At the end of 2014 unionlearn conducted a survey of union reps engaged in supporting learning at work to get an up-to-date picture of their activities in the workplace, including the main opportunities and challenges that they identified in promoting the union learning agenda. The survey was undertaken online and the data collected using Survey Monkey.

People were invited to respond if they were an existing union learning rep (ULR) or another kind of union rep involving a role in supporting learning and skills in the workplace. In addition people were invited to respond if they had been a ULR or a union rep involved in supporting learning and skills in the past but had since given up the role.