There was continuing strong support from lecturers, students and supporters of Further Education as the Educational Institute of Scotland – Further Education Lecturers Association staged a day of national strike action over pay. Picket lines were in place at colleges across Scotland, while a rally outside the Scottish Parliament also attracted strong support. EIS-FELA members […]
The March meeting of EIS Council was held on International Women’s Day, and Council members took the opportunity to view a newly completed video – EIS women making herstory – and to send a solidarity message to women around the world, specifically all those impacted by the current conflict in Gaza. Vice-President Allan Crosbie, delivering […]
Sarah Collins – National Officer FE The post of EIS FELA Officer will be taken up by Sarah Collins. Before joining the EIS, Sarah previously worked for the Scottish Trades Union Congress as a young workers’ organiser and latterly as a policy officer. Sarah was also an employment solicitor with a trade union firm and […]
The EIS has responded to the Parliamentary debate which took place recently on the recommendations of the Hayward Review. Commenting, EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley said, “The EIS welcomed this debate and urges the Scottish Government in its response to the Hayward recommendations to end the delays to the stalled Education Reform process, and to […]
The Glasgow Local Association of the EIS, has declared a dispute with Glasgow City Council over its budget planning proposals to cut 172 teacher posts in year one of the budget and 450 in total across the three years. Glasgow has a large percentage of pupils from areas of deprivation, as well as a growing […]
As work continues at local level to implement improvements following the initial campaign focus on violent and aggressive behaviours in schools, the national workstream has moved on to the next element of the campaign – improving levels of ASN support and provision in schools. With more than one in three pupils nationally having an identified […]
One of the key aims of the Stand Up for Quality Education campaign is to reduce teachers’ workload burdens. This guide explains how school WTA’s can be used to help teachers take more control of their own workload. What is a WTA? A Working Time Agreement (WTA) is a collective agreement reached annually at the […]
From campaigning for the right to wear trousers in the workplace, to winning equal pay for primary and secondary teachers, to defeating the Thatcher government’s pay policy – since the establishment of the EIS in 1847, EIS women have, and continue, to make ‘Herstory’. Beneath these headline wins, the big campaigns, the photos documenting our […]
EIS members across Scotland are engaging their learners every day in education with a focus on equality, diversity, respect and tolerance, across early years, primary, and secondary. In late 2023, Show Racism the Red Card and the EIS began a partnership to showcase some of the inspiring anti-racism work of children and young people from […]
Whether arising from internal or external sources, our lives are marked by phases, cycles, and hormonal changes. However, many of these changes are stigmatised, considered private, and hidden in plain sight, thus limiting our ability to organise collectively as we move through them. For matters that primarily affect women’s health, these issues are even further […]
