Moira Carr is to be the first Northern Irish president of lecturers' union Natfhe, committing herself to a united union voice on education. Ms Carr will become vice president of the union in May and will automatically become president in 1998/99. Ms Carr, who teaches students with learning disabilities at the Belfast Institute, said: "I believe that my election was a positive vote for unity with the Association of University Teachers and other teaching unions."