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Jan
12
2022
Unions promoting learning in challenging times
As the new year begins, trade unions are continuing to do their utmost to support workers in the face of wide-ranging challenges arising from the pandemic.
Mar
17
2021
Keeping the union learning banner flying
As most of you will know, the Union Learning Fund finishes at the end of March following over two decades supporting hundreds of thousands of workplace learners across the country.
Mar
12
2021
Mar
11
2021
Health and ESOL
For all of us, our ability to deliver our job confidently is intrinsically linked to our ability to read, write, speak and listen in English.
Mar
10
2021
Citizen Literacy
Citizen Literacy came about through years of experience creating Adult Literacy resources for students with very basic of literacy abilities.
Mar
09
2021
ESOL in Health and Care: listening to practitioners in advising Health Education England
My first teaching job was with International House in Milan, when you still needed ‘permission to stay’ (and to work) in Italy and blimey, those days are back.
Mar
08
2021
International Women’s Day
Once upon a time … we believed that words had great powers. Written or spoken, blessings and curses could heal and harm; spells could transform us. As a society, we’ve lost our belief in magic. But words still have the power to change our lives.
Feb
19
2021
Unions Build the Future during #NAW2021
Unionlearn’s National Apprenticeship Project Officer Mark Rowe discusses how unions have been engaging with this years National Apprenticeship Week...
Feb
12
2021
Why we must keep the 20% off the job training
Mark explains why we must keep the 20% off the job training for apprentices...
Feb
01
2021
TUC’s ambitions for the Green Jobs Taskforce
Paul Nowak is TUC Deputy General Secretary and recently became a member of the governments new Green Jobs Taskforce...