Associazione Lettori di Lingua Straniera in Italia
Association of Foreign Lecturers in Italy

"Equal citizens, equal rights, equal treatment"


News [Updated 12 Mar 2010]

2010
David Petrie: Lettera al Professor Enrico Decleva Presidente CRUI Conferenza dei Rettori delle Università italiane, 18.02.2010.  New!
David Petrie: Letter to Professor Enrico Decleva, Conference of Italian University Vice-Chancellors, 18 February 2010.  New!
Adjudged mistreatment of foreign lecturers leaves Italian Universities facing bankruptcy ESNA, European Higher Education Bulletin, 24 February 2010  New!
CHRIS BRYANT MP UK MINISTER FOR EUROPE BLOG. 26 February 2010.  New!
11 Feb 2010: TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT - OVERSEAS - Italy/lettori Padova 
11 Feb 2010: Università degli Studi di Padova. Vendesi? Scarica il PDF
11 Feb 2010: University of Padua. For Sale? Download PDF
04 Feb 2010: European Voice - The Bologna process is failing foreign lecturers in Italy 
CHRIS BRYANT MP UK MINISTER FOR EUROPE BLOG. 4 February 2010.
EUROPEAN VOICE The Bologna process is failing foreign lecturers in Italy. 4 February 2010.
Atenei, la rivolta dei "lettori" - La Stampa, Monday 31 January 2010.
British lecturers in Italy win better pay after court ruling - Guardian, Sunday 31 January 2010.
UK politicians join fight to end Italian 'inequities' - Times Higher Education, 14 January 2010.


2009
Neil MacCormick 27 May 1941 - 5 April 2009.
FINANCIAL TIMES, 12 February 2009, Italy has a history of discrimination based on nationality. Download PDF.
HOLYROOD MAGAZINE, 9 February 2009, p. 37 The Italian Job.
Daily Telegraph - Italy accused of hypocrisy [Daily Telegraph 04 February 2009]
 
2007
Non-enforcement of European law [Allsi Newsletter: Mar 2007]
Petitions Committee & lettori discrimination [Parliament Magazine: 27 Jan 2007]
 
2006
Italy let off lettori fines [The Times Higher Education Supplement: 28 Jul 2006]
European court fails to impose fines on Italy for discrimination against foreign lecturers [The Chronicle of Higher Education: 19 Jul 2006]
Letter [European Voice: 13 Jul 2006]
Letter [Times Higher: 24 Mar 2006]
Italian saga latest [English Language Gazette: 16 Jan 2006]
An open letter to the rector of the University of Verona [JUST Response: 12 Jan 2006] [cliccare qui per leggerla in italiano]
 
2005
Letter [The Economist: 17-23 Dec 2005]
Scots tell Italian government to 'get lost' in profs pay war [The Sunday Post: 11 Dec 2005]
Two lecturers take on Italian government in court battle [The Lennox: 8 Dec 2005]
Ca' Foscari, 'multa' da 900 mila euro [La Nuova Venezia, 21.11.2005]
Lettori in court to claim fines [Times Higher: 18 Nov 2005]
Non lettori ma ricercatori universitari a tempo pieno [Il Gazzettino, Padova: 28.09.2005]
Contemporary Verona [Sep 2005]
Italy's appalling track record [European Voice: 28 Jul 2005]
Cut cash to Italy's universities [JUST Response: 12 Jul 2005]
Strasbourg Parliament is pointless [JUST Response: 11 Jul 2005]
Ateneo, il Tar dà ragione alla lettrice [Corriere Adriatico: 4 Feb 2005]
Bloccato il concorso [Corriere Adriatico: 4 Feb 2005]
Letter [European Voice: 14 Jan 2005]
 
2004
Lettori law must be overturned [European Voice: 24 Oct 2004]
Reato di diffamazione, sentenza 6 aprile 2002, Petrie David contro Civello Bruno, Rossi Adriano [Corriere della Sera:  9.6.2004]
Reato di diffamazione, sentenza 6 aprile 2002, Petrie David contro Civello Bruno, Rossi Adriano [La Repubblica: 9.6.2004]
Italian lessons in law breaking [JUST Response: 12 Mar 2004]
Scots lecturer wins legal fight against Italian government [The Scotsman: 5 Feb 2004]
Teachers celebrate victory over Italian discrimination [The Independent: 5 Feb 2004]
Italy faces huge fine for discrimination [The Guardian: 5 Feb 2004]
Lecturer could land Italy £200,000-a-day fine [The Herald: 5 Feb 2004]
EC fines Italy over equal pay for English [The Daily Telegraph: 5 Feb 2004]
Italy fined over foreign lecturers' rights [The Guardian: 4 Feb 2004]
Italy faces fines over teachers [BBC News: 4 Feb 2004]
L’Europarlamentare azzurro Mario Mauro: se non introduciamo la parità La EU ci Sanzionerà. Italia proibita ai prof stranieri [Libero: 1.2.2004]
I lettori delle Università: “Siamo docenti, non tecnici”. [L'Avvenire: 27.1.2004]
La Moratti rischia 250 mila euro al giorno [Il Tempo: 27.1.2004]
 
