Mary Bousted, Co-General Secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), writes exclusively for the SEJ and explores the current situation in England’s schools. The COVID pandemic has been a truly awful time for educators across the UK but they have risen to huge challenges and overcome them. The move to remote learning and online teaching […]
EIS-FELA members are set to be balloted over yet another national dispute with Colleges Scotland. This particular dispute involves colleges again refusing to honour deals and agreements which have been signed, sealed and which they continue to fail to deliver. College lecturers and colleges across Scotland are party to national agreements and in particular to […]
These artworks were submitted for the EIS Calendar, which is sent to Branch Reps each year. If you would like us to profile a piece of art in a future edition, please email us via sej@eis.org.uk.SS
New year is often a time when people want to make change in their lives for the better. If you’re still pondering what your new year’s resolution should be for 2021, don’t worry – it’s not too late. Let us suggest that your resolution for the year ahead (and beyond) should be to get better […]
Long-time EIS Rep Sheila Hay looks back on her working life – which included an entire career spent in the same primary school, together with more than three decades as the branch Rep. My 46 year career is a case study on teaching in general over that time and unique in that I have stayed […]
The EIS recently provided evidence to the Education and Skills Committee of the Scottish Parliament in relation to the Additional Support for Learning (‘ASL’) Review. Here, we take a look at the key issues addressed in the EIS evidence. Background It was with some reluctance that the EIS supported the call for an independent review […]
Steve Clarke and David Marshall give top marks to schools project that takes Scotland’s UEFA EURO 2020 success into classrooms across the country. Scotland Head Coach Steve Clarke and penalty-save hero David Marshall have given their backing to a new initiative which will enable thousands of children across the country to add Scotland’s UEFA EURO […]
Injury Compensation for EIS Members more than Doubles to Almost £700k for Year The EIS secured almost £700,000 in compensation settlements for members injured at work last year. This amount represents an increase of more than 100%, compared to the 2019 figure of just over £290,000. The payments were awarded for a wide range of […]
Trade Union Statement on Violence Towards Colombian Teachers As education trade unions in the UK and Ireland, we are greatly concerned over ongoing violence against Colombian teachers. The Educational Institute of Scotland, the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation, the NASUWT UK-wide teachers union, the National Education Union and the University and College Union collectively represent almost […]
