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Sudoku

Unfortunately we are unable to provide our usual Sudoku puzzle options with different levels of difficulty on our new online platform. Our interactive Sudoku puzzle below is easy to use and great for all levels! SudokuOnline.sk

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Cryptic Crossword

A copy of the EIS Crossword can be found here. To be in with a chance of winning a tablet (to the maximum value of £150), send your completed entry to SEJ, 46 Moray Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BH or sej@eis.org.uk by Friday 8th January 2021. The first all correct entry picked at random will win. […]

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Teachers at Hutchesons’ Commence Strike Action over ‘fire and rehire’ pension cuts

Teachers at Hutchesons’ Grammar School commenced a programme of strike action over the school’s enforcement of damaging contractual changes to teachers’ pension entitlements. The strike on Friday the 19th of May, is believed to be the first ever strike action at an independent school in Scotland. Hutchesons’ Grammar school issued ‘fire and rehire’ letters to […]

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Time for Equality

The equality agenda is at the heart of the trade union movement, and Equality Representatives can play an essential part in building momentum for local action. Today, across Europe and further afield, a rise in far-right organising targeting and scapegoating marginalised groups, necessitates sustained and unified trade union solidarity action. Currently, Equality Representatives have no […]

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Play games like you mean it

Ensuring Quality P.E. Provision in Our Schools The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people has become a prominent focus for all of us over the past few years. From the virtual podium of the 2021 EIS AGM, Learning Rep and P.E. Teacher, Dominic Tollan, signalled the importance of ensuring quality physical education […]

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Education trade unions show the power of LGBT activism

This article is part of a series sharing learning from the EIS’s visit to the Australian Education Union and Sydney WorldPride 2023. “In a world that is seeing increasing backlash to the advancement of LGBTI rights across contexts, education trade unions must stand in solidarity with our own LGBTI members, our students and their families, […]

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