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 […]

The recent ULA Annual Conference saw members from across Scotland’s higher education sector come together in Edinburgh, with guest speakers Andrew McGettigan, a financial and policy analyst specialising in UK higher education, Yvonne Evans, a senior lecturer specialising in Scottish trusts, charities and tax law, and Terence Karran and Dr Chavan Kissoon both specialising in […]