{"id":19,"date":"2020-05-14T09:23:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb22\/dec2020\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2020-09-30T20:17:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T19:17:48","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/My-project-1-2-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/My-project-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/My-project-1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/My-project-1-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/My-project-1-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/07\/My-project-1-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/council-focus-on-combating-covid-pupil-return\/\">Council Focus on Combating Covid &#038; Pupil Return<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-04-01T12:00:59+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">1st April 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The continuing need to mitigate against the spread of Covid as more pupils returned to school was the main focus of discussions at the March meeting of EIS Council. President elect Heather Hughes, reporting on behalf of the Executive Committee, highlighted\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/council-focus-on-combating-covid-pupil-return\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Council Focus on Combating Covid &#038; Pupil Return<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/08\/pres1-1-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/08\/pres1-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/08\/pres1-1.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/new-eis-president-and-vice-president-elected\/\">New EIS President and Vice-President Elected<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-04-01T12:00:56+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">1st April 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Following completion of the Council Elections, Heather Hughes has been announced as the next EIS President with Andrene Bamford confirmed as Vice-President. Heather Hughes is a secondary sciences teacher and the current Secretary of West Lothian EIS local association. Ms Hughes\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/new-eis-president-and-vice-president-elected\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: New EIS President and Vice-President Elected<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/08\/dun.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/remembering-the-victims-of-dunblane\/\">Remembering the Victims of Dunblane<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-04-01T14:39:52+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">1st April 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The recent 25th anniversary of the Dunblane tragedy prompted significant media coverage, as people remembered its innocent victims. Sixteen primary one pupils and their teacher were killed that day, with many others injured. Following the tragedy, the EIS established the Gwen\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/remembering-the-victims-of-dunblane\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Remembering the Victims of Dunblane<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/08\/image.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/eis-fela-strike-action-suspended-at-11th-hour\/\">EIS-FELA Strike Action Suspended at 11th hour<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-04-01T14:37:53+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">1st April 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">EIS college lecturer members recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike action to defend lecturing jobs within Scotland\u2019s Further Education Colleges. In a statutory industrial action ballot, 92% of members voted in favour of strike action to protect lecturing jobs,\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/eis-fela-strike-action-suspended-at-11th-hour\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: EIS-FELA Strike Action Suspended at 11th hour<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/04\/iwd-300x178.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/04\/iwd-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/04\/iwd.jpg 596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/international-womens-day\/\">International Women\u2019s Day<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-04-01T14:00:15+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">1st April 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">As part of our celebration of this year\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day, the EIS produced a short film highlighting a day in the lives of seven women who keep education going across Scotland. Produced as part of the wider EIS \u201cOne Thousand\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/international-womens-day\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: International Women\u2019s Day<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/apr2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}