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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🤝 Joint Unions Webinar (UTU • INTO NI • NEU NI) 🍎
👶 Focus: Shared Parental Leave + TNC Q&A
📅 Thu 19 Feb | ⏰ 4pm
💻 Microsoft Teams
A supportive space to ask questions, get advice & feel confident at work 💙
📝 Register:
👶 Focus: Shared Parental Leave + TNC Q&A
📅 Thu 19 Feb | ⏰ 4pm
💻 Microsoft Teams
A supportive space to ask questions, get advice & feel confident at work 💙
📝 Register:
February 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
🤝 Joint Unions Webinar (UTU • INTO NI • NEU NI) 🍎
👶 Focus: Shared Parental Leave + TNC Q&A
📅 Thu 19 Feb | ⏰ 4pm
💻 Microsoft Teams
A supportive space to ask questions, get advice & feel confident at work 💙
📝 Register:
👶 Focus: Shared Parental Leave + TNC Q&A
📅 Thu 19 Feb | ⏰ 4pm
💻 Microsoft Teams
A supportive space to ask questions, get advice & feel confident at work 💙
📝 Register:
NITPS Members’ Portal
An online, web-based portal for NI Teachers’ Pension Scheme (NITPS) members.
Once you’ve created a portal account, you can:
✅ Update your personal details
✅ View and print your Annual Benefit Statement (ABS)
🔗 Find full details & access links here:
linktr.ee/UlsterTeache...
An online, web-based portal for NI Teachers’ Pension Scheme (NITPS) members.
Once you’ve created a portal account, you can:
✅ Update your personal details
✅ View and print your Annual Benefit Statement (ABS)
🔗 Find full details & access links here:
linktr.ee/UlsterTeache...
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
NITPS Members’ Portal
An online, web-based portal for NI Teachers’ Pension Scheme (NITPS) members.
Once you’ve created a portal account, you can:
✅ Update your personal details
✅ View and print your Annual Benefit Statement (ABS)
🔗 Find full details & access links here:
linktr.ee/UlsterTeache...
An online, web-based portal for NI Teachers’ Pension Scheme (NITPS) members.
Once you’ve created a portal account, you can:
✅ Update your personal details
✅ View and print your Annual Benefit Statement (ABS)
🔗 Find full details & access links here:
linktr.ee/UlsterTeache...
🚨Due to the adverse weather conditions the office may not be fully operational today.
If you require advice or support please send your details to office@utu.edu and an Official will get back to you as soon as possible.
If you require advice or support please send your details to office@utu.edu and an Official will get back to you as soon as possible.
January 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🚨Due to the adverse weather conditions the office may not be fully operational today.
If you require advice or support please send your details to office@utu.edu and an Official will get back to you as soon as possible.
If you require advice or support please send your details to office@utu.edu and an Official will get back to you as soon as possible.
Substitute teachers who were booked to work today in schools closed by Storm Chandra should have their booking honoured. Any substitute teachers who find themselves in the unfortunate position of having a booking cancelled are advised to contact us at office@utu.edu for guidance.
January 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Substitute teachers who were booked to work today in schools closed by Storm Chandra should have their booking honoured. Any substitute teachers who find themselves in the unfortunate position of having a booking cancelled are advised to contact us at office@utu.edu for guidance.
Pay Offer Update 📢
Following consultation, the UTU CEC are in a position to accept the pay offer ✅
The offer includes:
➡️ 4% consolidated pay increase across all salary levels
➡️ Applies to Teaching & SEN allowances
➡️ For 2025–2026
Thank you to all members who engaged in the consultation 👏
Following consultation, the UTU CEC are in a position to accept the pay offer ✅
The offer includes:
➡️ 4% consolidated pay increase across all salary levels
➡️ Applies to Teaching & SEN allowances
➡️ For 2025–2026
Thank you to all members who engaged in the consultation 👏
January 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Pay Offer Update 📢
Following consultation, the UTU CEC are in a position to accept the pay offer ✅
The offer includes:
➡️ 4% consolidated pay increase across all salary levels
➡️ Applies to Teaching & SEN allowances
➡️ For 2025–2026
Thank you to all members who engaged in the consultation 👏
Following consultation, the UTU CEC are in a position to accept the pay offer ✅
The offer includes:
➡️ 4% consolidated pay increase across all salary levels
➡️ Applies to Teaching & SEN allowances
➡️ For 2025–2026
Thank you to all members who engaged in the consultation 👏
🚨 IMPORTANT – PAY OFFER 🚨
Member Survey Now Open
⏰ Closes 5pm, Monday 12 January
Please check your email inbox
👉 If you haven’t received the email, check your junk/spam folder.
