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 […]
Community march planned for 15 May
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 […]
As a trade union we can negotiate time off to participate in our democracy and we have long standing […]
How long have you been a member of UNISON? I joined as soon as I started work, aged 17, so about 15 years ago. I first started my working career in the NHS as a nursery nurse at the Southampton General Hospital, and then four years ago I transferred my membership over when I […]
Zooming into homes across the South West, our regional education team have trained 107 new workplace representatives so far this year.
Cash-strapped school support staff are using their own money to help pupils and their families cope with the cost-of-living crisis, says UNISON today (Friday). A UK-wide union survey of more than 6,000 school workers reveals staff – including teaching assistants, catering and cleaning workers, librarians and sports coaches – are buying food for hungry pupils, and contributing towards the cost of […]
UNISON’s annual celebration highlights the amazing work that school support staff do, every day, around the country. They are the caterers, the admin staff, the […]
Members at the Victoria Education Centre voted for action by 97% in an 81% turnout
The survey also found that 75% of secondary school staff say their school has introduced face coverings for staff in class. An even higher number […]
Westminster government’s testing priority list only includes ‘teachers’ for education in England, forgetting the rest of the education team
The favourite for Labour deputy leader tells UNISON’s women’s conference why lifelong learning is key
But voters should be wary of cynical pledges and gimmicks.
Harpur Trust v Brazel & UNISON clarifies the legal position ensuring all workers are entitled to a minimum of 28 days paid […]
Pressure on schools and NHS staff to tackle crime is deflecting attention from failure to fund services adequately, union says
