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 […]

Scottish opera’s reimagined primary schools tour is providing pupils across Scotland with access to the performing arts. Scottish Opera’s award-winning Primary Schools Tour, which is now on the road for the rest of the academic year, with the newly created show, Vikings! The Quest for the Dragon’s Treasure, has been re-imagined and expanded to make […]

Why Every EIS Member Must Stand Up for Quality Education Over four pages in the December issue of this magazine, the results of the EIS’ national survey laid bare the levels of violence being faced by learners and teachers in Scotland’s schools. I’m not going to go over the shocking figures again, but what I […]

EIS Head of Communications Brian Cooper explains why he’s suddenly, and quite inexplicably, decided to start training for a Marathon. Running long distances has never been my thing. At school, I liked sprinting and was fairly good at it. Never good enough to actually win anything, but still reasonably fast and it was something that […]