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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eisunion EIS @eisunion ·
12 Dec

Poverty invades every aspect of a young person’s life and cannot be left at the classroom door. The EIS supports the launch of CPAG’s School Shouldn’t Cost Manifesto and calls on the Scottish Government to end child and family poverty once and for all.

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12 Dec

Christina urges all EIS members to vote Yes-Yes in the statutory ballot✔️📮

Christina would use the extra time to keep up with admin and prepare resources for the ASN need in her classroom 🤩

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10 Dec

Current employer and trade union guidance for reducing teacher workload has not been effective – contractual changes are needed to guarantee workload reduction. Vote YES for the manifesto-promised contractual change, to less teaching time and more preparation time.

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9 Dec

The EIS has noted today’s flurry of education statistic releases from the Scottish Government, and highlighted that the figures confirm the Scottish Government’s failure to meet its commitments on the employment of additional teachers as a means to tackle excessive teacher…

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