This April an EIS delegation returned to the first face to face STUC Congress for two years. Held in Aberdeen’s Music Hall, 2022 also coincided with the 125th anniversary of the STUC’s formation and celebrated the theme, “Proud of our Past, Organising for the Future.” As ever, our delegates represented the Institute in a wide […]
‘Invest in early years and help our youngest learners play their way to a brighter future!’ The launch of the latest EIS publication in early years, ‘Playing for a Brighter Future’, in the wake of the local elections, lays down the challenge for politicians across Scotland to take urgent action to reverse the decline of […]
Burdensome non-teaching tasks involving paperwork such as tracking, audits and form filling have little direct effect upon the quality of learning and teaching yet negatively impact upon the quality of working life Following the first in-person meeting of Presidents and General Secretaries from the ten education unions within the British and Irish Group of Teacher […]
Only seven out of the 26 Councils who responded to an EIS inquiry had plans in place specifically in relation to address the underrepresentation of BAME staff The EIS has expressed its deep concern at the minimal improvements revealed in the recent publication of the second Diversity in Teaching Profession Scotland Annual Data Report 2022. […]
