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International Women's Day 2025: Next steps in the push for gender equality at colleges
Q&A with Lydia Rohmer - Principal of UHI North, West and Hebrides Thinking back to the time you joined Scotland’s college sector, how successfu...
International Women's Day 2025: A College Principal's Perspective on Women in Leadership
By Joanna Campbell Principal at Dumfries and Galloway College and Chair of the College Principals' Group International Women’s Day is a moment to...
International Day of Education: Fife College supports staff to deliver 'transformative' healthcare programme
Lucinda and Natalie with the 2024 Learning Places Scotland - Technology Transforming Learning, Teaching and Curriculum prize, which was awarded in r...
International Day of Education: Cutting-edge internships drive staff and student development at West College Scotland
By Gary Murray and Marc McJimpsey - Sport & Fitness Lecturers at West College Scotland In a pioneering initiative now entering its third consec...
Colleges announce AI training for staff to mark International Day of Education
Four colleges are helping educators boost their Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills, amid growing student demand for data learning. The workforce...
UK Disability History Month 2024: Inclusion drive at colleges 'making rapid progress'
Scotland’s colleges are making rapid progress towards creating fully inclusive workplaces for staff with disabilities, according to the leader of th...
UK Disability History Month 2024: Glasgow Kelvin College sets the pace on engagement with disabled staff
Doreen Shiels says her college is dedicated to creating an equitable workplace for all By Doreen Shiels Director of People and Culture, Glasgow...
UK Disability History Month 2024: Boosting inclusion and equal opportunity at Scotland's colleges
Scotland's colleges are working hard to support staff with disabilities By Gavin Donoghue, Director, College Employers Scotland In his preface t...
Early pay rise for college staff after employers back accelerated Real Living Wage increase
Annual salaries for directly employed college staff earning the Real Living Wage have jumped by more than £1,000 after a higher pay rate was brought i...
College employers and EIS-FELA formally ratify lecturer pay deal
College employers and the EIS-FELA trade union have today (Tuesday 3 September 2024) formally ratified a four-year pay award for lecturers. The agree...
Historic first as college support staff get their pay rise on time
Salary rises for college support staff will hit bank accounts as scheduled at the start of the new academic pay year - a first since the national proc...
Comment on the EIS-FELA Ballot Result
Commenting on the EIS-FELA ballot result, Gavin Donoghue, Director of College Employers Scotland, said: “Employers are pleased to see the EIS-FELA’s...