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The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) is the oldest teachers' trade union in the world, having been founded in 1847 when dominies became concerned about the effect of changes to the system of education in Scotland on their professional status.[1] [2] The EIS is the largest teaching union in Scotland, representing 80% of the country's teachers and lecturers. Шаблон:As of it has 56,342 members.[3]

General Secretaries

1910-1915: Samual Murray
1915-1922: Hugh Cameron
1922-1926: George Crossar Pringle
1926-1941: Tom Henderson
1941-1945: John Wishart
1945-1952: Alexander J. Belford
1952-1960: William Campbell
1960-1974: Gilbert Stewart Bryden
1974-1988: John D. Pollock
1988-1995: Jim Martin
1995-2012: Ronnie Smith
2012-2022: Larry Flanagan
2022-present: Andrea Bradley
Файл:Scottish Educational Journal June 21, 1979.jpg
A copy of the Scottish Educational Journal from 21 June 1979, in tabloid format.

Scottish Educational Journal

The Scottish Educational Journal (SEJ) is the magazine of the EIS, which has been appearing, formerly in tabloid format, since ca. 1917.

Fellowships

Since being granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria, it is the only union able to award degrees.[4] A recipient of the EIS degree is a Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland, denoted by the post-nominal FEIS.

An early example of such a degree (awarded in December 1847) was worded as follows:[5] Шаблон:Blockquote

Industrial action

Threats of industrial action by the EIS evoke memories for many of the long-running teacher strikes of the 1980s [6][7] During the 1984-86 industrial action almost 15 million pupil days were lost across Scotland.[8] It was a sustained campaign of industrial action in Scottish education in opposition to the Conservative Government. Larry Flanagan has described it as “the first time that any group of workers, anywhere in the UK, successfully stood firm in defiance of a concerted, ideologically driven attack by the Tory government.”[8]

External links

References

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  4. "1851 Queen Victoria granted a Royal Charter to the EIS. Membership at the time: over 1,800. Among the powers conferred on the EIS was the power to award a degree of "Fellow of the Institute". In 2007, the EIS remains the only trade union which awards degrees." Шаблон:Cite web
  5. Handwritten copy by John G. Smith, appended to his letter dated 28 Sep 1864 to Southland Provincial Council, New Zealand - Extracted from Southland Provincial Papers, SP 14 Immigration (at very end of Roll 32) held at Invercargill Public Library, Southland, NZ
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  8. 8,0 8,1 Шаблон:Cite web