Northern Ireland

Increased pay offer for further education lecturers

It includes an increase in starting salary for lecturers from £24,496 to £30,000, and an 8.4% pay increase plus £1,000.

Conor Murphy
Conor Murphy Conor Murphy (Liam McBurney/PA)
By Rebecca Black, PA

An increased pay offer has been made to further education lecturers in Northern Ireland.

It comes after a previous offer of a 5% increase and a non-consolidated payment of £1,500 was condemned by the University and College Union (UCU) as insulting when compared with the 10% increase offered to school teachers.

On Thursday it emerged that a new offer included an increase in starting salary for lecturers from £24,496 to £30,000, and an 8.4% pay increase plus £1,000 to be added to all other lecturers’ pay points for 2023/24.

Stormont Economy Minister Conor Murphy said: “Further education lecturers are vital to providing the skills that grow our economy.

“I am therefore pleased to facilitate this pay offer as a first step towards parity with teachers.”