Learning and organising services
LAOS Guide to courses

Lifelong learning in UNISON

Both at work and beyond
Link to a PDF document on this siteLifelong learning in UNISON

Assistance for education

Bursaries & grants scheme for members
Link to a PDF document on this siteAssistance for education

Health care profile order form

Professional profile personal development pack
Link to a PDF document on this siteHealth care profile order form

Activists

Guide to courses for members and activists

Introduction
Link to a PDF document on this siteGuide to courses for members and activists

Developing our Activists

Courses available at national level.
Link to a PDF document on this siteDeveloping our Activists

Activists national course application form

For nationally organised courses
Link to a PDF document on this siteActivists national course application form

What is LAOS?

Lifelong learning
Lifelong learning
UNISON Learning and Organising Services (LAOS) co-ordinates trade union education and lifelong learning opportunities for members. This includes training and development for union reps as well as personal and career development courses ranging from Skills for Life through to professional qualifications. We also offer learning discounts and a small educational grants scheme.

LAOS News
TUC Educational Trust bursaries
(02/05/08) Funding opportunities to support members’ learning
Workers Music Association summer school – UNISON scholarship
(25/04/08) Union offers scholarship to WMA school in August
Take the skills pledge
(14/04/08) Supporting the Skills Pledge can help us in our campaigns to improve conditions for lower paid workers.
Help find the stars of learning
(25/03/08) If you, or someone you know, has benefited from being a learndirect learner then you could win a prize and be nationally recognised.
Union learning changes lives
(10/03/08) Universities and skills minister joins ULRs to celebrate 20 years of Return to Learn
CONTACT DETAILS
• UNISON Learning and Organising Services
1 Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9AJ
Email: Learning and Organising Services
Recent documents

UNISON and the Skills pledge

The Skills Pledge is a government initiative aimed at securing a right to free training and development for employees who usually miss out in this area.
Link to a document on this siteSkills pledge (word doc)

Getting GOing in local government

A guide to the GO Award for UNISON learning reps and branches
Link to a PDF document on this siteGetting GOing in local government

LAOS Annual Review 2007

UNISON's learning and organising services unit undertakes a wide range of activity which contributes to the overall achievement of the union's objectives and priorities.
Link to a PDF document on this siteLAOS Annual Review 2007

The recruiting and organising activist

A brief introduction to Recruiting & Organising Activist materials with a flexible approach to learning for Branch Officers, Stewards, Union Learning Representatives and Health & Safety Representatives.
Link to a PDF document on this siteThe recruiting and organising activist

…your passport to learning in the Police Service

This document is part of UNISON's campaigning for parity of access to workplace learning for police staff and police officers
Link to a PDF document on this site…your passport to learning in the Police Service
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Learning in UNISON - Organising for Success

How Barnet Branch organised around learning - case study
Link to a PDF document on this siteAcrobat PDF version

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