Education and Skills
Lifelong learning on the Internet Print E-mail
Written by Derek McMillan   
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Unions have always been involved in education but the internet offers massive opportunities for integrating dispersed workforces and providing virtual learning environments. On a personal note older "silver surfers" like myself who are isolated from the movement by illness can make good use of the internet to keep active and keep in touch.
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Lifelong learning case study, Oticon, Lanarkshire Print E-mail
Written by Walton Pantland   
Thursday, 10 May 2007

A lifelong learning case study of a successful Amicus learning programme at Oticon, a hearing aid manufacturer in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

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Lifelong learning case study at Rolls Royce Inchinnan Print E-mail
Written by Walton Pantland   
Thursday, 10 May 2007
A case study detailing a successful Amicus learning programme currently in operation at a Rolls Royce factory in Scotland.
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Union Learning Representatives Research Report Print E-mail
Written by Alison Hollinrake   
Tuesday, 21 November 2006

This is the most extensive piece of research that has been done on Union Learning Representatives (ULRs) in the North West. In commissioning the research we and the North West Development Agency (NWDA) hoped to gain some useful insights into how the ULR role was developing and what we might do to support and develop ULRs who we see as a key factor in developing the union contribution to the regional skills agenda. The research has identified a number of interesting themes and provided us with a wealth of information on what ULRs currently do and their concerns. It has provided the TUC’s unionlearn with some very useful lessons and guidance that will make us better able to work with affiliates and stakeholders in the region.

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From Spearholders to Stakeholders Print E-mail
Written by TUC Organisation & Services Department   
Monday, 16 October 2006
This article outlines the history of union involvement in training from the neo-corporatism of the 1960/70s, through the voluntarism of the 1980/90s, to the present “post voluntary” era. It concludes that although there has been significant collective bargaining over training limits delivering the broad union learning agenda at the workplace. This will require the introduction of a statutory framework.
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