Workload The EIS met with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and lead civil servants on 29th October to discuss the findings of the Independent Workload Report published in June. The Report’s authors also attended the meeting. The lead author, Professor Moira Hulme, set out the key findings – that on average Scottish teachers work more… Read more: Stand Up for Quality Education Update

Delivering on Scotland’s Commitment to LGBT Inclusive Education Since 2021, all Local Authority run schools in Scotland are expected to deliver LGBT inclusive education as part of the curriculum. Many schools and educators are already doing fantastic work in this area, and others will be at the beginning of their journey. “Scotland’s approach to LGBT… Read more: Getting it Right for LGBT Learners

The 97th Annual STUC Women’s Conference took place in Glasgow in October. The conference was chaired by UNITE the Union’s Lorna Glen and the theme for conference this year was ‘Solidarity and Succession’. Solidarity has been a key principle of the trade union movement since its establishment; common action, unity and strength have been witnessed… Read more: Solidarity and Succession

It was an early start for the Glasgow delegation to the Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) march against the fascist Tommy Robinson. We gathered outside Central Station at 4am with other EIS FELA members, fellow trade unionists from Unison and Unite, university students and anti-racist activists. The fact that we are having to organise counter… Read more: Marching Against Racism in London

The EIS has been consistent in championing humanitarian causes, including both Palestine (with Gaza at the forefront) and Sudan. Watching the horror unfolding on our screens in Gaza and Lebanon in the knowledge that the British government arms the perpetrators, it is all too easy to forget Sudan. Without letting up for a moment on… Read more: Don’t Forget Sudan