👉 Still not there? Please contact UTU HQ for assistance:
📩 membership@utu.edu
Your voice matters — make sure it’s heard.
Member Survey Now Open
⏰ Closes 5pm, Monday 12 January
Please check your email inbox
👉 If you haven’t received the email, check your junk/spam folder.
👉 Still not there? Please contact UTU HQ for assistance:
📩 membership@utu.edu
Your voice matters — make sure it’s heard.
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
🚨 IMPORTANT – PAY OFFER 🚨
Member Survey Now Open
⏰ Closes 5pm, Monday 12 January
Please check your email inbox
👉 If you haven’t received the email, check your junk/spam folder.
👉 Still not there? Please contact UTU HQ for assistance:
📩 membership@utu.edu
Your voice matters — make sure it’s heard.
Member Survey Now Open
⏰ Closes 5pm, Monday 12 January
Please check your email inbox
👉 If you haven’t received the email, check your junk/spam folder.
👉 Still not there? Please contact UTU HQ for assistance:
📩 membership@utu.edu
Your voice matters — make sure it’s heard.
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
📢 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 📢
The offer proposes a 4% consolidated increase to all teacher salary scale points and a 4% increase to all allowances, backdated to 1 Sept 2025.
"Of course we will now take this offer to our members before coming back to the management side with a formal response."
The offer proposes a 4% consolidated increase to all teacher salary scale points and a 4% increase to all allowances, backdated to 1 Sept 2025.
"Of course we will now take this offer to our members before coming back to the management side with a formal response."
January 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
📢 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 📢
The offer proposes a 4% consolidated increase to all teacher salary scale points and a 4% increase to all allowances, backdated to 1 Sept 2025.
"Of course we will now take this offer to our members before coming back to the management side with a formal response."
The offer proposes a 4% consolidated increase to all teacher salary scale points and a 4% increase to all allowances, backdated to 1 Sept 2025.
"Of course we will now take this offer to our members before coming back to the management side with a formal response."
📢 PAY OFFER UPDATE 📢
An update on the pay offer has now been issued.
📧 Members are advised to check their email for full details and next steps.
An update on the pay offer has now been issued.
📧 Members are advised to check their email for full details and next steps.
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
📢 PAY OFFER UPDATE 📢
An update on the pay offer has now been issued.
📧 Members are advised to check their email for full details and next steps.
An update on the pay offer has now been issued.
📧 Members are advised to check their email for full details and next steps.
🎄✨ Membership Plus ~ 12 Days of Christmas Competition – Winner! ✨🎄
🎉 Congratulations to ANDREW EWART! 🎉
Andrew, a UTU member, is one of the 12 Days of Christmas Competition winners and has bagged a fantastic £100 EXSTO Apparel gift card thanks to Membership Plus! 👕🎁
🎉 Congratulations to ANDREW EWART! 🎉
Andrew, a UTU member, is one of the 12 Days of Christmas Competition winners and has bagged a fantastic £100 EXSTO Apparel gift card thanks to Membership Plus! 👕🎁
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎄✨ Membership Plus ~ 12 Days of Christmas Competition – Winner! ✨🎄
🎉 Congratulations to ANDREW EWART! 🎉
Andrew, a UTU member, is one of the 12 Days of Christmas Competition winners and has bagged a fantastic £100 EXSTO Apparel gift card thanks to Membership Plus! 👕🎁
🎉 Congratulations to ANDREW EWART! 🎉
Andrew, a UTU member, is one of the 12 Days of Christmas Competition winners and has bagged a fantastic £100 EXSTO Apparel gift card thanks to Membership Plus! 👕🎁
🎄 CHRISTMAS CLOSURE NOTICE 🎄
Please note that UTU Headquarters will close at 12 noon on Tuesday 23 December 2025 🕛
🗓️We will reopen at 9:00am on Monday 5 January 2026.
