{"id":19,"date":"2020-05-14T09:23:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/dec2020\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2020-09-30T20:17:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T19:17:48","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesDecember245-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesDecember245-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesDecember245-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesDecember245-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesDecember245-725x480.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesDecember245.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/council\/\">Council Carries on Through Stormy Times<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-12T13:50:48+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">12th February 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">As Storm \u00c9owyn battered the country on the 24th of January, EIS Council met to take forward the key business of the Institute. As an in-person meeting was not possible, the meeting took place virtually, with members joining via laptops, tablets\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/council\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Council Carries on Through Stormy Times<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary253-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary253-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary253-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary253-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary253-725x480.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary253.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/news-2\/\">Free School Meals must not be a Postcode Lottery<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-12T13:53:08+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">12th February 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Following the Scottish budget-related announcement of the expansion of free school meals to S1 to S3 pupils in receipt of Scottish Child Payment in 8 local authorities, STUC Women\u2019s Committee Chair, Pearl Abernethy, said, \u201cWe welcome this announcement as another step\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/news-2\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Free School Meals must not be a Postcode Lottery<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary254-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary254-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary254-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary254-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary254-725x480.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFebruary254.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/news-3\/\">The Sky is Blue on Social Media<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-12T13:53:40+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">12th February 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">As part of its continuing commitment to keeping members informed, the EIS has recently expanded its social media presence by setting up a profile on Bluesky. Bluesky is a microblogging social media site, with a similar look and feel to the\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/news-3\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The Sky is Blue on Social Media<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFeb247-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFeb247-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFeb247-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFeb247-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFeb247-725x480.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesFeb247.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/news-4\/\">Budget Implications for Scotland&#8217;s Schools<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-02-12T13:54:14+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">12th February 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The EIS gave a clear response to the recent statement on Scottish education by Cabinet Secretary for Education Jenny Gilruth, which followed the Scottish budget and came in the wake of the post-budget agreement with COSLA. Ms Gilruth\u2019s statement came on\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/news-4\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Budget Implications for Scotland&#8217;s Schools<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/feb2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}