SSTA News
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3rd STUC LGBT Workers’ Conference – 17 / 18 May 2014
The STUC’s 3rd Annual LGBT Workers’ Conference will take place in the Stirling Highland Hotel over the period Saturday 17 / Sunday 18 May 2014. Any member who would be interested in being part of the delegation attending the Conference should contact the General Secretary by email info@ssta.org.uk by Friday 14 March.
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January 2014 Newsletter
The January 2014 edition of the SSTA Bulletin can be downloaded from SSTA January 2014 Newsletter. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to open the Bulletin. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader it can be downloaded from http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/.
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Obituary for David H Eaglesham
It is with deep regret that the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association announces the death of former General Secretary, David Eaglesham. David, aged 63, died peacefully in St Columba’s Hospice on Friday 31 January 2014 after a year long illness. David Eaglesham was the remarkable, ebullient and indefatigable General Secretary of the SSTA for a period…
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Salary Offer
The Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee has met and unanimously agreed to support the revised offer on the 1% + 1% Salary offer. The Committee took the view that there was nothing significantly different in the new offer that would cause a change of position. Moreover, the Committee rejected the need for any ballot…
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David Eaglesham
The SSTA with great sadness announces the death of their former General Secretary David Eaglesham, 1996 – 2008. Alan McKenzie, Acting General Secretary, today said: “David was an outstanding General Secretary of this Association, taking up office following the death of Alan Lamont. David brought to the post a sense of tirelessness and, sometimes in…
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Curriculum for Excellence Crisis in Confidence
The SSTA has today released interim figures following its survey on N4/N5 and the New Higher. The response to the survey has been overwhelming and it is for this reason that we have decided to issue an interim statement. Acting General Secretary Alan McKenzie said “We continue to be alarmed by the clear lack of…
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SPPA Consultation on draft regulations
Consultation on draft regulations to implement the new Scottish Teachers’ Pension Scheme with effect from 1 April 2015 The above consultation is available to view on the SPPA website and runs from 20 December 2013 to 16 February 2014. Comments can be made on-line by completing the questionnaire or by completing the printable consultation form…
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LGBT Curriculum Awareness
Today the SSTA welcomed Scottish Government’s invitation to it to set in motion a combined Action Plan to raise the awareness of the need to support LGBT young people in Scottish Schools. In particular, the SSTA would propose a partnership arrangement with groups representing LGBT young people, Education Scotland, GTCS and all teacher unions to…
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School Visits in Scotland
The SSTA today called for Scottish Government to provide specific funding to encourage schools to have a co-ordinated programme of school visits to places of Scottish cultural and historical interest. Alan McKenzie Acting General Secretary, said today “Many schools do this on a regular basis but rely on parents agreeing to meet the whole cost. …
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School Closure and Adverse Weather
Given the recent adverse weather conditions the SSTA calls on Scottish Government, local authority employers and independent school management to make careful scrutiny of their policies on adverse weather. Such scrutiny should involve answering the key question of what circumstances merit the closure of schools on the basis of “better safe than sorry”. Alan McKenzie,…