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17 September 2025 9:00am–4:30pm
It can be difficult to recognise when members have a realistic chance of proving race discrimination and activists may lack confidence in this area. This course will give practical skills for discussing members’ concerns and recognising potential cases. More generally, it will build skills of interviewing members and analysing evidence which can be applied to […]
24 September 2025 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 […]
1 October 2025 12:00pm–1:30pm
Aimed at UNISON activists, this online workshop will focus on how learning agreements can help engage with members and employers. It will introduce how a learning agreement can work and will explore how it can form part of an organising plan or project across any sector. By the end of the session participants will have: […]
8 September – 17 October 2025
Our online course for elected stewards delivers the same learning outcomes as the face-to-face Stage 1 + Stage 2 workplace representatives course combination.
7 October 2025 9:30am–1:00pm
Online via Microsoft Teams
Introductory training for new UNISON learning reps.
5 November 2025 10:00am–1:00pm
This session will focus on how to set up a mentoring scheme in your branch. There will be a brief introduction to mentoring, along with some practice and then some action and planning around how to get started. This is a pilot so it might be subject to review and update throughout the year. […]
11 November 2025 10:00am–11:30am
Aimed at UNISON activists, this online workshop will focus on how learning agreements can help engage with members and employers. It will introduce how a learning agreement can work and will explore how it can form part of an organising plan or project across any sector. By the end of the session participants will have: […]
13 November 2025 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 […]
11 November 2025 10:00am–1:00pm
An online course delivered via Microsoft Teams for recently elected Branch Welfare Officers
18 November 2025 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 […]
