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Learning Bug 2004 Issue 2 |
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Basic Skills
Editorial
On site learning
Learning Reps
Scottish learning
Usdaw's team
Basic Skills
Back to basics
It doesn’t take reps long to find that dealing with ‘basic’ skills is not basic at all. Everyone’s needs vary, there are many different approaches and now there’s a whole new language; assessments, levels, blended learning. Well don’t worry – there is help available for Usdaw Learning Reps.
22 July 2004 [Full Story]
Editorial
Five years on …
The TUC once called the rise of the Usdaw Learning Rep ‘the quiet revolution’. Well, from where I sit, it’s getting pretty noisy.
22 July 2004 [Full Story]
On site learning
Back to reality
The Reality Learning Shop in Wigan is testing out the new Government initiative on Employer Training Pilots (ETPs). “They give people a chance to get their first recognised qualification at level 2,” explains Eric Knowles the Usdaw site learning co-ordinator. “The funding supports everything, assessment, training and accreditation. Staff don’t pay a penny. And you can work towards any level 2 NVQ or a qualification in literacy, numeracy or ESOL.”
22 July 2004 [Full Story]
Piggin success
Over 600 Usdaw members came through the doors of the first open day at the Grampian Country Pork site in Ashton. “We were absolutely knocked out,” says Denise Gordon, Usdaw Project Worker, “but the reps really deserve the success after all the hard work they have put in.”
22 July 2004 [Full Story]
Learning Reps
Scottish learning
Usdaw's team
Usdaw expands Lifelong Learning support
Usdaw has expanded the support it gives to Lifelong Learning by setting up a new team of Project Workers. The move is financed by a grant from the Union Learning Fund. “This is great news,” says James Rees, Usdaw Head of Education and Training. “It gives us a chance to really boost the number of members getting back into learning.”
22 July 2004 [Full Story]
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