by URTU Admin | Jan 27, 2021 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
Due to the ongoing lockdown restrictions, we are having to find different ways to connect with people and delivery of training is one of these ways. Where traditionally courses would be held in a classroom, URTU Learning are now embracing digital technologies and...
by URTU Admin | Jan 14, 2021 | Project News, Union Learning, URTULearning
2020 was probably one of the hardest years we have faced in generations, it was a year that has thrown up many personal and work challenges which we will start to see the affect of in this coming year and which none of us could have predicted. There is a light in...
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...
