Ulster Teachers’ Union
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Ulster Teachers' Union representing teachers & school leaders in nursery, primary, secondary, special education across Northern Ireland #UTU
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Stephen McCord DGS attended the EI Global Conference on AI, held in Brussels, Belgium, from 4-5 Dec 2025, marking the first global gathering of member organisations to explore the opportunities and challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence in education and research.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Stephen McCord DGS attended the EI Global Conference on AI, held in Brussels, Belgium, from 4-5 Dec 2025, marking the first global gathering of member organisations to explore the opportunities and challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence in education and research.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
No algorithm can replace the connection between teacher and student. The ❤️ of education will always be human.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic @eduinternational.bsky.social
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic @eduinternational.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
No algorithm can replace the connection between teacher and student. The ❤️ of education will always be human.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic @eduinternational.bsky.social
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic @eduinternational.bsky.social
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AI should enhance, not undermine, teachers’ autonomy and working conditions. Educators demand clear policies and fair training so AI is a tool for quality education, not control.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
AI should enhance, not undermine, teachers’ autonomy and working conditions. Educators demand clear policies and fair training so AI is a tool for quality education, not control.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
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🗨️ Do not look away! The fight here is about making sure the teachers have the power, the resources, so that any AI tool supplements, not supplants, the human endeavour of teaching.
- @rweingarten.bsky.social, president of @aft.org
#GoPublic #HumanCentredAI
- @rweingarten.bsky.social, president of @aft.org
#GoPublic #HumanCentredAI
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🗨️ Do not look away! The fight here is about making sure the teachers have the power, the resources, so that any AI tool supplements, not supplants, the human endeavour of teaching.
- @rweingarten.bsky.social, president of @aft.org
#GoPublic #HumanCentredAI
- @rweingarten.bsky.social, president of @aft.org
#GoPublic #HumanCentredAI
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🔓 Unlocking voices: Discover how AI is transforming classrooms for students with disabilities.
Read about inspiring stories. ⬇️
#IDPD2025
https://eiie.io/4auGDKd
Read about inspiring stories. ⬇️
#IDPD2025
https://eiie.io/4auGDKd
Keeping humanity at the center: Accessibility and artificial intelligence in education
In a classroom in upstate New York, a special education teacher pulls up a set of Tobii eye-tracking devices, each calibrated to a student’s unique gaze patterns. Around the room, quiet concentration ...
eiie.io
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🔓 Unlocking voices: Discover how AI is transforming classrooms for students with disabilities.
Read about inspiring stories. ⬇️
#IDPD2025
https://eiie.io/4auGDKd
Read about inspiring stories. ⬇️
#IDPD2025
https://eiie.io/4auGDKd
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No algorithm can replace the connection between teacher and student. The heart of education will always be human.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
No algorithm can replace the connection between teacher and student. The heart of education will always be human.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
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At EI’s Global Conference on AI, @wayne-holmes.bsky.social of @ucl.ac.uk challenges myths about AI and education. What does a human-centred approach look like?
#GoPublic #HumanCentredAI
#GoPublic #HumanCentredAI
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
At EI’s Global Conference on AI, @wayne-holmes.bsky.social of @ucl.ac.uk challenges myths about AI and education. What does a human-centred approach look like?
#GoPublic #HumanCentredAI
#GoPublic #HumanCentredAI
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🗨️ AI reforms aren’t linear—they’re contested and political.
- @Kyungmee_Lee of @SeoulNatlUni unpacks the realities behind billion-dollar EdTech projects and their impact on classrooms.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
- @Kyungmee_Lee of @SeoulNatlUni unpacks the realities behind billion-dollar EdTech projects and their impact on classrooms.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🗨️ AI reforms aren’t linear—they’re contested and political.
- @Kyungmee_Lee of @SeoulNatlUni unpacks the realities behind billion-dollar EdTech projects and their impact on classrooms.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
- @Kyungmee_Lee of @SeoulNatlUni unpacks the realities behind billion-dollar EdTech projects and their impact on classrooms.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
How do we protect teacher autonomy, guarantee equity, safeguard privacy, and keep education public when Artificial Intelligence enters our schools? Education unions from around the world are coming together to build the #FutureWeNeed.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
@eduinternational.bsky.social
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
@eduinternational.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
How do we protect teacher autonomy, guarantee equity, safeguard privacy, and keep education public when Artificial Intelligence enters our schools? Education unions from around the world are coming together to build the #FutureWeNeed.
