by URTU Admin | Dec 15, 2020 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
I was driving to the supermarket when over the radio I heard a general information bulletin regarding the talking therapies. This was the first time that I had heard that this service was available from the NHS. It got me thinking that maybe given the current pandemic...
by URTU Admin | Dec 9, 2020 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
In this rapidly changing world more and more things are moving online, and chatting with friends, colleagues or prospective clients is no different. Zoom is an online platform that enables you to do just this, and a lot more. Here Paul Partridge, our Union Learning...
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...
