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The Educational Institute of Scotland University Lecturers’ Association has warned of ‘widespread disruption’ in the event of ...
University lecturers are set to be consulted on industrial action following what an education union described as a “derisory” ...
Despite this, Scotland’s teachers continue to concentrate their efforts on delivering the best possible education for young people. They deserve support in their endeavours.
Between 8,000 and 10,000 lecturers, students and parents gathered in Glasgow last Saturday to protest cost-cutting policies across the education sector.
Educational Institute of Scotland continues rolling teacher strikes amid pay dispute. Members of the EIS union, which represents teachers in Scotland, began 16 days of industrial action on Monday ...
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has declared 22 additional days of strike action in an escalation of the dispute over teachers. Emma Lawson. Friday 13 January 2023 19:40 GMT.
Members of Scotland’s largest teaching union have voted to accept a pay deal, ending its long-running campaign of school strikes. Teachers with the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) backed ...
This is not just a problem in Scotland. Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in December 2023 found a “long historical pattern [across the UK] where further education receives the ...
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has singled out areas covered by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister John Swinney, Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville, ...
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said many newly-qualified staff were only being given short contracts. The union is urging the Scottish government to increase council funding to pay ...
Teachers with the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) backed the sixth deal put to them, which will see a 7% pay rise backdated to April 2022, a further 5% next month, and another 2% in January.