Members of the EIS ULA at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) have escalated their strike action, seeking to protect members from compulsory redundancy after ACAS talks failed to reach a suitable dispute resolution. Starting on Monday 21st September, staff were scheduled to take 14 days of strike action over a four week period to protect jobs […]

The recent furore surrounding the PISA rankings will have been background noise for most teachers. Politicians and the media home in on “the league tables” as if our children’s education is a spectator sport. Headlines decry falling standards and demand we get “back to basics”. This might provide political capital for some. But it undermines […]

Norma Anne Watson, who passed away in May, was a long-time EIS member and prominent campaigner for Scottish education. Trained as a primary teacher, Norma Anne developed a specialist interest in Early Years education. Norma Anne lived and worked in West Lothian, and spent a major part of her teaching career as Headteacher of Kirkhill […]