DCU Staff are represented solely by SIPTU afaik.DrMoriarty said:UL/DCU staff are represented by Mandate
Does this mean that IT staff within the higher education sector have a better chance of promotion. How does this work?DrMoriarty said:if there are any promotional possibilities in the future, which is less and less likely outside of the IT sector...
I stand corrected..!Mary_K said:DCU Staff are represented solely by SIPTU afaik.
Sorry — by the 'IT sector' I meant not Information Technology but the Institutes of Technology, who seem set to receive proportionately greater state funding in the medium term than the 'old' universities, traditionally far more privileged in this respect. In my own (languages) area, university schools and departments are, if anything, being merged/'shrunk' as a result of the budget cutbacks of the past few years, and the trend seems likely to continue — in UCD, the biggest employer in the State, they've just been told to reduce their budget by a further 25% over the next four years.Mary_K said:Does this mean that IT staff within the higher education sector have a better chance of promotion. How does this work?
DrMoriarty said:Most institutions still maintain a distinction between Lecturer and Assistant/Junior Lecturer. In practice, the two salary scales overlap by a good third or more in the middle. In places which have 'telescoped' the AL and L scales (e.g. UCC, which IIRC uses a common 'College Lecturer' scale), they speak of a 'bar' beyond which your progression depends on various promotional criteria — seniority, admin. responsibilities, research profile, etc.
DrMoriarty said:Most institutions still maintain a distinction between Lecturer and Assistant/Junior Lecturer. In practice, the two salary scales overlap by a good third or more in the middle. In places which have 'telescoped' the AL and L scales (e.g. UCC, which IIRC uses a common 'College Lecturer' scale), they speak of a 'bar' beyond which your progression depends on various promotional criteria — seniority, admin. responsibilities, research profile, etc.
I unreservedly recommend that you join that particular club, Gordanus!Gordanus said:But 3 months holidays.....mmmm