Learning and Skills policy update - August 2020
This edition of the newsletter includes updates on: the government's publication of A Plan for Jobs 2020, apprenticeships, the Industrial Strategy Council's skills report, Further Education and more...
Research into union learning
Unionlearn Annual Report 2020
Over the past year union learning has continued to open up learning opportunities to a diverse population. As ever, we are reaching out to individuals who have little or no access to learning and training from their employer and lack the confidence or means to use the formal education and skills system. At the same time unions are supporting skills...
Unionlearn seminar demonstrates how trade unions build skills
A seminar in March will highlight benefits of links between trade unions and skills and why they are a boost to jobs and productivity.
Unions
UNISON survey shows public service workers are ready to learn
A third of public service workers are worried they’ll lose their jobs due to technological innovation or government cuts, according to a UNISON survey published today.
Unions
Updates on the National Retraining Scheme and off-the-job training entitlement for apprentices
The latest edition of unionlearn’s policy newsletter includes an update on the ongoing development of the National Retraining Scheme and the recent rollout of the first phase of the scheme, the Get Help to Retrain online service. Other highlights include updates on recent measures by government to tighten up the regulation of apprentices’...
Unionlearn Annual Report 2019
Over the past year union learning has continued to open up learning opportunities to a diverse population. As ever, we are reaching out to individuals who have little or no access to learning and training from their employer and lack the confidence or means to use the formal education and skills system. At the same time unions are supporting skills...
Jun
21
2019
Getting involved in active ageing
Dr Chris Ball, research fellow at Newcastle University, talks about active ageing and his work delivering a project called ASPIRE with European partner organisations.
Training trends in Britain
This new analysis of workplace training trends was commissioned by unionlearn to inform the current policy debate about skills and workforce development.
The facts and figures of union learning
Unionlearn has published a new booklet that celebrates the achievements of union learning and unionlearn.
Unions
Feb
12
2019
A history of Lifelong Learning
The Trades Union Congress [TUC] has played a key role in the development of the British education and training system, particularly in the creation of comprehensive schools, the promotion of lifelong learning and the encouragement of vocational and adult education.