’ Sides of the Teachers’ Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee (“TNC”) recognise that responses to the Covid-19 situation have the potential to impact on the conditions of service for teachers and school leaders.
Mark Langhammer, Regional Secretary of the National Education Union in Northern Ireland (Europe’s largest union for teachers and educators) commented on the Report of the Expert Panel on Educational Underachievement.
NEU Northern Ireland lobbies the Education Minister on school starting age flexibility.
The NEU paper, “Measuring What Matters” is not simply focussed on the symptom of workload, but on its causes.
Subject to receipt of final approval of the pay remit by the Department of Finance, it is anticipated that the pay award will be implemented in the May/June payrolls.
The NEU spring webinar was held on Thursday, 25 February at 6:00pm.
The National Education Union (NEU) education recovery plan sets out how to reopen schools and colleges in a safe and sustainable way.
Department of Education NI introduces scheme to help support substitute teachers during the current six-week period of school closures.
NEU along side NI teacher unions (Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council) have written to the First and Deputy First Minister to highlight concerns regarding Special School Provision during the current lockdown.
To support schools, Department of Education, Northern Ireland (DENI) has prepared phase specific information.
Education Minister clarifies position on exams in NI 2021.
Updated guidance in light of the current crisis in public. These replace the actions set out in the letter to schools of 31 December 2020.
Seventy-fourth SAGE meeting on COVID-19, 22nd December 2020 Held via Video Teleconference
National Education Union action on unsafe educational settings to apply to Northern Ireland members
The NI Teacher Performance Review and Staff Development (PRSD) process will be paused for 2021/2021 academic year.
As a student undertaking initial teacher training, you are eligible for free NEU membership.
NEU NI have responded to the consultation on options to address discrimination identified by the courts in the transitional protection arrangements, which were part of the 2015 reform of public service pension schemes, including the NI teachers pension scheme.
Read all advice and guidance for members in NEU Northern Ireland.
The NI Executive has announced that schools and other education settings will have the half-term holiday break extended from 19 to 30 October, reopening on Monday 2 November.
Read all new and blogs for members in NEU Northern Ireland.
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.
Schools should close now in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the NEU statement.
The latest editions of newsletters for members in Northern Ireland including Reps bulletin and Frontline.
NEU Northern Ireland (in partnership with INTO & UTU) offer a series of training courses each year in both Belfast and Derry and online.
Accessing professional development is an important part of being an educational professional.
Your Autumn-Winter edition of Frontline newsletter: the pay deal explained: Q&A with Mark Langhammer, regional secretary; teacher governors: things to know; CPD opportunities.
Information, advice and resources for NEU Northern Ireland members.
Latest NEU NI Covid-19 advice on health and safety for members.
Latest update on staffing and remote learning in Northern Ireland
The policy includes advice on the monitoring of teacher absence reported as sickness absence and does not apply to other authorised absences.
Latest update from the Department of Education (DENI) on annual benefit statements.
Useful information when you’re considering applying for Ill-health retirement with the NI Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
Latest advice for principals and managers who may have staff experiencing protracted ill health as a result of COVID-19 infection.
Up-to-date information on a variety of pensions schemes and financial planning for retirement.
This advice note is an update for teacher members in Northern Ireland as we move towards the end of the 2020/2021 academic year.
The guidance is based around ‘Things you need to Do’ and ‘Things you need to Know’.
Department of Education NI publishes supplementary guidance to the DE Coronavirus guidance for education settings (December 2020) previously issued to all schools.
NEU continues to meet with DENI, the Education Authority, and the PHA and to raise a wide range of concerns for staff and pupils on substantive matters of health and safety.
NEU NI issue January guidance for NEU members in educational settings in Northern Ireland
This guidance applies to all staff - including substitute teachers and temporary non-teaching staff in response to absences because of Covid-19.
This guidance for Northern Ireland provides the latest advice on absence, pay arrangements and staffing matters linked to COVID-19.
Following our webinar, we have produced an advice note which contains FAQs, NEU checklist, and sources of additional information.
