UNISON shows its continuing commitment to adult learning

UNISON is to show its continuing commitment to adult learning today (Tuesday) by reaffirming two separate partnership agreements with the Open University and the WEA. The agreements with the two learning organisations are due to be signed later today at the union’s headquarters in London. UNISON’s relationship with the Open University first began in 1997. Since then around 7,000 public service employees who belong to the union have enrolled upon a wide range of accredited courses, right up to degree level. Many of the learners have also been able to take advantage of UNISON’s bursary and grant scheme to help with their studies.  In addition, hundreds of professional development workshops have helped learners build their skills and confidence in workplaces across the country. UNISON and the WEA have been working together for many years, and signed an agreement to celebrate that relationship in 1996. This collaboration has successfully enabled people, many of them in low-paid, part-time work, who may have been failed by the education system to access higher skilled jobs through training. Since the two organisations’ return to learn courses were launched in the late 1980s, thousands of people employed in the NHS, schools, police forces and local government have been encouraged to get back into the classroom. UNISON’s head of learning and organising services, Teresa Donegan said: “Renewing these agreements today ensures that workers who left school without many quali...
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