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Members’ concerns go beyond Covid

Although the Covid pandemic has overshadowed everything related to Scottish education for the past two years, and remains a very real and live concern, there are many other issues currently impacting on Scotland’s teaching professionals. The EIS national member survey, carried out late last year, was created to gauge members’ views on the reality of […]

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Ballot & Future Pay Strategy Debated at Council

January’s meeting of EIS Council took place shortly before the consultative ballot on the pay offer from COSLA and the Scottish Government was due to close. A few days after Council had met, the ballot closed and the result (98% voting for rejection of the offer, on a turnout of 53%) was confirmed. Although the […]

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New EIS President & Vice-President Elected

Andrene Bamford Paula McEwan The identities of the next President and Vice-President have been confirmed, following completion of the election process. The new President elect is Andrene Bamford. Andrene began her career as an English Teacher in 1995, before becoming a Learning Support Teacher in Falkirk in 2003. Ms Bamford has served as the Local […]

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Covid-19 News

General Secretary Larry Flanagan provided an update on Covid issues and discussions at CERG (Covid Education Recovery Group). Mr Flanagan said that there had been fairly significant changes in society in respect of Covid mitigations. Infection levels are broadly dropping in society – this was from record levels, so the overall level of infection remains […]

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EIS Secures Almost £170,000 in Injury Compensation for Scottish Teachers

The EIS has secured almost £170,000 in compensation settlements for members injured at work over the past year. This amount represents a significant decrease on the previous year’s figure (£700,000). The payments were awarded for a wide range of workplace injuries, including those caused by accident, assault or poor working environment. Commenting, EIS General Secretary […]

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EIS Urges Government to Support Education for Women & Girls in Afghanistan

The EIS has called upon both the Scottish and UK Governments to support efforts to eliminate all barriers to girls’ and women’s participation in education in Afghanistan. The EIS is also calling for government to support enhanced humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, and to welcome and support refugees fleeing the country for their own safety. EIS […]

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Funding to improve school ventilation

Commenting, following the First Minister’s announcement of additional funding to improve air quality in Scotland’s schools to mitigate against the risk of airborne Covid spread, EIS General Secretary Larry Flanagan said, “Whilst the additional funding of £5 million for air cleaners is welcome, it, frankly, is long overdue. “We have been talking about improving ventilation […]

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Members’ survey highlights workload and wellbeing concerns in light of Covid

The EIS national members’ survey, carried out late last year, has confirmed that Scotland’s teachers have faced soaring levels of workload throughout the pandemic. More than 16,000 EIS members across Scotland took part in the survey, and its findings are already being used to support EIS campaigning on a wide range of issues including workload […]

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Long-running saga on teacher pay

As members will be acutely aware, Scotland’s teachers are still awaiting their pay settlement for the year 2021- 2022. This was due to be settled and paid by April 2021. More than a year after the pay claim was submitted, the continuing procrastination of COSLA and the Scottish Government continues to be a source of […]

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