by URTU Admin | Dec 1, 2020 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
I thought that digital skills were not that big a deal, and that lifelong learning was not important; I would have said that it was just for school leavers or students. I have now proven myself wrong and have not just learned a valuable lesson but also a lot of...
by URTU Admin | Nov 26, 2020 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
URTU member, Thomas, shares his experience of redundancy I joined URTU because of my dyslexia. I knew I would need support in case of any disciplinary action against me and union membership offered me that protection. When I was recently made redundant, my URTU...
by URTU Admin | Nov 19, 2020 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
By now many of you would have heard about the #SaveUnionLearning campaign, you may have even signed the petition or even written to your MP. But how important is union learning, and if the funding for union learning is ended how will this really effect you? First, let...
by URTU Admin | Oct 19, 2020 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
In the UK someone is diagnosed with diabetes every 2 minutes. That adds up to 700 people a day, which is a staggering 255,500 people a year. The condition kills somewhere in the region of 500 people a week from its complications resulting in about 26,000 deaths every...
by URTU Admin | Sep 29, 2020 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
In September 2020 Paul Lane, our Health and Safety Rep at Wincanton Magor, completed his Introduction to Excel training organised by URTU Learning in partnership with NILC Training. Paul found out about the training through his URTU Learning Project Worker and decided...
by URTU Admin | Sep 14, 2020 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
Back in March the country saw the start of an unprecedented emergency forcing us into a lockdown situation. The lockdown was deemed necessary to protect the NHS and those most at risk in society from Covid-19. During this time, we saw dramatic changes to how we live,...
