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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...
College employers improve pay offer for lecturers after additional government funding
College employers have offered an improved pay award to lecturers after Scottish Government ministers guaranteed additional funding for the fourth yea...
Statement on suspension of this week's EIS-FELA college strikes
Commenting on the suspension of this week's EIS-FELA college strikes, a College Employers Scotland spokesperson said: “We are pleased that this week’...
Comment on EIS-FELA announcement of new strike dates
Commenting on the EIS-FELA's announcement of new strike dates, Gavin Donoghue, Director of College Employers Scotland (CES), said: “It is deeply regre...
Comment on EIS-FELA ballot result
College employers have reacted with dismay to news that the lecturer’s trade union, the EIS-FELA, has announced a mandate for six more months of strik...
College employers urge the EIS-FELA to let its members have a say on pay
College employers have urged the EIS-FELA trade union to let its members vote on a pay offer, as figures suggest only around a quarter of lecturers ar...