- Council Considers Covid Next Steps, Agrees Process for Future Ballots
The November meeting of Council, held online to comply with current Scottish Government advice, considered the results of the EIS national survey on COVID safety and agreed the next steps to be taken to help protect EIS members from the spread… Read more: Council Considers Covid Next Steps, Agrees Process for Future Ballots - Working in union at Argyll College
For the first time in its history, Argyll College now has an EIS branch representing the interests of lecturing staff. The formation of the new EIS branch at Argyll College could reasonably be described as meteoric. The college is unusual in… Read more: Working in union at Argyll College - EIS Council Elections 2021/2022
All members can stand for election The EIS Council is the principal executive committee of the EIS. It meets around five times a year, usually in Edinburgh, and also at the AGM. Nomination forms for members interested in standing for election… Read more: EIS Council Elections 2021/2022 - For the Love of Teaching: The Anti-Racist Battlefield in Education
by Mary Osei-Oppong, teacher and EIS member A book every teacher should read! This book gives an account of experienced teacher Mary Osei-Oppong in her quest of fighting racial disparities in the education system and her relentless campaign for diversity in… Read more: For the Love of Teaching: The Anti-Racist Battlefield in Education - The Gwen Mayor Trust
The Gwen Mayor Trust was established by the EIS in memory of Gwen Mayor, the primary 1 teacher at Dunblane Primary School who was killed alongside 16 of her pupils in the 1996 tragedy. The purpose of the Trust is to… Read more: The Gwen Mayor Trust - EU Citizens in Scotland – We want to help you Stay
Rachel Sunderland, Deputy Director in the Scottish Government’s Population and Migration Division, outlines the support available for EU Citizens wishing to remain in Scotland following the UK’s departure from the European Union. It is an uncertain and challenging time for us… Read more: EU Citizens in Scotland – We want to help you Stay - EIS Member Nominated for National Learning Award
This autumn, primary teacher and EIS West Lothian member Mairi Green has been nominated as a candidate for Scottish Union Learning’s Learner of the Year Award. The EIS Education Committee selected Mairi to be nominated at its October 2020 meeting, noting… Read more: EIS Member Nominated for National Learning Award - Christmas Quiz
EIS Christmas Quiz 2020