Skills for Life
Skills for Life
Skills for Life are the skills that we all need to be able to do our jobs, run a home, manage our money and enjoy a social life.
That includes the ability to read, write, speak English and use maths.
Unions are pushing these skills to employers as vital for the learning opportunities of workers, their careers and the efficiency of businesses and services.
In this section you can find information on:
- Skills for life Advocates
- Case studies
- Publications
- Useful documents
17 June 2008
Don't lose the momentum ...
To celebrate the successes of LAW Day 2008 Campaign for Learning have two awards they will be launching for the first time. The deadline for entries is 7 July.
2 June 2008
ALW 09, date for the diary - New dates
For early information, Adult Learners' Week 2009 will be held a week in advance, 9-15 May 2009.
2 June 2008
Second Life for Doctor Who as unionlearn launches Quick Read in 3-D virtual world
Terrance Dicks, one of the original screen writers of Doctor Who, recently launched his Quick Read, Revenge of the Judoon, in the virtual world of Second Life™. This is the first virtual launch of a Quick Read book and was hosted by unionlearn, the TUC's learning and skills organisation, on Union Island, the online community for international trade unionists in virtual reality.
22 May 2008
Trade unions nurse learning aspirations on Learning at Work Day in Southampton General Hospital
Union learning reps from UNISON, RCN, UCATT and Unite are organising a range of events aimed at encouraging Southampton General Hospital staff back into education on Learning at Work Day (Thursday 22 May). The day, which is dedicated to learning in workplaces is part of Adult Learners' Week (17-23 May). Funding for the events was provided by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) through unionlearn (the TUC's learning and skills organisation).
Southern and Eastern
22 May 2008
Kent firefighters all fired up for Learning at Work Day
Kent firefighters will be celebrating Learning at Work Day (Thursday 22 May) with a range of educational activities. Part of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) union learning initiative, they will join Fire Brigade stations and workplaces across five counties in the south.
Southern and Eastern
22 May 2008
Newham Borough road sweeper scoops up regional learning award
Newham Borough union learning rep (ULR) and UNISON member, Patrick Hand will today (Thursday 22 May) receive an award for his learning at the London regional NIACE Adult Learners' Week Awards. The award is the 'unionlearn SERTUC Award for Promoting Workplace Learning' and will be presented by Barry Francis, unionlearn Regional Manager at a ceremony held at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies in central London.
Southern and Eastern
21 May 2008
Elstree laboratory tests out learning at work
Staff at Bio Products Laboratory (BPL) in Elstree will be celebrating Learning at Work Day (Thursday 22 May) by organising a whole range of activities in the workplace, aimed at making learning fun. Union learning reps from Unite the Union will be helping people to tackle their literacy and numeracy problems through running Sudoku and crossword competitions. A version of popular TV favourite ‘Countdown' will also be run to test people's skills with numbers and spelling.
Southern and Eastern
21 May 2008
Trade union PCS brings Adult Learners' Week celebration to Cambridge
The Government Office for the East of England in Cambridge is celebrating Adult Learners' Week (17-23 May) with a host of stimulating activities. The theme for the week is ‘Being Healthy' and the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is focusing on self-knowledge, effective communication, healthy eating, exercise and growing organic products.
Southern and Eastern
21 May 2008
Firefighters sail into Adult Learners Week
Last weekend Fire Brigades Union members (FBU) cruised into Adult Learners Week with a Royal Yacht association accredited Sailing course level 1/ 2. The course took place at Holyhead in North Wales and highlights the wide range of courses being taken up through the project funded by unionlearn (The TUC's learning and skills organisation).
North West
20 May 2008
All Aboard the Learning Bus!
As part of Adult Learners week, Congress TV visited Metroline to jump aboard its Learning Bus to see how adult learning can turn around the lives of union members. Watch the video at http://www.congresstv.tv/
