Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a humanitarian crisis, with people across the country living in increasingly harsh and dangerous conditions and millions of refugees moving across Europe. At the recent meeting of EIS Council, the President opened the meeting by condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and re-affirming the Institute’s solidarity with the […]

Like many people across the country, FE lecturers have risen to repeated challenges over the course of the COVID 19 pandemic. Despite the challenges, they continued to deliver for college students. The pandemic has seen staff across the FE sector, who were already feeling unsustainable workloads and repeated management led demands for more flexibility, go […]

A Step Closer to Grasping the Thistle in Scottish Education? Professor Ken Muir’s much-anticipated report has finally been published. Entitled ‘Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education’, it made something of an inelegant entrance into the public domain due to a Scottish Government error that saw a press briefing issued […]

Local Government Elections 2022 Introduction The 2022 Local Government elections come at a crucial time for Scottish Education. As we emerge from the immediate impact of Covid-19, and at the start of a long period of education recovery, it is critical that Scotland’s Councils, as the main employers of teachers, do much more to support […]