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9 May 2012
Skills and apprenticeships for the Built Environment Sector
Can the built environment sector expand to provide much greater employment? Will this be sustainable and quality employment? What are the skills implications? How will young people enter the sector and build careers? And how can quality apprenticeships be delivered?

5 March 2012
Unions offer leadership on green skills
Trade unions are key to delivering the skills for a green economy, an audience of trade unionists heard in Taunton yesterday. Policy Officer Richard Blakeley told the conference that trade unions are pressing the case for investment in green skills within government, in localities, in the workplace and forming innovative new partnerships to deliver green skills and jobs.

2 March 2012
Green Skills Manifesto 2012
The Greener Jobs Alliance was established to advocate a coherent approach to deliver green jobs and skills in the UK. The founding members of the GJA are the University and College Union, Trades Union Congress, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, National Union of Students, People & Planet, and the Institute of Public Policy Research.

23 January 2012
Wanted: climate heroes of the future!
Unionlearn is a partner to TUC affiliate Prospect's initiative to deliver the ‘Environmental Science' competition for under 19 year old college students at UK Skills 2012.

17 January 2012
Asset Skills - Green Deal Skills update
In preparation for the launch of Green Deal, the Government's flagship policy for improving energy efficiency within the built environment, Asset Skills is raising awareness of the following:

16 January 2012
TUC Green reps survey 2012 – take part now!
The Labour Research Department (LRD) is carrying out a new green reps national survey on behalf of the TUC and trade unions across the UK. We would be grateful if you could complete this questionnaire as soon as possible.

9 January 2012
Green Skills events early this year
Unionlearn have committed to promoting the opportunities that a low carbon economy will bring workers, particularly around learning and skills. We are working with a number of partner organisations to do this. These three events over the next few months give you a flavour of the work we're doing and the work of others we wish to promote.

31 October 2011
Skills investment a TUC seminar - UPDATE
At a time when the government is significantly reducing public investment in skills, there is a greater imperative on private investment from employers and individuals.

21 October 2011
TUC's unionlearn says 'greener workplaces make economic sense' as it calls on Midlands employers to green their workplaces
Unionlearn, the TUC's learning and skills organisation, is calling on employers in the Midlands to make their workplaces greener. Speaking at the Skills for Greener Industries conference hosted by Stephenson College, Tom Wilson, unionlearn director, will explain the work done by Green Reps (trained by TUC Education) to achieve energy savings and huge cost benefits for their employers. The conference will also focus on the importance of green skills in the region for future job creation.

5 October 2011
on display: World class skills, world class science
Prospect, the union for over 34,000 engineering and science specialists in government and the private sector says it is proud to have organised the first ever union-led competition at WorldSkills London 2011 event this week at the ExCel Centre in London.