🎅🏻✨ Wishing all our members and partners a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎉❤️📚🎄
Please note that UTU Headquarters will close at 12 noon on Tuesday 23 December 2025 🕛
🗓️We will reopen at 9:00am on Monday 5 January 2026.
🎅🏻✨ Wishing all our members and partners a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎉❤️📚🎄
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🎄 CHRISTMAS CLOSURE NOTICE 🎄
Please note that UTU Headquarters will close at 12 noon on Tuesday 23 December 2025 🕛
🗓️We will reopen at 9:00am on Monday 5 January 2026.
🎅🏻✨ Wishing all our members and partners a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎉❤️📚🎄
Please note that UTU Headquarters will close at 12 noon on Tuesday 23 December 2025 🕛
🗓️We will reopen at 9:00am on Monday 5 January 2026.
🎅🏻✨ Wishing all our members and partners a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎉❤️📚🎄
🎄✨ Merry Christmas from Ulster Teachers’ Union ✨🎄
As the year draws to a close, we would like to wish all our teacher members and our valued partners a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful, refreshing break.
🌟🎅 Thank you for your continued commitment, professionalism and support throughout the year
As the year draws to a close, we would like to wish all our teacher members and our valued partners a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful, refreshing break.
🌟🎅 Thank you for your continued commitment, professionalism and support throughout the year
December 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🎄✨ Merry Christmas from Ulster Teachers’ Union ✨🎄
As the year draws to a close, we would like to wish all our teacher members and our valued partners a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful, refreshing break.
🌟🎅 Thank you for your continued commitment, professionalism and support throughout the year
As the year draws to a close, we would like to wish all our teacher members and our valued partners a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful, refreshing break.
🌟🎅 Thank you for your continued commitment, professionalism and support throughout the year
🎄✨ UTU CHRISTMAS COMPETITION ✨🎄
Calling UTU teacher members! 👩🏫👨🏫
Get festive with your class and showcase their creativity 🎨🎶
🌟 Fantastic prizes to be won
Let your class shine this Christmas ✨
🔗 Full details in bio
Calling UTU teacher members! 👩🏫👨🏫
Get festive with your class and showcase their creativity 🎨🎶
🌟 Fantastic prizes to be won
Let your class shine this Christmas ✨
🔗 Full details in bio
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
🎄✨ UTU CHRISTMAS COMPETITION ✨🎄
Calling UTU teacher members! 👩🏫👨🏫
Get festive with your class and showcase their creativity 🎨🎶
🌟 Fantastic prizes to be won
Let your class shine this Christmas ✨
🔗 Full details in bio
Calling UTU teacher members! 👩🏫👨🏫
Get festive with your class and showcase their creativity 🎨🎶
🌟 Fantastic prizes to be won
Let your class shine this Christmas ✨
🔗 Full details in bio
📣 The Winter Edition of SHOUT UNION is here! ❄️📘
We’re delighted to share the latest issue, packed with inspiring stories, member voices, school features, and updates shaping education across NI. 👩🏫✨
🔗read by clicking the link ➡️https://linktr.ee/UlsterTeachersUnion
We’re delighted to share the latest issue, packed with inspiring stories, member voices, school features, and updates shaping education across NI. 👩🏫✨
🔗read by clicking the link ➡️https://linktr.ee/UlsterTeachersUnion
December 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📣 The Winter Edition of SHOUT UNION is here! ❄️📘
We’re delighted to share the latest issue, packed with inspiring stories, member voices, school features, and updates shaping education across NI. 👩🏫✨
🔗read by clicking the link ➡️https://linktr.ee/UlsterTeachersUnion
We’re delighted to share the latest issue, packed with inspiring stories, member voices, school features, and updates shaping education across NI. 👩🏫✨
🔗read by clicking the link ➡️https://linktr.ee/UlsterTeachersUnion
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
Reposted by Ulster Teachers’ Union
🗨️ 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
Reposted by Ulster Teachers’ Union
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
Reposted by Ulster Teachers’ Union
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
Reposted by Ulster Teachers’ Union
🗨️ 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
Reposted by Ulster Teachers’ Union
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