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Union Learning Reps – ULRs

A Union Learning Rep (ULR) is the person at work who helps their colleagues to access the learning, training and development they need for work and life. Making colleagues aware of the learning opportunities available to them, and ensuring they’re all able to get the training they need for their jobs and careers, is the […]

Page on the UNISON Cymru/Wales site.

Why organise through learning?

When we talk about ‘organising’ in a trade union context, we’re talking about bringing people together around a shared concern to make positive changes and build the union’s power. Learning can be a great way to do that. Here’s why: It’s an obvious benefit that attracts people to join the union It can be a […]

Page on the UNISON College site.

How to access lockdown learning

One of the benefits of your UNISON membership is access to a whole host of free training and education

How to, Magazine on the Magazine site.

Learning for organising, organising for the future

The last few months have seen record numbers joining our union – members we’re glad to welcome. But we know that becoming a member is only half the story. If UNISON is to continue to grow and organise we need more active members to take up an activist role – if you’re interested in finding […]

Learning news on the UNISON College site.

Coronavirus: online learning update

Working through our learning and organising team. UNISON has compiled some of the best online resources for our health and safety reps. Some are particularly relevant to these times; some […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Supporting our reps and members online

Union learning and organising services offers web-based training for reps and learning opportunities for members

News on the UNISON National site.

Meet the new Lifelong Learning team in Southampton District Branch

Helen Capstick, ULR at Solent University I have been a member of UNISON since 2011 but have become more active in recent years when I took on the role of Union Learning Representative (ULR) at Solent University. I became a ULR as I wanted to use my skills to develop more informal learning sessions for […]

Article, News on the UNISON South East site.

ULR Carol Wilkinson talks helping members overcome barriers to learning

How long have you been a member of UNISON? I  became a UNISON member 14 years ago when I started working in my daughters’ school as both teaching assistant and midday supervisor, when I moved to EDF Energy I transferred my membership and I was able to be more involved with helping our members within […]

Article, News on the UNISON South East site.

Mindfull to Mindful Colouring Lunch & Learn

One of our brilliant SE Union Learning Reps recently ran a “Mindfull to Mindful Colouring Lunch & Learn” – read their account here: “My first lunch and learn session as a URL was for a colouring session linked to Mindfulness and mental wellbeing. I arranged for 2 sessions on consecutive weeks to give those attending […]

Article, News on the UNISON South East site.

Hampshire branch delivers on Challenging Behaviour in Schools

For some time, Hampshire UNISON has been raising the subject of challenging and often violent behaviour towards school support staff across the county. A branch-wide survey was undertaken in 2017 which discovered that violent behaviour and challenging behaviour in schools was on the rise. School support staff work in incredibly challenging conditions, many of them […]

Article, News on the UNISON South East site.