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County Derry principal steps down from union role

A County Derry principal has stepped down from her role as head of a local teaching union. Alison Steen, from Limavady, has described her year in office at the head of the Ulster Teachers' Union as 'profound'. "If my year as President of the UTU has ...

28 Mar 2022 at 16:35

Derry News

Derry teacher loses 10 stone and named Slimming World's Mr Sleek 2022

Ryan Quinn, a music teacher at Derry's St Cecelia's College, had struggled with his weight since he was a teenager but an embarrassing incident at work prompted him to make a change. The 32-year-old said: “I’d just started in a new school and went ...

27 Jan 2022 at 18:32

Derry News

Derry family and friends to run marathon in memory of late teacher who passed aged 35 from brain tumour

Family and friends of a local schoolteacher who lost her life to a brain tumour last year have been keeping her memory alive and raising awareness of the disease by taking up running together. ‘Team Nicola’ was formed by Nicola Robinson’s husband ...

24 Aug 2022 at 18:09

Northern Ireland

Education Authority cuts cannot be delivered, warn unions

Proposed cuts to the Education Authority (EA) budget in Northern Ireland are unrealistic and cannot be delivered, teaching unions have said. The Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council (NITC), an umbrella body for five unions, met on Monday to ...

17 Jan 2023 at 16:16

Derry News

Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy expresses concern at failure to register teachers

Mr Delargy has expressed concern following reports that the General Teaching Council is still failing to register many newly qualified teachers eight weeks into term. The Foyle MLA said: “Reports that many newly qualified teachers still ...

22 Oct 2021 at 13:16

Derry News

Stylish TV date for Derry school teacher

A Derry primary school teacher is set for a stylish TV appearance in new fashion series, Éadaí SOS. The show, which kicks off on Monday next, September 6t on BBC Two at 10.00pm, will feature presenters Caoimhe Ní Chathail and Proinsias ...

03 Sept 2021 at 13:33

Local News

Tributes paid to Derry ballet teacher, Mary Harrison (Mary Hill)

Tributes are being paid to a much-loved Derry dance teacher, Mary Harrison, best known as Mary Hill, who has died. Mrs Harrison passed away earlier today at her home at Stoneypath in the Waterside area of the city. Best known as the ...

09 Jul 2021 at 15:23

Derry News

"We know for a fact that schools aren't safe at the minute"

Derry teachers have expressed their grave concerns over the safety of staff and pupils as they return to school during the Omicron spike. Stormont ministers have been informed that around 90 per cent of cases in Northern Ireland ...

10 Jan 2022 at 19:00

National News

Police focus on mountain bike as man quizzed over killing of Ashling Murphy

Irish police were continuing to question a man on Thursday evening as they investigate the killing of a young teacher as she jogged along a canal. The murder of 23-year-old Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, Co Offaly, has triggered ...

13 Jan 2022 at 22:21

Northern Ireland

Striking teachers insist ‘enough is enough’ as action closes schools across NI

Striking teachers in Northern Ireland feel their contribution to society is being dismissed as worthless, a rally has heard. That was one of the messages delivered from the stage as hundreds of teachers and other public ...

26 Apr 2023 at 17:54

Northern Ireland

Government and education unions to hold ‘intensive talks’ after strikes

The Government and education unions have agreed to hold “intensive talks” on the issues which have sparked a series of strikes by teachers in recent months, it has been announced. The talks, which will focus on pay, ...

17 Mar 2023 at 21:39

Northern Ireland

Hundreds of teachers in Northern Ireland to begin bereavement training

More than 300 teachers across Northern Ireland will begin bereavement training to enable them to better support students who have lost a loved one. The training, that will take part at seven venues across Northern ...

27 Aug 2023 at 11:00

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