- Understanding personal injury claimsWhat you need to know A significant element of the Stand Up for Quality Education campaign is our ongoing work, with the support of our EIS Health and Safety Representatives, School Branch Representatives and local activists, in addressing rising levels of violent and aggressive pupil behaviour to ensure schools become safe places for all. Personal… Read more: Understanding personal injury claims
- LGBT History MonthAs part of LGBT+ History Month, the EIS hosted a powerful evening of stories, socialising, and solidarity at the Glasgow Women’s Library. Marking almost 25 years since the repeal of Section 28/2A in Scotland – a clause brought in under the Local Government Act of 1988 prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality in schools – the… Read more: LGBT History Month
- Tackling misogyny in our schoolsHow we improve safety for women and girls in educational settings across Scotland is a good question and one that we need to answer urgently as a country because every day that we leave this unanswered, the risk to safety remains – and in some respects is intensifying – for the more than 80% of… Read more: Tackling misogyny in our schools
- Protecting the innocentReport from the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation conference on the rights of Palestinian children This was a powerful and emotionally challenging event. The organisers had taken a trauma-informed approach to the whole conference: speakers, especially those giving testimony of direct lived experience in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs), were encouraged to pause, or… Read more: Protecting the innocent