Welcome to the South East Education webpage. The 2024 Course Programme is here! We are running a full programme of courses in 2024 which include a mixture of online and classroom-based to make learning accessible to all. From Stewards training and follow-on courses to learning for members including handling stress, bullying and harassment, recruitment […]
Courses for women Women's Officer Passport If you have recently been elected as the Branch Women's […]
If you have recently become a UNISON Steward or workplace representative, you are probably feeling slightly anxious about what you have let yourself in for. Don’t panic! UNISON South East have put together a 17-day programme of training, which we recommend for all new Stewards, and for which your employer should give you paid time off work […]
Don't panic! UNISON South East have put together a 14-day programme of training which we recommend for all new Health and Safety reps, and for which your employer should give you paid time off work to […]
Today, we publish the league table for England’s 533 Parliamentary constituencies – every one of which stands to lose out from the […]
This year, the Branch Officer Training weekend is taking place at the Hilton at Ageas Bowl in Southampton and the following courses will […]
Facilities manager for Solent NHS Trust, based at St James’s Hospital in Portsmouth. How long have you been a UNISON […]
UNISON South East was delighted last month to organise two inspirational CPD day’s for over 250 people at the Thinking Schools Academy Trust (TSAT). With separate days at Portsmouth and Medway, this was a fantastic opportunity to bring together school support staff from across the trust’s 14 different schools. UNISON organisers delivered interactive, wellbeing-focused workshops […]
‘Staying Strong – Managing Stress’ can be delivered over a lunch break, before or after work, or as a longer, ½ day course. It looks at identifying the causes of stress and […]
I completed my stage one training in Guildford alongside other new but very keen and enthusiastic ULR’s. I wasn’t ‘active’ in the union […]
UNISON is a union of women, over 1 million of them working across the public and private sectors delivering quality public services. Our women members are in all professions, catering assistants, nurses, midday supervisors, librarians, cleaners, social workers and cooks amongst a wide variety of jobs. A large proportion of our women members are low […]
The day was packed with information, with lots of opportunities for TAs to share knowledge and experience. I am happy that […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vicki Gibbs, Area Organiser for education and equalities, organised the event, and spoke about the ‘many joys’ of lifelong […]
