Equality: Anti-Racism

Promoting Equality in Education

Anti-Racist-Sub

Anti-Racist Sub-Committee 2024-26

The EIS Anti-Racist Sub Committee advises the Equality Committee on race equality projects, policies and campaigns.

The EIS Anti-Racist Sub Committee advises the Equality Committee on race equality projects, policies and campaigns. Its membership is drawn from the Equality Committee and also from among the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) members of the union.

The following members will serve as co-opted members during the period 2024-2026: 

  • Sara Akhtar (Scottish Borders)
  • Simone Coetser (Aberdeenshire)
  • Khadija Mohammed (University of the West of Scotland)
  • Janvier Nkurunziza (City of Glasgow College)
  • Nuzhat Uthmani (Glasgow)
 

The members of the Equality Committee who will serve on the Anti-Racist Sub Committee during the 2025-2026 session are:

 

  • Nicola Fisher (Glasgow)
  • Sunita Nayyer (South Lanarkshire)
  • Sharon Iddir (Fife)
  • Henry Kilgour (South Lanarkshire)
  • Damien Donnelly (Glasgow)
  • James McIntyre (East Dunbartonshire)
 

For more information contact Natalie Carroll.

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9 Oct

Looking for practical ways to challenge the impact of poverty in your school community and to reduce the cost of the school day? Read our anti-poverty guidance and see what you and your colleagues can do to ensure that all children and young people are fully included #CPW24…

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9 Oct

Despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world, the levels of child poverty in Scotland remain distressingly high. In 2025, more than one million people in Scotland are living in poverty – a figure that has barely shifted in the last twenty years. Around 80,000 Scottish…

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8 Oct

The experience and impact of poverty invade every aspect of a young person’s life and cannot be left at the classroom door. The EIS doesn’t accept that poverty is inevitable. We relentlessly challenge it as a political choice, using every means possible. #CPW25

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