2003
Solvit? Ecas? Nie gehoert? [Die Zeit: 25.9.2003]
Letter: Italy, a rogue EU state that cheats  Britons [The Daily Telegraph: 20 Jun 2003]
La rivincita di Petrie: lo “scozzese stalinista” riceverà un indennizzo dal suo professore. Ventimila euro per la diffamazione [Corriere del Veneto: 13.6.2003]
Italian state bankrolling discrimination [Euro Scottish National Party: 28 Apr 2003]
Due docenti stranieri esclusi dalla partecipazione si rivolgano nuovamente al legale. Università, Il Tar dà ragione a due lettori [L'Arena: 3.5.2003]
In the news: David Petrie [Times Higher: 28 Mar 2003]
Lecturer wins defamation case over 'Mafia' slur [European Voice: 20 Mar 2003]
Lecturer’s Italian Job leads to fair pay victory [The Independent: 18 Mar 2003]
Lecturer wins £13,000 for Mafia claims [The Scotsman: 17 Mar 2003]
La sfida dei docenti stranieri all’Università scaligeri arriva fino al Parlamento Europeo [L'Adige: 7.3 2003]
Letter [European Voice: 20 Feb 2003]
 
2002
Pursuing Goliath: an interview with David Petrie [JUST Response: 3 Dec 2002]
Life in the land of nods, winks and little shrugs [Times Higher: 27 Sep 2002]
Lettori Stranieri, supermulta, Ue all’Italia [Il Messaggero: 1.7.2002]
Italienska universitet mobbar gastlektorer [Dagens Forskning: 24.6.2002]
Lettori may still have to fight for jobs [EL Gazette: Jun 2002]
 
2001
La Corte di giustizia: gli atenei italiani discriminano I “lettori” [Il Giornale: 1.12.2001]
Italy refused lecturers' rights, court says [Times Higher: 27 Jun 2001]
UE discriminati i lettori di lingua [Il Sole 24 ore: 28.6.2001]
Lecturer wins fight for equality [Scottish Daily Express: 28 Apr 2001]
Reintegrati nell’incarico i 21 docenti. L’Ateneo condannato a pagare 4 miliardi per i lettori [L’Arena: 28.4.2001]
Worldwatch Trieste [Times Higher: 27 Apr 2001]
Worldwatch Bologna [Times Higher: 27 Apr 2001]
Victory for downgraded dons [Times Higher: 25 Apr 2001]
Italy in court setback over abusing rights of foreign lecturers [Times Higher: 20 Mar 2001]
Fourth lettori case opens at ECJ [EL Gazette: Feb 2001]
 
2000
Lo … straniero cacciato dagli Atenei [Secolo d’Italia: 21.12.2000]
Fourth court case for Italy's lettori [The Guardian: 18 Dec 2000]
Indennizzo miliardario per i lettori [L’Eco di Bergamo: 21.11.2000]
Lettori battle in Eurocourt [EL Gazette: Oct 2000]
Lettori get new EU assurances [EL Gazette: Aug 2000]
Downgraded lecturers secure Prodi review [Times Higher: 7 Jul 2000]
EU lecturers triumph in Italian saga [European Voice: 6 Jul 2000]
Rivolta dei lettori di madrelingua Prodi promette: Me ne occuperò [L’Unità: 29.06.2000]
Accolti dodici ricorsi. E l’Università adesso deve pagare [L’Arena: 26.6.2000]
Letter: Sharp responses to Lord Brittan's views on Europe [The Daily Telegraph: 12 Jun 2000]
Governments side with Italy's foreign teachers [The Guardian: 20 Apr 2000]
Worldwatch Florence [Times Higher: 24 Mar 2000]
In search of justice [The Guardian: 7 Mar 2000]
Italy's attitude to Foreign Lecturers - Letter from Jeremy Isaacs & others [The Times: 28 Feb 2000]
English novelist wins case against Verona university [The Guardian: 28 Feb 2000]
Letter: Italy's attitude to foreign lecturers [The Times: 28 Feb 2000]
Spurned Lecturers Spark Probe by Audit Court at Verona University [Int. Herald & Tribune - Italy Daily: 26 Feb 2000]
Lettori, università condannata. L’ateneo deve pagare un miliardo di stipendi arretrati [L’Arena: 24.2.2000]
Worldwatch Rome [Times Higher: 11 Feb 2000]
 
