Policy & Research Centre

BECTU reps courses

• Building the Organised Workplace
• Effective Communication Skills
• Introduction to employment law
• Negotiation skills
• one day Induction
• Representing your Members

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UK union rep network

• Activist Academy Centres of Excellence are open for business!
• Unions celebrate 10th anniversary of TUC Organising Academy

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TUC skills Policy

• Raising the bar: What next for the early childhood education and care workforce?
• TUC welcomes Government commitment to more public sector apprentices

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TUC regional courses

• TUC Education in the Northern region
• TUC Education in the Southern and Eastern region
• TUC Education in the North West region

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Chartered Institute for personnel & Development (CIPD)

• Recruitment takes SAFER option
• Black women paid more than white women, figures show
• CBI predicts unemployment will hit three million

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Links to help you advise BECTU members

• Careers Information & Guidance
• Film TV & Radio courses
• Theatre & Live Event Courses

News from Unionlearn

• Unions see learning as a route to equality at North West Women's Conference
• Dartford MP Howard Stoate sees unions tackle learning
• POA union learning conference gets a northern flavour

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openlearn from Open University

• OpenLearn Scotland launches
• OpenLearn wins award
• Free study units for Adult Learners' Week

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Guardian Education

• Cross-country comeback chills China's schoolchildren as winter looms
• Diploma in engineering will be accepted at Oxbridge
• Striking French teachers labelled 'outdated'

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BBC Education

• Confusion over GCSE print error
• Nobel call for education action
• Grants company loses its contract

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LSC

• LSC appoints new service provider for Learner Support services - 19 November
• Launch of the National Skills Academy for Sport and Active Leisure
• Capital Skills Prospectus launched - 18 November

more learning & skills council