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
@eduinternational.bsky.social
#HumanCentredAI #GoPublic
@eduinternational.bsky.social
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Joint Union Health & Safety Rep Training 🦺💪
A productive day in Belfast as UTU, INTO & NEU came together for joint training — strengthening our shared commitment to safe, supported schools. 💙
#StrongerTogether #UnionTraining #HealthAndSafety
A productive day in Belfast as UTU, INTO & NEU came together for joint training — strengthening our shared commitment to safe, supported schools. 💙
#StrongerTogether #UnionTraining #HealthAndSafety
October 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Joint Union Health & Safety Rep Training 🦺💪
A productive day in Belfast as UTU, INTO & NEU came together for joint training — strengthening our shared commitment to safe, supported schools. 💙
#StrongerTogether #UnionTraining #HealthAndSafety
A productive day in Belfast as UTU, INTO & NEU came together for joint training — strengthening our shared commitment to safe, supported schools. 💙
#StrongerTogether #UnionTraining #HealthAndSafety
📅 World Arthritis Day | 12 October
Today we stand in solidarity with all teachers, school staff, and pupils living with arthritis. 💙
Arthritis can affect people of all ages — including colleagues in our classrooms and the children we teach.
Today we stand in solidarity with all teachers, school staff, and pupils living with arthritis. 💙
Arthritis can affect people of all ages — including colleagues in our classrooms and the children we teach.
October 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
📅 World Arthritis Day | 12 October
Today we stand in solidarity with all teachers, school staff, and pupils living with arthritis. 💙
Arthritis can affect people of all ages — including colleagues in our classrooms and the children we teach.
Today we stand in solidarity with all teachers, school staff, and pupils living with arthritis. 💙
Arthritis can affect people of all ages — including colleagues in our classrooms and the children we teach.
This afternoon, the Ulster Teachers' Union Central Executive Committee joined with our colleagues from Irish National Teachers' Organisation NI Northern Committee and NEU Northern Ireland officers & committee members for a Joint Meeting —
October 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This afternoon, the Ulster Teachers' Union Central Executive Committee joined with our colleagues from Irish National Teachers' Organisation NI Northern Committee and NEU Northern Ireland officers & committee members for a Joint Meeting —
💚 World Mental Health Day | 10 October
Mental health isn’t just one part of our lives — it’s every part.
It’s a hard day’s work in the classroom, a chat in the staffroom, a quiet evening at home, or a moment spent supporting a pupil in need.
Mental health isn’t just one part of our lives — it’s every part.
It’s a hard day’s work in the classroom, a chat in the staffroom, a quiet evening at home, or a moment spent supporting a pupil in need.
October 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
💚 World Mental Health Day | 10 October
Mental health isn’t just one part of our lives — it’s every part.
It’s a hard day’s work in the classroom, a chat in the staffroom, a quiet evening at home, or a moment spent supporting a pupil in need.
Mental health isn’t just one part of our lives — it’s every part.
It’s a hard day’s work in the classroom, a chat in the staffroom, a quiet evening at home, or a moment spent supporting a pupil in need.
