By Pam Currie, member of the EIS LGBT Sub-Committee Switching to school teaching in 2019 after two decades in Further Education, I felt excited – ready for a change of direction – although a little trepidatious. After all, I left school in 1993 with no real idea of what I wanted to do, but a […]
Equality and social justice are at the heart of the trade union agenda. Recently, the EIS was invited to travel to Australia, as guests of the Australian Education Union. Andrene Bamford, National President, and Selma Augestad, National Officer (Equality) represented the EIS at three Australian conferences, expressing our international solidarity and learning from the experiences […]
As we await the outcome of Professor Louise Hayward’s Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment, a significant piece of new educational research suggests that the pressure on Scottish secondary schools to improve exam attainment statistics is adversely affecting young people’s learning – and is actually widening the attainment gap. The report, Choice, Attainment and Positive […]
The EIS celebrated International Women’s Day this year by holding an event to reflect on our past and look to the future of women’s union activism. This year’s event for International Women’s Day provided an opportunity to consider and discuss how the EIS, and the wider trade union movement, can engage with, organise and ultimately […]
Oh dear – it’s difficult to know where to begin with Andy Maciver’s intemperate, inaccurate and ill-judged diatribe (in the Herald newspaper) against Scottish education in general and “teacher unions” specifically. Our schools face significant challenge in delivering equitable educational outcomes in a society which seemingly tolerates growing levels of economic inequality amongst its children, […]
