Tina Hobley admits that a year ago she was leaving it to her husband to send the emails. But today, with other members of the cast of Holby City…..
Author: unionlearn news releases
Liverpool joins GO ON Give an Hour
Campaign to inspire the 25,000 Liverpool residents who have never been on the internet
TUC’s unionlearn says ‘greener workplaces make economic sense’ as it calls on Midlands employers to green their workplaces
Unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation, is calling on employers in the Midlands to make their workplaces greener. Speaking at the Skills for Greener Industries conference hosted by Stephenson College, Tom Wilson, unionlearn director, will explain the work done by Green Reps (trained by TUC Education) to achieve energy savings and huge cost benefits for their employers. The conference will also focus on the importance of green skills in the region for future job creation.
TUC Response to DfE Care to Learn Consultation October 2011
The Care to Learn grant was introduced in 2004 with the aim of narrowing education inequalities and encouraging more young mothers into education, employment and training. In 2008/09, 8,000 young parents claimed Care to Learn to enable them to contin…
Learning Works, Summer 2011
Welcome to the summer edition of the Learning Works South West regional newsletter. In this issue:Celebrating the Unsung Heroes; Becoming a Union Learning Rep; All Together for Skills conference; MBE awarded to Ian Northam, GMB; Bargaining for Skills and LearningÂ….and more.
Author Louis de Bernières visits Cityclean learning centre, Brighton
It wasn’t exactly Hay-on-Wye, but the audience at the GMB/unionlearn learning centre Brighton & Hove’s recycling & refuse depot, was just as avid as they listened to Louis de Bernières telling his secrets of how to be a writer and what it’s like to have your novel turned into a film.
P-P-Pick up a Learning Fund
Following McVitie’s David Beattie winning unionlearn Lifelong Learning Award, we went to McVitie’s to learn more about their Collective Learning Fund.
Case study: Unionlearn Digital Champions; Holby City’s Tina Hobley
Tina Hobley admits that a year ago she was leaving it to her husband to send the emails. But today, with other members of the cast of Holby City, she can be spotted on set, learning the lines of her script on her iPad.
MP to see how young people benefit from ‘Quality’ Apprenticeships at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Tom Blenkinsop, MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, will be attending a bespoke presentation of the unionlearn *Quality Award in recognition of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council’s exemplary work on the delivery and co-ordination of their Apprenticeship Programme. The award will be presented by unionlearn Regional Manager and Northern TUC Regional Secretary, Kevin Rowan on Friday 14th October at the Town Hall in Eston.
Winners or World Skills science challenge announced
Teams from Newcastle College and Pembrokeshire College won gold and silver medals repectively at the WorldSkills 2012 environmental science competition in London.