💪📚 Joint Union School Representative Training 🤝✨
A fantastic start to our first School Representative Training Day of the academic year — delivered in partnership with our Irish National Teachers' Organisation NI and NEU Northern Ireland colleagues! 🙌
A fantastic start to our first School Representative Training Day of the academic year — delivered in partnership with our Irish National Teachers' Organisation NI and NEU Northern Ireland colleagues! 🙌
October 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
💪📚 Joint Union School Representative Training 🤝✨
A fantastic start to our first School Representative Training Day of the academic year — delivered in partnership with our Irish National Teachers' Organisation NI and NEU Northern Ireland colleagues! 🙌
A fantastic start to our first School Representative Training Day of the academic year — delivered in partnership with our Irish National Teachers' Organisation NI and NEU Northern Ireland colleagues! 🙌
🎉📚 UTU Celebrates World Teachers’ Day! 📚🎉
This Sunday, 5th October 2025, we join with teachers around the world to celebrate the incredible work, dedication, and passion that educators bring to their classrooms every day. 🍎✨
#WorldTeachersDay #UTU #ProudToTeach #UlsterTeachersUnion
This Sunday, 5th October 2025, we join with teachers around the world to celebrate the incredible work, dedication, and passion that educators bring to their classrooms every day. 🍎✨
#WorldTeachersDay #UTU #ProudToTeach #UlsterTeachersUnion
October 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🎉📚 UTU Celebrates World Teachers’ Day! 📚🎉
This Sunday, 5th October 2025, we join with teachers around the world to celebrate the incredible work, dedication, and passion that educators bring to their classrooms every day. 🍎✨
#WorldTeachersDay #UTU #ProudToTeach #UlsterTeachersUnion
This Sunday, 5th October 2025, we join with teachers around the world to celebrate the incredible work, dedication, and passion that educators bring to their classrooms every day. 🍎✨
#WorldTeachersDay #UTU #ProudToTeach #UlsterTeachersUnion
👥 JOINT UNION REPS TRAINING 👥
📌 Health & Safety in School
🗓 Day 1: Role of the Rep – Focusing on Health, Safety, and Wellbeing
📍 Belfast
🕤 Wednesday 15th October | 9:30am – 3:30pm
✊ Working Together for Teachers and Principals ✊
Register at 🔗 ti.to/jointunion/h...
📌 Health & Safety in School
🗓 Day 1: Role of the Rep – Focusing on Health, Safety, and Wellbeing
📍 Belfast
🕤 Wednesday 15th October | 9:30am – 3:30pm
✊ Working Together for Teachers and Principals ✊
Register at 🔗 ti.to/jointunion/h...
September 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
👥 JOINT UNION REPS TRAINING 👥
📌 Health & Safety in School
🗓 Day 1: Role of the Rep – Focusing on Health, Safety, and Wellbeing
📍 Belfast
🕤 Wednesday 15th October | 9:30am – 3:30pm
✊ Working Together for Teachers and Principals ✊
Register at 🔗 ti.to/jointunion/h...
📌 Health & Safety in School
🗓 Day 1: Role of the Rep – Focusing on Health, Safety, and Wellbeing
📍 Belfast
🕤 Wednesday 15th October | 9:30am – 3:30pm
✊ Working Together for Teachers and Principals ✊
Register at 🔗 ti.to/jointunion/h...
🌟 IN-PERSON PRE-RETIREMENT SEMINAR 🌟
📝 Learn valuable insights and get an in-depth look at the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
📅 Thur 16th October
🕓 4.00pm – 5.30pm
📍 Armagh City Hotel
Hosted in partnership with Platinum Financial Planning Ltd 💼✨
#RetirementPlanning #Teachers
Register at 🔗 in bio
📝 Learn valuable insights and get an in-depth look at the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
📅 Thur 16th October
🕓 4.00pm – 5.30pm
📍 Armagh City Hotel
Hosted in partnership with Platinum Financial Planning Ltd 💼✨
#RetirementPlanning #Teachers
Register at 🔗 in bio
September 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🌟 IN-PERSON PRE-RETIREMENT SEMINAR 🌟
📝 Learn valuable insights and get an in-depth look at the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
📅 Thur 16th October
🕓 4.00pm – 5.30pm
📍 Armagh City Hotel
Hosted in partnership with Platinum Financial Planning Ltd 💼✨
#RetirementPlanning #Teachers
Register at 🔗 in bio
📝 Learn valuable insights and get an in-depth look at the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
📅 Thur 16th October
🕓 4.00pm – 5.30pm
📍 Armagh City Hotel
Hosted in partnership with Platinum Financial Planning Ltd 💼✨
#RetirementPlanning #Teachers
Register at 🔗 in bio
🎉 Great day at the joint INTO, NEU & UTU recruitment @ Ulster Uni Coleraine! 🙌
Amazing to meet so many passionate future teachers 🧑🏫👩🏫
Wishing you every success this year – UTU is here to support you 💪💙
#FutureTeachers #UnionStrong
Amazing to meet so many passionate future teachers 🧑🏫👩🏫
Wishing you every success this year – UTU is here to support you 💪💙
#FutureTeachers #UnionStrong
September 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🎉 Great day at the joint INTO, NEU & UTU recruitment @ Ulster Uni Coleraine! 🙌
Amazing to meet so many passionate future teachers 🧑🏫👩🏫
Wishing you every success this year – UTU is here to support you 💪💙
#FutureTeachers #UnionStrong
Amazing to meet so many passionate future teachers 🧑🏫👩🏫
Wishing you every success this year – UTU is here to support you 💪💙
#FutureTeachers #UnionStrong
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We welcome today's clear statement from Belfast City of Sanctuary who have been building the Schools of Sanctuary initiative active in over 72 schools in NI.
