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

"Equal citizens, equal rights, equal treatment"

 

 


News [Updated 12 Mar 2007]

2007
Non-enforcement of European law [Allsi Newsletter: Mar 2007]New!
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]