Instrumental Music Teachers Over the last year, as we have seen different models of education delivery emerging, teachers, Instrumental Music Teachers (‘IMTs’) and lecturers across Scotland have found strength collectively in sharing ideas, developing practice through professional learning and trialling innovative ways to reach learners and touch their lives during the pandemic. Adapting to the […]
How do I Start Saving? To make use of all the benefits, visit www.eis-extra.org.uk and login to your account. If this is the fi rst time that you’re accessing your account, you will need to register by entering your EIS membership number and surname. Reloadable Cards Reloadable cards are a fantastic way to earn cashback […]
Journeying into the Outdoors: Wednesday, 26th May saw the return of our Early Years webinars, with our focus this time on the Journey into the Outdoors. In this first of a series of articles flowing from the event, Jenny Carey, a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Strathclyde and one of the speakers, reflects […]
The EIS and the Scottish Poetry Library have worked together over the past few years to bring poetry into the everyday lives and work of EIS members. The 2018 anthology To Learn the Future: Poems for Teachers was part-funded by the EIS and has been gifted to successive cohorts of newly qualified teachers as a […]
Enduring memories of childhood for many of us include when we would choose a book for story time. We remember beginning to add our own imagination, perhaps drawing the main character, making up the characters’ voices, and maybe adding a familiar place name instead of ‘far, far away.’ We have memories of learning, in a […]
Over the last year, the EIS has continued our long-standing commitment to and work for equality in the workplace and in education, working with members who are underrepresented in the profession and the union – and championing the advancement of equality for those who continue to face discrimination and marginalisation in our society. The pandemic […]
Tom Devaney, a significant figure in the leadership that developed the EIS into a leading trade union in the 1970s to mid-1990s, died unexpectedly on 11 April at the age of 83 at his home in Dundee. Born in 1937, Tom was a lifelong Dundonian with a passion for his native city. After his school […]
Pension scheme is still a perk – please use it I have become increasingly concerned about the number of younger teachers who tell me they are not joining the Scottish Teachers Superannuation Scheme (the teachers’ pension scheme) because they don’t think it’s worth it. Unfortunately, as I’m at the latter end of my career, I […]
Incoming EIS-ULA President Holly Patrick spoke to the SEJ about her upcoming role and we learned her thoughts on the challenges that lie ahead for Scottish Universities. Can you tell us about your teaching and trade union background? I have been in Higher Education in some form or another since I rocked up to Abertay […]