1999
The Italian job fight [Scottish Daily Mail: 14 Dec 1999]
Worldwatch Pisa [Times Higher: 19 Nov 1999]
Foreign Lecturers Cry for Equal Rights in the Academy [Int. Herald & Tribune - Italy Daily: 15 Nov 1999]
Cook in bid to help lecturers in Italy [The Herald: 13 Nov 1999]
Worldwatch Verona [Times Higher: 12 Nov 1999]
Meet the sacked Scottish lecturer who has taught the Italian government a lesson [Scottish Sunday Express: 7 Nov 1999]
Lettori on strike [EL Gazette: Nov 1999]
Worldwatch Florence [Times Higher: 29 Oct 1999]
Worldwatch Verona [Times Higher: 15 Oct 1999]
Worldwatch Strasbourg [Times Higher: 24 Sep 1999]
Crusade for the right to teach [Scottish Daily Mail: 3 Aug 1999]
Teachers of English see red in Pisa test [Times Higher: 4 Jun 1999]
Worldwatch Brussels [Times Higher: 14 May 1999]
Tesol backs lettori battle [EL Gazette: May 1999]
Euro-MP push on Italian lecturers [Times Higher: 12 Feb 1999]
One ungentle man from Verona [The Guardian: 9 Feb 1999]
EC advances on Italy over lecturers' claims [Times Higher: 8 Jan 1999]
Lettori resist second class status with EU aid [Irish Times: 5 Feb 1999]
 
1998
Expats fight for justice in Italy [The Independent: 21 Dec 1998]
It Takes a Pest to Test the Meaning of Italy in Europe [The Wall Street Journal: 2 Dec 1998]
The Workplace Woes of a Scot in Verona Aren’t Just Academic [The Wall Street Journal Europe: 2 Dec 1998]
Alien nations [The Guardian: 15 Sep 1998]
Bolognese flavoured corruption [Times Higher: 10 Jul 1998]
Firm grip of corruption [The Guardian: 7 Jul 1998]
Lecturers present petition to UK ambassador in Italy [Times Higher: 20 Mar 1998]
Britons in status row at colleges [The Daily Telegraph: 12 Mar 1998]
Letter [European Voice: 26 Feb 1998]
Euro-MP tells union to back foreigners [Times Higher: 13 Feb 1998]
Renaissance man steps in [The Guardian: 3 Feb 1998]
Not on the cards [Times Higher: 16 Jan 1998]
Clan mentality rules in Italian universities [Times Higher: 9 Jan 1998]
 
1997
Italy recalled to court over workers’ rights [Times Higher: 26 Dec 1997]
Language lecturers claim victory at Euro-Court [Times Higher: 5 Dec 1997]
Italy in EU dock over ban [Times Higher: 31 Oct 1997]
Italian Challenge to the Ideal of EU Unity [European Voice: 10 July 1997]
Tempo of reform is rising [The Guardian: 27 May 1997]
Fast-track degrees scandal [Times Higher: 16 May 1997]
Italy rejects lecturers’ calls [Times Higher: 2 May 1997]
Italy guilty of discrimination [Times Higher: 28 Mar 1997]
Unfair exchange [The Guardian: 25 Mar 1997]
British dons in Italian protest [The Times: 13 Mar 1998]
Europe takes Italy to task [Times Higher: 28 Feb 1997]
Italian jobs in high places [The Guardian: 11 Feb 1997]
Italy faces discrimination rap [Times Higher: 3 Jan 1997]
Court threat to plagiarists [Times Higher: 3 Jan 1997]
 
1996
Sacked lecturers go to Strasbourg [Times Higher: 1 Nov 1996]
Verona axes 23 foreign lecturers in status row [Times Higher: 11 Oct 1996]
Rome set for foreigners’ deal [Times Higher: 23 Aug 1996]
Italy goes on violating human rights [The Herald: 6 Jul 1996]
Friends, Romans, second-class citizens [The Guardian: 12 Mar 1996]
Foreign Lecturers find universities can teach you a thing or two about crookery [Irish Times: 7 Feb 1996]
Italy under fire over mutual recognition [European Voice: 26 Jan 1996]
 
1995
Professor wins Euro ruling [Times Higher: 25 Aug 1995]