Unionlearn welcomes the publication of making apprenticeships more accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises a Department for Business sponsored review by Jason Holt Unionlearn welcomes the ...

As well as your job at ATL, you have chaired Unionlearn since September. What is that? Unionlearn is the TUC's learning and skills organisation, which aims to help unions encourage learning among ...

A much-trumpeted funding boost for workplace learning was branded “fraudulent spin” after a hidden cutback to funding was unearthed. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a £30m for “an historic ...

In light of the announcement today (Thursday) that the government is to press ahead with their proposed loans scheme for FE students over the age of 24, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: In ...

A UNION-LED workplace training scheme which the Tory government wants to abolish gives a return of almost £13 for every £1 it costs, a TUC-commissioned study revealed today. The government plans to ...

Mention the words "union" and "bargaining agenda" and most people think of pay. But unionlearn, the TUC's learning and skills organisation, is helping unions to challenge employers to invest in ...

Trade unions have long bargained for better pay and conditions for their members, but a new item is now high on their agenda - better education. This October, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) signed a ...

Campaign group ITF Women C190 call for a full investigation DEVELOP a successful union-organised workplace skills training scheme using “pump-priming” government funding. Win co-operation and support ...

The head of the TUC’s new workplace learning initiative has called on employers to put aside their reluctance about working with trade unions and get involved with the project. Liz Smith, director of ...

EDUCATION Secretary Gavin Williamson has enraged trade union chiefs by pulling the plug on a £12 million annual taxpayer handout. The Unionlearn scheme was set up in 1998 and claims to help train ...

Quick Reads is looking for trade union members to write stories for a Quick Read book to be published for World Book Day 2010. A competition is being launched in conjunction with the TUC's learning ...