UNISON Learning Café

27 June 2024 12:00pm–1:30pm

Have you seen the benefits of lifelong learning? Do you want to support members to engage with education? The Learning Café gives UNISON activists with an interest in learning and education an opportunity to come together alongside national member learning staff in a friendly, informal virtual setting via MS Teams.

New Union Learning Rep (ULR) online training Summer 2024

4 June – 2 July 2024

Introductory training for new UNISON learning reps. The course will be delivered online over MS Teams and will cover: the role of the UNISON learning rep how to find out what people want to learn – and how making the case for learning networking and making contacts advertising and communicating with members where to find […]

Advanced Employment Law – Sexual Harassment

3 July 2024 9:00am–4:00pm

This course is part of our expanding set of courses on discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.  It goes well with our course on sex discrimination law which covers flexible working issues and menopause discrimination. This one-day course works through a film and discusses how to interview a member sensitively, how to prove that sexual […]

Advanced Employment Law – Religion and Belief Discrimination

8 July 2024 9:00am–1:00pm

To add to our set of on-line courses looking at protected characteristics under the Equality Act, this new 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, […]

UNISON Online Stewards Course Summer 2024

3 June – 12 July 2024

Our online course for elected stewards delivers the same learning outcomes as the face-to-face Stage 1 + Stage 2 workplace representatives course combination.

Getting started with Mentoring Skills and Practice July 2024

24 July 2024 10:00am–1:00pm

  If you are interested in mentoring skills and want to find out more about it, then this course could be just the right place to start. Mentoring offers the potential to build and develop confidence. It offers techniques to work through a particular issue. It can act as a sounding board to help resolve […]

Organising for Health and Safety Online Summer 2024

12 – 16 August 2024

Our Organising for Health and Safety course is essential for new health and safety representatives. We are now offering an option whereby reps can complete the whole course in one week.  Our online course is delivered by experienced TUC tutors at West Thames College via Microsoft Teams. The closing date for applications is 29th July […]

Getting started with Mentoring Skills and Practice August 2024

21 August 2024 10:00am–1:00pm

  If you are interested in mentoring skills and want to find out more about it, then this course could be just the right place to start. Mentoring offers the potential to build and develop confidence. It offers techniques to work through a particular issue. It can act as a sounding board to help resolve […]

Branch Treasurer/OLBA Training Autumn 2024

10 September 2024 9:30am–1:00pm

This online half-day course delivered over Microsoft Teams is aimed primarily at recently appointed Branch Treasurers. The course will show in detail how to use the union’s online branch accounting system (OLBA), including: Recording receipts and payments Reconciling bank accounts Putting the branch’s budget onto OLBA Producing reports for committee meetings and AGMs Making necessary […]

Getting started with Mentoring Skills and Practice September 2024

11 September 2024 10:00am–1:00pm

  If you are interested in mentoring skills and want to find out more about it, then this course could be just the right place to start. Mentoring offers the potential to build and develop confidence. It offers techniques to work through a particular issue. It can act as a sounding board to help resolve […]