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Quick Links: Book Webinars on Eventbrite Register for e-Learning Become a Union Learning Rep with your branch UNISON College in Cymru Wales All UNISON Members across the UK can access exclusive courses, bursaries, financial support, special events and e-learning platforms from UNISON College. Find out what you can do today! Upcoming courses & events for […]

Page on the UNISON Cymru/Wales site.

Maths Anxiety webinar part 4 – Taking learning into practice

Date
14 October 2020 10:00am–11:30am
Location
Online event

We have secured funding through the Inclusive Learning Project in the South East for a four week online course hosted by the National Numeracy Project. This is a project which aims to advance maths in the workplace; there is absolutely no maths tutoring/ training or learning involved. The purpose of the sessions are to understand anxiety around and […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

Maths Anxiety webinar part 3 – How to implement a numeracy project

Date
7 October 2020 10:00am–11:30am
Location
Online event

We have secured funding through the Inclusive Learning Project in the South East for a four week online course hosted by the National Numeracy Project. This is a project which aims to advance maths in the workplace; there is absolutely no maths tutoring/ training or learning involved. The purpose of the sessions are to understand anxiety around and […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

Maths Anxiety webinar part 2 – An attitudinal approach: value, belief and persistence

Date
30 September 2020 10:00am–11:30am
Location
Online event

We have secured funding through the Inclusive Learning Project in the South East for a four week online course hosted by the National Numeracy Project. This is a project which aims to advance maths in the workplace; there is absolutely no maths tutoring/ training or learning involved. The purpose of the sessions are to understand anxiety around and […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

Maths Anxiety webinar part 1 – Numeracy Issues in the UK

Date
23 September 2020 10:00am–1:30pm
Location
Online event

We have secured funding through the Inclusive Learning Project in the South East for a four week online course hosted by the National Numeracy Project. This is a project which aims to advance maths in the workplace; there is absolutely no maths tutoring/ training or learning involved. The purpose of the sessions are to understand anxiety around and […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

Schools support staff central to safe return to schools

School support staff will be central to the success of the full return to schools in September and Welsh Government’s operation guidance must reflect this, says UNISON.

Uncategorized on the UNISON Cymru/Wales site.

Staffing, safety and vulnerable children must be priority for schools’ return

Responding to plans published today (Thursday) by the government for the full return of schools from September, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Everyone wants all children to return to the classroom as soon as possible. There are still issues, though, around staffing and safety. “Test and trace must get a whole lot better for social […]

Article, News on the UNISON East Midlands site.

Domestic Abuse and UNISON webinar

Date
7 July 2020 11:00am–12:00pm
Location
Online event

The aims of this webinar are to equip activists with information and confidence when responding to member issues around Domestic Abuse By the end of the webinar, participants should: – Develop an understanding of domestic abuse and the forms it takes – Consider how it can affect members at work – Identify ways to provide […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

Union Learning Rep Network Forum

Date
25 June 2020 2:00pm–3:00pm
Location
Online event

This forum is open to all Union Learning Reps and Education Co-ordinators across the region. What will this forum cover? To discuss the learning offers provided by UNISON for all members Taking learning online; free online learning offers and providers ULR training, dates and opportunities Opportunity to raise any questions and concerns How to attend […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

Open University Mental Health Awareness webinar

Date
3 July 2020 10:00am–1:00pm
Location
Online event

Open University will be delivering this course, open to all members within the South East. What will this course cover? Discuss facts about mental health and mental health problems Challenge myths and misconceptions Explore public attitudes and stigma Understand social and medical responses to medical distress Explore what might be helpful to promote mental health […]

Event on the UNISON South East site.

Wellbeing webinar

Date
10 July 2020 11:00am–12:00pm
Location
Online event

Join us for an hour long webinar focussing on your wellbeing during Covid-19. Free to UNISON members, 50 places available How to attend Simply email educationse@unison.co.uk with your membership number and the title of the event. Spaces are limited, so apply today! Outcome

Event on the UNISON South East site.

UNISON’s Campaign for Safety Reps in Schools Gets off to Flying Start

UNISON’s campaign for union safety representatives in schools has got off to a great start.  School support staff members and local UNISON contacts have begun actively finding out about the union safety rep role.  Within a couple of hours of the launch a teaching assistant in Nottingham, had come forward as a safety rep. Louisa Wass-Griffiths, UNISON […]

Article, News on the UNISON East Midlands site.

HE employers announce 2020 pay freeze proposal

UNISON and the joint higher education trade unions have expressed say they’re “extremely disappointed” at a proposal to freeze pay for higher education support staff

Article on the UNISON National site.

Let’s talk self-care – Wellbeing Webinar

Throughout the current Covid-19 national emergency, we’re seeing once more the importance of learning for people’s wellbeing and mental health. UNISON South East’s Regional Learning and Development Organiser, Abbey Dunn, and Area Organiser, Vicki Gibbs, have developed an hour long wellbeing webinar for all members within the South East. It is vital that we look […]

Article on the UNISON South East site.

Support staff have little confidence in government school safety plans, says UNISON

An overwhelming majority of school support staff don’t feel reassured by government claims that English schools are safe to open to more pupils from the beginning of June, according to a UNISON survey published today (Friday). Only 2% of employees felt reassured by the Prime Minister saying it was safe to open schools more widely from 1 June. Almost all staff (96%) felt ministers hadn’t put […]

Article on the UNISON Northern site.