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 New session, different challenges ahead In recent years, the issue of pay has seldom been far from atop the trade union agenda. The last major EIS pay campaign for teachers and associated professionals, the Pay Attention campaign, led to a prolonged dispute and the first national strike action by Scotland’s teachers […]
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 […]
The EIS played a prominent role in this year’s Trades Union Congress in Brighton. Pictured are members of the EIS delegation: Assistant Secretary Anne Keenan, Assistant Secretary David Belsey, Vice-President Adam Sutcliffe, Christina Fleming, Andrene Bamford, Alison Murphy, Ex-President Paula McEwan, President Allan Crosbie, Jacqueline Church, Michael Dolan. See pp24-25 for more on the EIS […]
