The EIS Anti-Racist Sub Committee advises the Equality Committee on race equality projects, policies and campaigns.
The following members will serve as co-opted members during the period 2020-2022:
Tony Adams (City of Glasgow College)
Sofia Akbar (Falkirk)
Khadija Mohammed (University of the West of Scotland)
Nuzhat Uthmani (Glasgow)
Chijioke Obasi (RESERVE) (University of the West of Scotland)
Thanks are due to the members who served during 2018-20, and who contributed much to the Institute’s anti-racist work: Wahid Ahmad, Mary Osei-Oppong and Daljit Sandhu.
The members of the Equality Committee who will serve on the Anti-Racist Sub Committee during the 2020-2021 session are:
Asif Chishti (Fife)
Allan Crosbie (Edinburgh)
Donny Gluckstein (Edinburgh College)
Andrew O’Halloran (Dumfries and Galloway)
Carolyn Ritchie (Glasgow)
The sub-committee’s current priorities include the development of an anti-racist poster campaign and training events, as well as supporting the integration of anti-racism into the curriculum and promoting the increased representation of BAME education professionals.
For more information contact Natalie Carroll.
Education Scotland is recruiting volunteer teachers and practitioners to form curriculum area collaboration groups as part of the next stage of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle.
Recruitment for remaining areas will commence in early 2025. Find out more:
As part of the EIS’s plans to launch the next phase of our PACT Programme & build upon the EIS’s anti-poverty work and equity related professional learning, we are seeking to recruit and train new EIS PACTivists in every Local Authority.
Find out more:
First day of #STUCWomen24 comes to a close after some brilliant and moving contributions. The EIS delegation will be back at conference tomorrow, representing our women members.
@DundeeEis Nicola, @EISGlasgow, speaking on Motion 35 - Support for the Forgotten Women of Afghanistan
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