Such clarity can be used by @Ed_Authority
& @education-ni.gov.uk
Pic: Jacquie White & Susan Neil, ETUG
www.ictuni.org/news/educati...
Such clarity can be used by @Ed_Authority
& @education-ni.gov.uk
Pic: Jacquie White & Susan Neil, ETUG
www.ictuni.org/news/educati...
August 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We welcome today's clear statement from Belfast City of Sanctuary who have been building the Schools of Sanctuary initiative active in over 72 schools in NI.
Such clarity can be used by @Ed_Authority
& @education-ni.gov.uk
Pic: Jacquie White & Susan Neil, ETUG
www.ictuni.org/news/educati...
Such clarity can be used by @Ed_Authority
& @education-ni.gov.uk
Pic: Jacquie White & Susan Neil, ETUG
www.ictuni.org/news/educati...
🎙️ “The trust has broken down already.” – UTU Gen Sec Jacquie White on Education Minister’s plans to fine teachers £2,500 for not cooperating with inspections.
She warns it will damage efforts to rebuild trust.
Watch on #SundayPolitics BBCiPlayer link in bio.
She warns it will damage efforts to rebuild trust.
Watch on #SundayPolitics BBCiPlayer link in bio.
May 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🎙️ “The trust has broken down already.” – UTU Gen Sec Jacquie White on Education Minister’s plans to fine teachers £2,500 for not cooperating with inspections.
She warns it will damage efforts to rebuild trust.
Watch on #SundayPolitics BBCiPlayer link in bio.
She warns it will damage efforts to rebuild trust.
Watch on #SundayPolitics BBCiPlayer link in bio.
At the Ulster Teachers' Union, we are committed to standing beside teachers with disabilities and mental health conditions. 💙
More info at linktr.ee/UlsterTeache...
More info at linktr.ee/UlsterTeache...
April 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
At the Ulster Teachers' Union, we are committed to standing beside teachers with disabilities and mental health conditions. 💙
More info at linktr.ee/UlsterTeache...
More info at linktr.ee/UlsterTeache...
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"Acknowledging that trade unions not only have a place at the table but also make a meaningful, constructive contribution and their rights are to be strengthened is a positive development. Where unions are present and have rights, we see better outcomes"
www.ictuni.org/news/unions-...
www.ictuni.org/news/unions-...
April 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Acknowledging that trade unions not only have a place at the table but also make a meaningful, constructive contribution and their rights are to be strengthened is a positive development. Where unions are present and have rights, we see better outcomes"
www.ictuni.org/news/unions-...
www.ictuni.org/news/unions-...
Limavady teacher to head up only NI-based teaching union
Janice Mullan (58) took up office at the recent annual meeting of the Ulster Teachers’ Union annual conference.
🔗Link in bio.
Copyright © Kevin Cooper Photoline NUJ 📧 photolinepic@gmail.com
Janice Mullan (58) took up office at the recent annual meeting of the Ulster Teachers’ Union annual conference.
🔗Link in bio.
Copyright © Kevin Cooper Photoline NUJ 📧 photolinepic@gmail.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Limavady teacher to head up only NI-based teaching union
Janice Mullan (58) took up office at the recent annual meeting of the Ulster Teachers’ Union annual conference.
🔗Link in bio.
Copyright © Kevin Cooper Photoline NUJ 📧 photolinepic@gmail.com
Janice Mullan (58) took up office at the recent annual meeting of the Ulster Teachers’ Union annual conference.
🔗Link in bio.
Copyright © Kevin Cooper Photoline NUJ 📧 photolinepic@gmail.com
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April 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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