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Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association | |
Founded | 1944 |
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Headquarters | Edinburgh |
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Members | 7,205 [1] |
Key people | Stuart Hunter, President 2023 Seamus Searson, General Secretary 2015 -, Assistant General Secretaries, Fiona Dalziel, Euan Duncan, Iain Glennie |
Affiliations | STUC, EI |
Website | www.ssta.org.uk |
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association | |
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Motto | Capita Tria Unus Amimus |
Recorded in 1965 [2] |
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The SSTA is affiliated to the STUC [3] and Education International. [4]
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