Created on: 30 Jun 2026
The EIS has lodged a new dispute with City of Glasgow College (CoGC) over the management style and institutional culture within the college.
The EIS believes that the culture and ethos of CoGC is having a detrimental impact on the health, wellbeing, professionalism, operational effectiveness and morale of lecturing staff.
Commenting, EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley said, "In lodging this new dispute with City of Glasgow College, the EIS is acting in the best interests of staff and students within the college.
"Our members within the branch at CoGC, and the EIS as an education trade union, have significant concerns that the management and organisational culture at the college are having a detrimental impact on staff, with worrying consequences for their health and wellbeing.
"This is not conducive to a good working environment for staff, and has significant implications for the learning experience of students."
Ms Bradley added, “We have had significant problems and concerns with the City of Glasgow College over several years – leading to several disputes and previous industrial action as well as our current industrial action to protect welding lecturers' health & safety.
"Things have come to a head at the College that lead us to believe that the College’s management style is adversely affecting lecturing staff and attacking the EIS Branch, which represents staff at the College.”
"Furthermore, the EIS believes that the College, as a public body, does not fully implement Fair Work, as expected by the Scottish Government, as many staff do not feel that they are treated fairly, with dignity and trust.”
An emergency meeting of the EIS branch within the college, held yesterday, gave its support to the lodging of the dispute, which has been formally lodged with the college.
The formal dispute lodged with the college highlights the EIS’s significant concerns that the management style, institutional culture, ethos, and decisions at the City of Glasgow College are having a detrimental effect on the health, wellbeing, professionalism, operational effectiveness, and morale of lecturing staff.
The EIS also remains in dispute with CoGC over Health & Safety provisions for lecturers and students undertaking welding at the college’s Riverside campus, with strike action by welding lecturers currently ongoing.