The affected schools were built with “crumbly” reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from the 1960s to […]
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- Date
- 22 – 23 August 2023
- Location
- Teesside University
Closing date: noon Tuesday 15 August Date: Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 August Time: 9:30-16:30 This course is aimed at reps within Higher Education but open to reps from other branches. Overview Every five years UNISON expects our reps to participate in a training course during which you will have the opportunity to learn about […]
- Date
- 20 July 2023 5:30pm–7:15pm
- Location
- TBC
The Young Members Forum represents young members at a regional level, helping to develop campaigns and inform policy.
As school budgets reach breaking point, there are inevitable consequences for the quality of education being […]
Independent analysis, commissioned by UNISON, shows the cumulative effect on each pupil of Conservative cuts to school funding
The judgement reaffirmed that the NJC unions (GMB, UNISON and Unite) have exclusive bargaining rights for school support staff. It also explicitly stated that, in future, the NEU should take no […]
The couple experienced similar stress and anxiety all over again, when it came time for their youngest, O, to transition between nursery and primary school: a delay in receiving his diagnosis and […]
- Date
- 3 July 2023
- Location
- Online - MS Teams
Online workshop on improving UNISON member recruitment.
Ms Powell added: “The next step is to re-establish proper national pay bargaining in the sector to address the years of low pay that has seen pay in further education colleges fall […]
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 […]
- Date
- 8 November 2022 9:30am–1:00pm
- Location
- Online
About the webinar This course is aimed at school support staff and delivered by the Open University. The day covers: what autism is symptoms of autism areas of difficulty supporting children with autism Closing date 5pm Monday 31 October Oops! We could not locate your form. Outcome
- Date
- 19 October 2022 1:30pm–5:00pm
- Location
- Online
About the webinar The workshop is aimed at school support staff and delivered by the Open University. The day covers: understanding behaviour cycles methods of recording behaviour reflecting on what happens in a crisis strategies, tips and techniques for dealing with challenging behaviour Closing date 5 pm Tuesday 11 October Oops! We could not locate […]
- Date
- 10 – 11 October 2022
- Location
- UNISON Northern, 140 - 150 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6TH
Note This is a two day course and learners must attend both days to complete the course. About the training The course will help you: Understand the H&S reps role; Carry out the H&S reps duties; Be more effective in the role; Understand the key rights of health and safety reps; Recognise the employers responsibilities […]
- Date
- 30 November 2022 10:15am–12:45pm
- Location
- Online
About the webinar To support World Suicide Prevention Day on Monday 10 September UNISON are running this workshop for UNISON members facilitated by Cruse Bereavement Care. There is no single or right way to respond to a suicide. Recognising the individual circumstances are an important part of any support given to those bereaved by suicide. […]