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3 – 6 March 2026
This course will be delivered online via MS Teams over four consecutive morning sessions on Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th, Thursday 5th and Friday 6th March 2026 from 9am – 1pm. This is a particularly demanding course and only suitable for reps and branch officers with considerable practical experience of both employment law and casework. The […]
24 March 2026 9:00am–1:00pm
This half-day course is part of our expanding set of courses on discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. It looks at the protection against discrimination in relation to ‘gender reassignment’ and the limitations of that protection in terms of gender identity generally. As well as covering what ‘gender reassignment’ might mean under the Act, the course […]
7 – 8 April 2026
Online via Microsoft Teams
An intermediate level course for those with some experience and knowledge of MS Excel who are interested in building up their skills.
This course will be delivered on Teams and it will take place over two morning sessions:
Tuesday 7th April 2026 – 9:30am to 13:00pm
Wednesday 8th April 2026 – 9:30am to 13:00pm
15 April 2026 9:30am–12:30pm
Online via Microsoft Teams
This course will take you through ten different aspects of Excel that will take the functionality of your spreadsheets to a new level. Each lesson is around 20 minutes long, and they range from ways to make your page look nicer with professional formatting tips, to gathering data that is easier to analyse, to building […]
13 May 2026 9:00am–1:00pm
This half-day course is part of our expanding set of courses on discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. It looks at the protection against discrimination in relation to sexual orientation. It covers how to interview a member sensitively; what constitutes legal harassment in this particular context including issues of ‘outing’ a worker and making false assumption; […]
15 May 2026 9:30am–12:30pm
Online via Microsoft Teams
In Excel, the LOOKUP functions let you search for a value by using another piece of data. For instance, you may want to find someone’s pay scale, by searching on their name.
Once mastered, the LOOKUP functions are powerful tools that will make your spreadsheets much more useful.
20 – 22 May 2026
It can be difficult to recognise when members have a realistic chance of proving disability discrimination and activists may lack confidence in this area. This course will give practical skills for discussing the matter with members and recognising possible cases. More generally, it will build skills of interviewing members and analysing evidence which can be […]
23 September 2026 9:00am–1:00pm
Looking at protected characteristics under the Equality Act, this half day course will talk about discrimination on the basis of religion or philosophical belief. The session will cover direct discrimination against workers because of their religion; the position when workers need time off for religious Sabbaths, holidays or prayers; free speech and the limits to […]
11 November 2026 9:00am–1:00pm
A recent addition to our set of on-line courses looking at protected characteristics under the Equality Act, this half day course will talk about discrimination on the basis of age. This half day age discrimination course will look at the meaning of ‘age’ under the Equality Act; the unique defence to direct age discrimination; and […]
17 November 2026 9:00am–4:00pm
It can be difficult to recognise when members have a realistic chance of proving sex discrimination and activists may feel unconfident in this area. This course will give practical skills for discussing the matter with members and recognising possible cases. More generally, it will build skills of interviewing members and analysing evidence which can be […]
