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This Workplace Day of Action for Palestine, Andrea Bradley, EIS General Secretary, has written to Yvette Cooper MP, Secretary of state Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Swipe to read ↔

Show your solidarity on this Workplace Day of Action for Palestine!✊ 📣Take a photo with the downloadable placards from the TUC Website 📣Share photographs of yourself and colleagues online tagging the EIS 📣Share our post on the Workplace Day of Action for Palestine on your own social media tuc.org.uk/news/workplace…

This Workplace Day of Action for Palestine the EIS commemorates the 1948 Nakba and joins the call of our sister trade unions for an end to the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. #Workplaces4Palestine tuc.org.uk/news/workplace…

Join us this Saturday at the EIS Glasgow Area Office for our PACT training session: The Nature of Poverty PACT is a professional learning offer for educators in Scotland, rooted in the principles of social justice and equity. This is an in person session from 10:00am – 1:00pm, there is still time to sign up for Saturday's event on our website: eis.org.uk/pact/pacttrain…

We invite our members to join us tomorrow to show solidarity with the people of Palestine and call for an end to the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank #Workplaces4Palestine

The EIS is supporting Workplace Day of Action for Palestine tomorrow 14th of May 2026 ✊ 🍉#Workplaces4Palestine tuc.org.uk/news/workplace…

There is still time to sign up for our upcoming in-person PACT Training. Check the EIS website for details on sign up and what PACTIVSIM could do for your school! eis.org.uk/pact/pacttrain…

Dates for your diary✨📣 We still have space in upcoming in person PACT training sessions! The PACT Programme delivers poverty-related professional learning sessions to empower teachers and schools in minimising the damage of poverty on scottish education and our learners. eis.org.uk/pact/pacttrain…

In standing up for Further and Higher Education, the EIS calls for improved public funding of universities and colleges and opposes any further privatisation of Further Education or Higher Education. Learn more about the EIS manifesto on our website: eis.org.uk/policy-and-pub…

As the country’s largest teaching union, the EIS believes that everyone should have the right to a high-quality education. From our youngest learners in nursery, right through primary and secondary and special education, and in our colleges and universities, investing in education is investing in Scotland’s people. Learn more about the EIS manifesto on our website: eis.org.uk/policy-and-pub…

Strikes have resumed at ENU campuses this week. EIS members at ENU continue to seek a no compulsory redundancy guarantee from ENU management. We remain united to defend jobs and fight for a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies! Check our website for more info on this dispute: eis.org.uk/ula/disputeenu

We recognise progress made in expanding universal free school meals in the primary sector, but more is needed for all school pupils. Free school meals for every child will improve child nutrition, leading to better educational outcomes and less social stigma associated with means-tested free meals. Learn more about the EIS manifesto on our website: eis.org.uk/policy-and-pub…

One aspect that is a significant concern to the EIS is that ASN demands are not being met, and that the gap between ASL legislation and guidance, and practice on the ground, is significant and growing. More resources and professional support need to be put into ASN, and ASN funding needs to be ringfenced. Learn more about the EIS manifesto on our website: eis.org.uk/policy-and-pub…

It's May Day, celebrating worker power, 100 years after the general strike - and workers in @EdinburghNapier are on strike today to defend their jobs. EIS striking members and staff at ENU Sighthill this morning.

The EIS believes that decisive action is needed to tackle excessive teacher workload. Teachers should be trusted and have teacher agency in an empowered school system that focuses on quality learning and teaching for children and young people. Learn more about the EIS manifesto on our website: eis.org.uk/policy-and-pub…

Smaller classes lead to more teacher-time per child and would better enable teachers to respond to the needs of all pupils, including those with ASN. The EIS believes that a class size of 20 is optimal. Learn more about the EIS manifesto on our website: eis.org.uk/policy-and-pub…

As many of our members will be out for May Day activities, this weekend we just want to remind you all of a difference you can make year round for your branch and its members. Becoming an EIS Health and Safety Rep!👷‍♀️ More info on our website - eis.org.uk/health-and-saf…

The EIS believes that the Scottish Government should facilitate and put additional funding into schools so that they have the time and resources to address distressed, violent and aggressive pupil behaviour, and embed positive school culture and ethos. Learn more about the EIS manifesto on our website: eis.org.uk/policy-and-pub…

The EIS has for some time been concerned with a rise in disinformed and prejudicial narratives within society, and educational establishments. These harmful stories have real life impacts on our members, our learners, and our wider communities. Find out more and register: eis.org.uk/meetings-and-e…