The EIS has a history of supporting climate change education, ‘Learning for Sustainability’, and has long moved its investments from companies associated with fossil fuels. Our last AGM further strengthened our environmental policies by resolving to instruct Council to campaign for a halt to biodiversity loss; to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by […]

Can you tell us about your history in teaching and the EIS? After graduating from Heriot Watt University I undertook my PGCSE at Moray House in Edinburgh. That’s when I joined the EIS. I taught Physics and Science in schools in Edinburgh and West Lothian and although I held a middle leadership post for 10 […]

A round-up of the latest updated advice and information related to Covid and education, from the EIS As reported in the ebulletin, following sustained pressure from the EIS some progress has been made in relation to the new Test and Protect (T&P) procedures regarding members’ concerns about teachers and schools not being informed promptly around […]

Within Edinburgh Local Association, we’re taking the first steps to organise a staff wellbeing network. This group will connect EIS members across Edinburgh’s schools to identify what matters most for us and play an active role in improving the work done to support wellbeing in our profession. This work will be shaped by the members […]