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his week is Adult Learners’ Week, an annual opportunity to celebrate the value and pleasure of getting back into learning as an adult

Elected branch officers from UNISON branches across the Yorkshire and Humberside region came together in Sheffield over the weekend for the region’s annual branch officer training weekend. The weekend brings together activists from across the region to learn and develop skills together, as well as to help make new contacts and develop networks. UNISON Yorkshire […]

UNISON members gathered at a South Tyneside hotel to celebrate their achievement at the weekend residential school which marked the end of UNISON Northern Region’s ‘Return to Learn’ course. The fifteen week course was aimed at UNISON members who had not taken part in formal education for some time or who had not found the […]

UNISON South East Free Learning sessions are here! Why not sign up for a course today.

The webinar, presented by Abbey Dunn, talks about many valuable ways in which we can care for ourselves during lockdown. Identifying and managing stress Practical ways to improve […]

UNISON is urging MPs to highlight the urgent need for substantial investment in education and training for nurses and other healthcare staff.   The call comes ahead of a special debate later today (Wednesday) in Parliament on the future of nurse education funding that, the union says, has been severely hit by cuts.   The […]

Derby school support staff have voted overwhelmingly (nine to one) to accept the council’s latest offer, ending a 10-month dispute over pay and working time, says UNISON. Derby City Council had imposed changes last June that meant staff lost up to £6,000 a year, as their contracts were reduced from 52 to 44.5 weeks. Their […]

Organisations representing school staff, teachers and leaders – ATL, GMB, NAHT, NUT, UNISON and Unite – have updated the schoolcuts.org.uk website after publication of the government’s final National Funding Formula proposals to reflect the funding losses facing each school in England

"For schools to provide a safe environment for children, estates employees must be available on site […]

‘Hot, healthy, nutritious’ school meals are key to a child’s development, says union

UNISON launches scheme as part of its commitment to helping give young people hope for the future

She’s now looking forward to getting “stuck in and learning the ropes.” Sunny, ambulance worker Sunny […]

The flexible, modular training course covered the topics of UNISON’s structure, equality issues, recruitment, representation and employment law. The eight talented and committed women […]

UNISON urges the government to enforce the recommendations in the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee report swiftly.

Friday 26 August 2016 For immediate release Responding to the Local Government Association call for councils to have oversight of academy school finances, UNISON national secretary for education Jon Richards said: “UNISON has raised cases of suspected financial irregularity with the Department for Education, Education Funding Agency and the National Audit Office, all of which […]