Our advice on ventilation in Covid-19 schools and workplaces.
NEU position remains that the coming together of large groups of adults in schools, for example staff meetings, parent meetings, open days, should be suspended.
As negotiated by NEU along with colleague in the NITC, until individual time budgets are in place, no teacher should be directed to work more than 32.4 hours in a single week.
Our advice today is that members hold off responding to the consultation until we are able to provide a more detailed response and guidance to members.
Interim guidance for detailed submissions made to OFQUAL, DE, CCEA and others on awarding for qualifications Summer 2020.
Every child who can be safely cared for at home should be, to limit the chance of the virus spreading.
Twelve points on exam cancellation for GCSEs, AS, A-levels and International Baccalaureate
NEU Northern Ireland sponsors the first Feminism in Schools Conference.
Kierna Corr, an NEU workplace rep and head of nursery, shares her experience from her recent study visit to Italy to take part in a course ‘The best Practices for Preschool Teachers’ facilitated by The Erasmus Learning Academy.
Maggie Surgenor-Cooke writes about the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the emotional wellbeing of children, parents and early years practitioners and what can be done to enhance future support mechanisms.
Denny Elliot - Self Help Africa’s Head of Northern Ireland, writes about the charity's initiative to plant a million new trees both in Northern Ireland here and in Africa.
Ciaran O’Halloran, NEU member, head of drama at a school in Belfast, and an examiner for Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC) shares his thoughts on the ministerial decision on WJEC exams in Northern Ireland.
Mark Langhammer, Northern Ireland regional secretary's shares his concerns on the effect of low isolation figures on Covid-19 transmission in Northern Ireland.
As teachers and staff take a well-earned extended break at Halloween, Mark Langhammer, Northern Ireland regional secretary reflects on the ‘school restart’.
We did it, we’re back and we’re making it work! Colette Thompson, literacy specialist and vice-chair of Fighting Words, Northern Ireland reflects on the first full week back at school.
With school restart imminent in Northern Ireland, and many teachers confused by rushed, often contradictory advice and guidance, Mark Langhammer looks at the school-restart experience of some of our neighbours across Europe.
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.
How has Northern Ireland’s economy coped with lockdown, and how might the workplace change as we gradually emerge? By Mark Langhammer, Northern Ireland regional secretary.
Mark Langhammer, Northern Ireland regional secretary writes about why Government should only reopen schools when it is safe to do.
NEU’s Regional Secretary, Mark Langhammer's blog on NEU's ten demands for a proposed return for schools, colleges and educational settings.
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.
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.
Thoughts on a slow-motion catastrophe – Making up for lost ground? By Mark Langhammer, Northern Ireland regional secretary
With inflation running at 6.2% and projected by the Bank of England to rise to over 8% in the time ahead teachers are right to have rejected the pay offer made to them.
Message from the NEU Northern Ireland Regional Secretary
Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council (NITC) say the mitigations currently in place in schools are not sufficient to meet the challenge of adequately protecting our members or the children and young people in their care.
We have been involved in the campaign to bring flexibility to Northern Ireland’s school start for over a decade, and this consultation is a welcome step.
NEU NI welcomes £5million ‘Healthy Happy Minds’ pilot for primary schools.
Full National Education Union Statement, 3rd January 2020
The National Education Union has urged the Minister of Education to “let go” of GCSEs as a means of coping with the pandemic and as a way of de-stressing schools from relentless and obsessive testing, tracking, monitoring and assessment.
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.
Advice from the Department of Education, Northern Ireland guidance on School Restart Programme, including responses to the questions asked by NEU members at the recent Zoom meeting.
A joint letter of agreement has been agreed and issued further to the announcement confirming that as a consequence of the current exceptional circumstances, the start of the academic year 20/21 will be from week commencing 17 August 2020.
On 26 January 2022, NEU (along with partner unions UTU and INTO) held our Annual School Leaders seminar online.
The NEU Northern Ireland annual lecture took place on 20 May 2021 as a webinar via zoom.