“The Minister of State for Further Education has said that the TUI vote at WIT rejecting the terms for the proposed new new technological university is ‘hopefully’ only a minor setback. Fianna Fail’s Niall Collins, who is the Minister of State for Skills and Further Education, said what has happened is a bit of a ‘bump on the rollercoaster’ and hopefully, the Governing bodies of both WIT and IT Carlow will be able to find a way to move the process on when they have their respective meetings this week …” (more)
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“It seems the merger of Waterford IT and IT Carlow could be facing a further setback. Members of the Teachers Union of Ireland in WIT have voted to reject the new Memorandum of Understanding for the Technological University. Those involved in the union say they have ongoing concerns and little progress has been made to reassure them …” (more)
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It seems the merger of Waterford IT and IT Carlow could be facing a further setback.
Members of the Teachers Union of Ireland in WIT have voted to reject the new Memorandum of Understanding for the Technological University.
Those involved in the union say they have ongoing concerns and little progress has been made to reassure them.
Speaking to WLR News this evening, WIT Branch Secretary of the TUI, Kathleen Moore Walsh says they felt had no choice:
“The branch rejected the memorandum of understanding today. The ballots were opened and it was a resounding rejection.
“There were a number of problems, but the biggest problem was that for the last 18 months we’ve been trying to progress issues of concern to our members and we haven’t been able to get anything regarding the MOU changed.
A campus in Wexford is among the options being explored by the advisory group overseeing the plan.
The concern surrounding money being allocated to the university has been highlighted by Dr Ray Griffin, a lecturer in Strategy at Waterford Institute of Technology School of Business teaching on WIT s MBA and DBA programmes.
The Presidents of Institute of Technology Carlow (IT Carlow) and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) co-chaired the inaugural meeting of the TUSEI Regional Engagement Advisory Group in late January. The group has been established by the presidents to support the development of the Technological University of South East Ireland (TUSEI).