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, […]