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Vital knowledge to help you and your colleagues survive in these challenging times Alongside our campaigning work, we want to help you to survive the coming months by accessing the advice, guidance and financial support that is available from our union, from the welfare state and from agencies across Wales. We also want to raise […]

ULearn is UNISON College’s annual learning magazine – celebrating learning and training from across the nations, regions, service groups, self-organised groups and national team. Enjoy reading about all the fascinating stories from our members and activists. And get ideas and inspiration to take the next step on your own learning and training journey! This year’s […]

What is a learning agreement? A learning agreement is a document that sets out in writing the commitments made by an employer and one or more unions, specifying how they will work together on learning issues. In some employers, there will already be an agreement in place. This may be a specific learning agreement or […]

Learning can be one of the most satisfying experiences there is. Whether it’s a lunchtime flower-arranging session or a year’s course in conversational Italian, learning for your own personal fulfilment can make as much of a difference in your life as learning for work. And in UNISON we believe that it’s just as important. You […]

What do we mean by motivation? We all have different reasons why we take a certain course of action. Before you embark on any type of study or training it’s important to establish what you want to achieve through it. It might be that you want to further your career or want to learn more […]

How do I prepare for an interview? Do some research – find out about the organisation, the department the role will be in and the role itself. This way you can discuss your experience […]

CV is short for Curriculum Vitae, which is a Latin phrase which loosely translated means ‘the course of my life’. A CV outlines […]

It might be your choice, or it might be something that circumstances have forced you to do.  You may be looking at a complete change of career. There […]

Remember they are your notes. Don’t be afraid to re-evaluate your note-taking system and change it if you think it isn’t working for you. Make use of technology. Investigate apps, such as […]

Why prioritise? Everybody puts things off sometimes, but keep putting things off and the work or study will pile up and begin to seem an insurmountable task. Delaying things to the last minute is also a cause of stress and stress can interfere with your ability to learn and to remember things. People have a […]