{"id":44,"date":"2020-05-14T09:46:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sej.eis.org.uk\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2020-09-30T20:19:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T19:19:15","slug":"features","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/features\/","title":{"rendered":"Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2624-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2624-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2624-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2624-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2624-725x480.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2624.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/employmentrights\/\">The Employment Rights Act &#8211; A Closer Look<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-09-10T12:00:47+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">10th September 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The Employment Rights Act\u2014passed in December 2025 and implemented throughout 2026 and into 2027\u2014marks the most significant change in UK Employment law in decades, both introducing new and improved rights and reversing many of the statutory restrictions on trade union activity introduced in recent decades. The Act strengthens collective voice, expands protections for millions of\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/employmentrights\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: The Employment Rights Act &#8211; A Closer Look<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2626-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2626-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2626-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2626-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2626-725x480.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2626.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/riskassessment\/\">What are Risk Assessments and Why do we need them at Work?<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-09-26T10:58:03+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">26th September 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Risk assessments are a tool to help identify anything that could cause harm at work (eg an icy playground in the winter, a young person with a history of violent behaviour or using a Bunsen burner in a science classroom); considering how likely that harm is to happen and how serious it could be, and\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/riskassessment\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: What are Risk Assessments and Why do we need them at Work?<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2627-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2627-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2627-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2627-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2627-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2627-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2627-725x480.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/collegebargaining\/\">A Decade of College National Bargaining: Where are we now?<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-09-26T10:58:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">26th September 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Over the past decade, national bargaining has secured significant improvements to pay, terms and conditions for college lecturers across Scotland. Through sustained negotiation and collective action, EIS-FELA Reps, supported by various National Officers and other EIS staff, have negotiated pay settlements and delivered national terms and conditions of employment. In 2025\/26 work was done to\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/collegebargaining\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: A Decade of College National Bargaining: Where are we now?<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/FE-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/FE-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/FE-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/FE-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/FE-1-725x480.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/09\/FE-1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/fequalityed\/\">Quality Education Needs Time and Space<\/a><time datetime=\"2023-09-26T10:57:54+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">26th September 2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">What does it take to deliver high-quality college education? It takes skilled and committed lecturers, of course. But it also takes something that is becoming increasingly difficult to find in Education: time and space to do the job properly. Across the College sector lecturers are dealing with increasingly complex student needs, demanding assessment requirements, new\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/fequalityed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Quality Education Needs Time and Space<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2628-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2628-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2628-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2628-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2628-725x480.jpg 725w, https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/10\/SEJonlineImagesOctober2628.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/tuc\/\">Unity in Action: The EIS at TUC Congress<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-10-02T16:46:19+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2nd October 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This year\u2019s 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\u2019s proceedings was the TUC\u2019s Unity Works campaign, built on the conviction that\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/tuc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Unity in Action: The EIS at TUC Congress<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sej.org.uk\/oct2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}