Fiction makes me a better accountant
This might sound like an odd statement, one which should see me reported to the financial ombudsman, but bear with me.
Cassie Kite
Wed,...
Making ESOL convenient for Usdaw learners
USDAW ULRs and Tesco management have worked together to organise and run the first ESOL course for Express staff at the Croydon dot com...
Quick Reads promote positive thinking at Lynch Wood
Claire Cakebread is a Learn with Aegis rep working for the Yorkshire Building Society at the companies Lynch Wood offices in...
Reading and Me
I grew up in a working class household on a council estate in east Kent. My dad is a joiner, my mum was – until her recent retirement – a teaching assistant.
James...
Why now is the time to take action on railway skills
We’re only a few weeks into 2019 and it feels like ‘uncertainty’ could be a strong contender for Oxford Dictionaries’ official word...
TSSA General Secretary calls for focus on rail skills ahead of conference
Keith Hatch
Wed, 02/27/2019 - 07:45
TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has called for technological...
Escaping into a book
The lamppost looms large in front of me, my peripheral vision, usually unused, becomes useful as I narrowly dodge the post my book still safely clutched in my...
Accepting time
We are all different heights and weights, we all have different talents, we’re all from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds, but we all have time.
James...
CWU’s Gavin gets people creative with words
Gavin Hardie is the Communication Workers Union (CWU) Lead ULR for the Plymouth and East Cornwall Amal branch. He has been unearthing...
Week long campaign shows #LiteracyWorks
Keith Hatch
Sun, 02/24/2019 - 12:46
Unionlearn’s annual campaign to support reading, writing and ESOL in the workplace is launched today....