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AGM Dundee 2026

Welcome to this special edition of the SEJ, where we look back on the recent EIS Annual General Meeting, held in Dundee in early June. In this edition, we look at all the key decisions taken by this year’s AGM, and highlight key speeches – including the address by outgoing President Adam Sutcliffe, the annual […]

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The ticking time bomb in Scottish Education

The President looked back over the past year, and warned of a growing Health & Safety crisis in Scottish education It certainly doesn’t seem 12 months ago that Andrea stood up here with that super hi-tech ballot launcher that opened our consultative ballot on workload, to force the Scottish Government and COSLA to meet the […]

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Education Motions

Paula McEwan (Inverclyde and Council) delivered a powerful and urgent message to the Scottish Government and to Education Scotland to properly support and resource planned curriculum reforms. Noting that drafts of the new CFE framework and guidance are due for publication in June 2026 – when schools’ plans and working time agreements for next session […]

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Employment Relations Motions

Jacqueline MacKenzie (Council and North Ayrshire) moved this motion on behalf of Council, highlighting that every member deserves to be safe at work every day. “Health and Safety is a fundamental right in our workplaces, not an optional extra. This motion recognises that rights on paper are only powerful if people know about them and […]

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