The final session of EIS Council for the academic year looked back over a busy period of campaigning activity, and ahead to the Annual General Meeting in the first week of June. Executive Committee President-elect Mark Smith, presenting his report on the work of the Executive Committee, looking back on recent work on the Stand […]
The EIS University Lecturers’ Association (EIS-ULA) Branch at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has been undertaking a statutory ballot for industrial action. This significant step comes as the union seeks a firm guarantee from GCU management that there will be no compulsory redundancies as a result of the University seeking to cut up to 100 jobs […]
Former EIS General Secretary Larry Flanagan reports from the recent ISTP meeting in Tallinn. The International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) is a global summit on teaching jointly sponsored by Educational International (the world teacher union confederation which EIS is affiliated to), OECD, and a host nation. It is unique in its composition as […]
The EIS is one of the largest affiliates to the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), and played a prominent role in this year’s annual Congress at Dundee Caird Hall. The theme of this year’s Scottish Trades Union Congress was Workers United, Demanding Better. This was an important reminder of the collective strength of workers through […]
An EIS emergency motion at the STUC annual meeting in Dundee highlighted the ongoing dispute over health and safety risks in the Welding and Fabrication Department at City of Glasgow College (CoGC). Welding lecturers at the college are currently undertaking strike action over this issue. Commenting, EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley said, “In bringing this […]
EIS Glasgow Learning Rep, Liz Russell, was nominated for, and won, the STUC’s Helen Dowie: Union Learning Rep of the Year Award for 2025-26. This award, which is administered by Scottish Union Learning, celebrates the life and work of Fife-born activist Helen Dowie, who was active in the trade union and union learning movements for […]
The 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the EIS will be held in Dundee on the 4th – 6th of June. The AGM is the main decision-making body of the EIS. AGM instructs Council, which in turn instructs the Committees of the Council. Around 350 members of the EIS including the Office Bearers, members of […]
Stories shape how we make sense of the world and influence the decisions we make. Increasingly, harmful groups exploit a lack of knowledge and familiarity with minority groups, and media sensationalism, to spread prejudicial stories – with serious consequences. Prejudicially motivated content can go viral in a matter of hours, and result in even well-intentioned […]
Following a commitment made at the International Summit on the Teaching Profession in Reykjavik in March 2025, and backed by a resolution at EIS AGM, the EIS has worked with Scottish Government and other partners to develop guidelines and guardrails on AI in education. The result is a framework built on five core principles — […]
This year’s EIS-FELA conference took place in March in Glasgow with lecturers coming together from across the college sector to discuss issues close to them and their colleagues. Discussions around funding, wellbeing and health and safety took centre stage this year as EIS-FELA members gathered to debate the pressures shaping colleges and the priorities for […]
