A major national survey of Scotland’s teachers, carried out by the EIS, has laid bare the scale of the growing problem of violence and aggression in Scotland’s schools. Female teachers are on the receiving end of misogyny from male pupils. We seem to have to deal with things that other workplaces wouldn’t tolerate. The survey […]
Here, EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley takes a closer look at the key findings of the recent national branch survey, and explores some of the reasons behind challenging behaviours in our schools. The results of the EIS national branch survey on violent and aggressive behaviour in schools are stark and they are deeply worrying – […]
2023 has been a packed year for everyone in Scottish education, and for the EIS and all of its members. In schools, our members took part in the first industrial action campaign over pay for four decades, while members in both the Further and Higher education sectors were also in dispute on a range of […]
As the SEJ goes to print, EIS-FELA remain in dispute nationally over fair pay and job security and members across Scotland’s colleges are currently being balloted yet again, for both strike action and action short of strike. The EIS-FELA Executive has strongly recommended that members vote YES to both ASOS and strike action and secure […]
As with every previous re-occurrence of awful violence between Israelis and Palestinians, the unprecedented brutal aerial assault on Gaza following the murderous Hamas incursion in to Israel has prompted debate among educators as to whether this conflict should be a topic for discussion in our schools. The arguments against doing so are not insignificant or […]
Following the escalation of the Israel / Palestine conflict, the EIS joined its sister trade unions in calling for a peaceful resolution through dialogue. The EIS website hosts an educational resource, allowing teachers and learners to explore a range of relevant curricular themes. The EIS is appalled and deeply concerned by the recent escalating violence […]
The 96th Annual STUC Women’s Conference took place in Glasgow on the 30th and 31st October. The theme was ‘Your Story, Our Story, Herstory,’ after the Herstory Project developed by the STUC Women’s Committee to highlight the stories of Scottish Trade Union women. The Herstory theme captured the imaginations of delegates and guests alike with […]
From Tate tantrums to Barbie blessings, 2023 has seen a reinvigoration of a cultural conversation about mainstream misogyny. It’s neither necessarily a conversation that teacher training prepares us for, nor one that the teacher workload (more than 40% of EIS members regularly work more than an extra full day a week) offers space to fully […]
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 advance education by providing financial support for projects in connection with the arts, culture, […]
In October of 1986, I was heading off to university to begin my degree in English Literature. Part of the soundtrack to that period in my life was Billy Bragg’s just-released album Talking to the Taxman about Poetry. I could never have imagined that, 37 years later, I’d find myself talking to the ‘Poets of […]
