Can you tell us a little about your teaching career and involvement in the EIS? Following my Undergraduate Degree in English, I undertook a one-year Masters in 1990-91 at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, in what was then a very new academic field: Peace Studies. Learning about things such as Education for Peace, Human […]
The first meeting of EIS Council for the new session had a slightly unusual feel, in light of the conclusion of the long-running pay dispute in the college sector and the recent settlement of the pay claim for teachers and associated professionals. As a result, for the first time in many months, the issue of […]
Former EIS President & Former President of the GTCS The SEJ was saddened to learn of the death of former prominent EIS activist Rose Galt, who passed away in Glasgow on the 12th of August. Rose was a long-time Principal Teacher of English at Greenfaulds High School in Cumbernauld, and played an extremely active role […]
The EIS has written to the First Minister, calling on the Scottish Government to intervene over planned local authority education cuts. The letter to the First Minister, based around the current dispute over deep cuts to teaching posts in Glasgow, came as news emerged that another local authority, Falkirk, is moving ahead with its own […]
The EIS gave some very cautious welcome to the recent statement made by Cabinet Secretary Jenny Gilruth in response to the Hayward Review on Qualifications Reform. The independent Hayward Review was well received by the teaching profession in Scotland and provided a route map to the delivery of an improved model of qualifications and assessment […]
Recent weeks have seen the agreement of pay settlements for both Scotland’s teachers and the country’s Further Education lecturers. While this year’s pay settlement for teachers was, once again, not delivered in time for the scheduled implementation date of the 1st of August, an agreement was reached in early September. In the FE sector, the […]
A pay deal has finally been reached in the Further Education sector, following a long dispute and a major programme of industrial action. Here, the SEJ looks back at some of the key events in the dispute, which finally saw college lecturers awarded a pay rise after two years of waiting. ASOS puts the pressure […]
Moira Hulme, Gary Beauchamp, Carole Bignell and Jeffrey Wood The teaching workforce in and beyond Europe is facing unprecedented challenges. Many European school systems are facing teacher shortages as recruitment targets are missed and the number of teachers leaving the profession before retirement increases. Challenging employment conditions in 2022 and 2023 saw industrial action by […]
Once again, the EIS has a compelling evidence base that demonstrates beyond all doubt and dispute that the workload of teachers is unfairly and unsustainably excessive. Our recently commissioned independent research shows that teachers are working on average 11 hours more than the 35 hours that they’re paid to work every week, and they’re doing […]
This is a reflection from Susan Whyte, on her participation in the EIS’s Action Research Grants Scheme from 2021-22. From professional peace to professional voice Scottish teachers are well placed to develop as professionals. There are many systems in place designed to promote growth and development as a practitioner, challenging complacency and asking us to […]
