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Skills for Life and the Union Role

16 Jan 2009, Gloucester
For alternative dates and locations please see left navigation.

This course will help union learning reps to encourage and support individuals and groups of members to improve skills for life.



Audience typeUnion reps
Start date16 Jan 2009
Duration3 Fridays from 16 January 2009
Location (region)Gloucestershire College - Gloucester Campus, Gloucester (South West Region)
StatusAvailable


This course will help union learning: - raise awareness at work - encourage and support individuals and groups of members to improve skills for life - understand what quality learning assurances members have a free entitlement to - find out how they can best work with skills for life specialists - find out the extent and boundaries of the ULR role - work with employers to get the best deal for members - work with providers to get the best deal for members

Course outline - Skills for life - the implications - Barriers to progression - Job or task analysis - The role of union learning reps - Preparing to interview members - Encouraging members - Finding out learning needs - Skills for life in the union - Working with employers - Working with providers
More information jrees@tuc.org.uk

Course provider and venue


Provider

Gloucestershire College - Gloucester Campus
Telephone 01452 532 000
Email david.james@gloscol.ac.uk

Venue

Gloucestershire College - Gloucester Campus Llanthony Road
Gloucester
GL2 5JQ

Venue website


Alternative dates and venues for the classroom based courses


December 8 Bradford
December 12 Liverpool
January 9 Bradford
January 23 Manchester
January 27 Preston
February 5 Plymouth
February 6 Wigan
February 20 Derby, Leicester
February 24 Hull
February 26 Nottingham
March 2 London
May 12 Bristol
June 3 Nottingham
June 12 Derby, Kettering, Leicester
September 9 Bradford

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Trades Union Congress and Learning and Skills Council Protocol

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Skills for Life

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