The EIS and STUC have written to First Minister John Swinney, urging the Scottish Government to intervene to help facilitate a resolution to the long-running Health and Safety dispute at City of Glasgow College (CoGC). EIS members within the Welding and Fabrication Department at CoGC have been engaged in a programme of strike action since […]
This year’s TUC Congress was attended by twelve EIS delegates, each of them there to represent the EIS and our members on a range of issues from within the education sector and our society as a whole. At the heart of this year’s proceedings was the TUC’s Unity Works campaign, built on the conviction that […]
The National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS) is marking its 30th anniversary by launching an ambitious initiative designed to help bring singing back into classrooms across the country. Launching in schools from September, NYCOS Singing Time is a free online resource that will be gifted to every primary school in Scotland, providing teachers with accessible, […]
Helen Connor, who passed away in June, was a long-time EIS member and a strongly committed trade unionist. Originally trained as a primary teacher, Helen also worked in the Secondary sector later in her career as a transition teacher. Having trained at Jordanhill College, Helen spent some time in London where she became treasurer of […]
