Supporting the transformers in your workplace
A wide range of organisations are adopting new and more productive approaches to learning, development and skills through working with the National Education Union’s (NEU’s) Transformers Project.
National Education Union (NEU)
NEU members organise get together for Hampshire support staff
National Education Union members Donna Byrant and Jane Stringer from The Vyne Community School in Basingstoke saw their idea for a first ever Hampshire support staff conference become a reality this October.
TUC President to speak at Supporting Learners event in January
TUC President, and chair of the unionlearn board, Dr Mary Bousted will be speaking at the first in a series of Supporting Learners conferences being held in early 2017. The event will be held on Monday 16th January in Congress House, and is the first of a series of six Supporting Learners Conferences being held across the country. Dr Bousted is...
Unionlearn joins call for autumn statement investment in FE
More investment in further education and the teaching workforce is needed to meet the prime minister’s ambition for social mobility, organisations across the sector have urged the government ahead of next week’s autumn statement. In a joint letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, bodies representing further education staff, students and...
Unionlearn welcomes Dr Mary Bousted as new TUC President
Unionlearn welcomed the news that Dr Mary Bousted , General Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has been elected as the new President of the TUC. She was elected at General Council on the final day of the 148th Congress and takes over from UNISON Assistant General Secretary Liz Snape . She will serve in the role for a year,...
Union Women Officers Summer School inspires ideas and builds confidence
Each year TUC Education organises a Summer School for union women professionals. The summer school offers a unique opportunity to hear from senior women officers about their careers and experiences in the trade union movement, to share and discuss concerns with women MPs and to learn professional presentation skills. This year’s school ran from...
Pupils play brings history to life at Tolpuddle
Performing Arts drama students from a Somerset school are bringing the Tolpuddle story to life at this month’s festival in the small Dorset village. The students from Heathfield Community School in Taunton performed to packed audiences over three nights earlier in the year, and are performing...
ATL Launches new Union Learning Fund project
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) union officially launched its new Union Learning Fund Project for Round 17 this week. The launch event was held in London and a way for Union Learning Reps within ATL to find out about what was on offer to support them. The aim of the project is to support workforce development within further...
Feb
19
2016
10 years on: Nikki's union learning journey
In 2006, I was delighted to receive the TUC Union Learning Rep award whilst working in the financial sector. As my ten-year anniversary looms, I thought it might be a good time to reflect on where union learning has taken me in my career.
Jan
27
2016
Making a genuine difference to lives
I have been in the role of learning organiser for UNISON in the North West for 5 months. The main objectives are to recruit and develop union learning reps in our branches and to help our reps organise learning opportunities for members, through which we can meet our numeracy, literacy, IT and...