http://www.educationstate.org/2008/03/04/institute-for-learning-or-leaving-pt-2/ the education news blog. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.educationstate.org/2008/03/04/institute-for-learning-or-leaving-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8 xynotremus Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:27:55 +0000 http://www.educationstate.org/2008/03/04/institute-for-learning-or-leaving-pt-2/#comment-8 I for one am refusing to register with the IFL. As a much needed science lecturer (when science lecturers are in very short supply) I challenge the government to expel me and punish my students, some of whom are rightly annoyed as they have already had several teachers this year and, indeed, some have been without a required science teacher for some time. (I just took up a new position after returning from abroad). When will this crazy government learn that these stealth tactics - building up an unknown institute overnight and threatening teachers with a big stick to join it without explaining what good it is for is utterly disgraceful. Then to offer the generous offer of making it free for some (wow!). Think how much money will be racked in by future membership fees. Where will this leave the unions - will they be dis-empowered? The whole thing stinks and the government can stuff the IFL where the Sun don't shine! I for one am refusing to register with the IFL. As a much needed science lecturer (when science lecturers are in very short supply) I challenge the government to expel me and punish my students, some of whom are rightly annoyed as they have already had several teachers this year and, indeed, some have been without a required science teacher for some time. (I just took up a new position after returning from abroad). When will this crazy government learn that these stealth tactics – building up an unknown institute overnight and threatening teachers with a big stick to join it without explaining what good it is for is utterly disgraceful. Then to offer the generous offer of making it free for some (wow!). Think how much money will be racked in by future membership fees. Where will this leave the unions – will they be dis-empowered? The whole thing stinks and the government can stuff the IFL where the Sun don’t shine!

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