Great speech from @eisunion.bsky.social president @acrosbie.bsky.social. Educationalists and trade unions say #StopTheWar and #CeasefireNow. #WelfareNotWarfare #EducatorsForPeace

I don't know how likely this unfolding is, but everyone should read it and decide for themselves. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. medium.com/@aletheisthe...

Lecturers at RGU are on strike today to protect jobs, stand up for quality education and oppose compulsory redundancies. Our members have been left with no other option but to take strike action to fight back against the University's cost cutting measures.

Lecturing staff at Robert Gordon University (RGU) have begun their first day of strike action in a determined effort to protect jobs, stand up for quality education and oppose compulsory redundancies. www.eis.org.uk/latest-news/...

"Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union until his re-election bid was defeated in January, would be the first leader in the NASUWT’s history to have never been a qualified teacher or lecturer." @theguardian.com What do people think? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

🇮🇱Israel has been quietly financing UK parliamentary staff, Declassified has found. This comes after we revealed that one in four British MPs had accepted funding from the Israel lobby. www.declassifieduk.org/how-israel-f...

I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @notredame.bsky.social. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...

Beautiful, powerful response to a cowardly act.

The latest atrocities are the grim reality of the Israeli government’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. States like the UK that continue to transfer arms to Israel are brazenly violating their obligation to prevent genocide & are deepening their complicity in this genocide.

Join us TOMORROW to protest cuts to instrumental music services in Midlothian. Make some noise in defence of IMT jobs and to support our young local musicians!

I’ve written about the US military’s return to Scotland and what it means in the developing context of the New Cold War as Scottish nationalism embraces of Atlanticism. For @jacobinmag.bsky.social.

Teachers are on their knees as the result of crippling workload pressures, that see them work on average 11 hours a week extra, unpaid. They need tangible progress now on tackling what are unfair, unhealthy and unsustainable levels of workload. www.eis.org.uk/latest-news/...

There are 22 days left for COSLA and the Scottish Government to meaningfully and collegiately commit to addressing workload. 3/3

(1/3) Despite the consistent efforts of the SNCT Teachers’ Panel over the past four years, there has been no proposal tabled by the Scottish Government and COSLA on reducing class contact time.

Please sign this. Protect the right to protest. email.amnestyuk.org.uk/c/12rNfIvWoa...

A vitally important message. Please take a few moments to email your MSPs, urging them to support Scottish education, and give ring-fenced funding to fulfil their manifesto commitments on teacher numbers. youtu.be/E3oHSBbtw7Q?...

Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...

“You need two flames burning in the human heart: the flame of anger against injustice, and the flame of hope you can build a better world” #TonyBenn

This week I saw… A student give up. A student try again. A student find success. I was there to witness, encourage, & occasionally inspire. Some heard & some did not. And next week I’ll do it again. This is the job. This is teaching. #teacherlife

This is a brilliant paper by @EducationScot . It gives me real hope that we are moving in a positive direction for curricular reform in Scotland. Worth a detailed read by all educators 👍

Set up a new X account to see what would happen in my feed if I were to join without networks. It was horrifying. Far right tropes, amplification of disinformation about Southport & immigration. I think the sooner schools move over here the better - we have to avoid promoting X to our young people.

The CEC budget situation is alarming. PLEASE take time to complete the consultation on the tourist tax. This could be a significant source of additional revenue that is desperately needed. There is a guide and link here www.eis.org.uk/edinburgh/bu...

An important warning about Bluesky, though I'm sure all of us have a healthy scepticism anyway. 👇🏻

What happens if you implement effective professional learning & teacher leadership for use of formative assessment through Teacher-led Learning Circles? Significant improvements in teachers’ confidence in & use of formative assessment with benefits for students. www.ei-ie.org/en/item/2920...

Blatant self-promotion alert. Two articles from me in the SEJ. sej.org.uk/oct2024/stop... sej.org.uk/oct2024/alla...

This. 👇🏻

#UnionStrong discussing ways to support #PublicEducation through rough times & #Twinning

ALL UNIONS ARE FACING EXISTENTIAL THREATS UNDER THE NEW ADMINISTRATION! If you are in a union or believe in the right to organize let’s follow each other. We need to come together! #1u #unionstrong #union

My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer. Morning.

Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘latibulate’, a 17th-century verb meaning to find a corner somewhere and hide in it.

CEC has launched public consultation on the proposed tourist tax, which will be live until 15 December. Make your voice heard that money spent on education is a priority. More info and a guide to answers here: www.eis.org.uk/edinburgh/bu...