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 Standing up for Education As the new session started in August, EIS members were again to the fore in campaigns to protect Scottish education. The launch of the new EIS campaign, Stand Up for Quality Education, at the AGM in June has been followed by a period of intense activity as […]
As EIS Council members gathered in Edinburgh for the first time this session, the focus was on building the recently-launched campaign Stand Up for Quality Education. Recent reports of increases in the number of incidences of serious pupil disruption and violence in schools were on everyone’s mind, as plans for the first phase of the […]
As lecturers across Scotland take national industrial action to secure fair pay and protect jobs, lecturers at two colleges are also engaged in local action to defend jobs. At City of Glasgow College, EIS-FELA members are continuing strike action in a dispute over cuts to teaching time, increases in workload, the ending of fixed term […]
Following four days of strike action at Hutchesons’ Grammar School, the dispute at the school is now settled on the basis of a 7-point agreement. The dispute began in January with the School’s proposal to withdraw teaching staff from the Scottish Teachers’ Pension Scheme and has been resolved through more beneficial changes to other terms […]
The EIS has written to First Minister Humza Yousaf calling for action on the lack of job security for many newly and recently qualified teachers across Scotland. In recent years, Scottish local authorities have increasingly appointed new teachers on short-term temporary contracts, offering little job security for new entrants to the teaching profession. In the […]
The SNCT Teachers’ Panel, made up of trade unions representing Scotland’s teachers, has strongly criticised the Scottish Government for the severe lack of progress in delivering the SNP 2021 Manifesto commitment to reduce teachers’ class contact time by 90 minutes per week, to 21 hours. Two and a half years since the manifesto pledge was […]
David Baxter – Area Officer Joining the EIS family has been a long-held ambition of mine. I’ve always been deeply passionate about representing and supporting the members of this esteemed institution. Prior to my current role, I had the privilege of serving as the Local Association secretary for Dundee for approximately 9½ years. It was […]
