Play by any other name Embracing The Play Principles Beyond the Early Years Every child has the fundamental right to play. It is in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 31, if you want to check). Not only is it important for enjoyment and fun, but vital for child development. […]
Welcome to SEJ Digital Election over, Education must be priority Following a Scottish election that might best be described as fairly low-key, the SNP have again emerged as the largest party at Holyrood and will assume the role of the Scottish Government for the next five years. While, at the time of writing, the precise […]
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 […]
