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Challenging the Far Right: Rebuilding Solidarity - 25, 26, June 2026, In Person, Quorn Loughborough, National residential course

Rebuilding Solidarity is a new course for UCU Reps and activists which will help participants to address and challenge far right narratives with knowledge and confidence, both in the workplace and wider community settings. Rebuilding Solidarity is being delivered in partnership with the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) and will include a wide range of contributors including academics and activists.

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Course details

 

Region:

UK wide course

Course meeting dates:

25, & 26, June 2026


This is a residential course and you must be able to commit to attending the entire course. Arrival will be on the morning of the 25 June. There are limited rooms available the night prior to the course which will be reserved only for those travelling significant distances only. All participants will have accommodation and all meals booked for the night of the 25th unless you inform us otherwise. 

Course classroom times:

Day 1 - 25 June - 12 noon to 5:00 p.m.

Day 2 - 26 June - 9:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Course time commitment:1 1/2 days
Location:GFTU head office Quorn Grange. Loughborough, https://gftu.org.uk/

Please note: Applications for this course will close at 12 noon on Monday, 15, June, 2026. This is to allow all logistic, accommodation, adjustments and requirements to take place in good time. Application post the cut off date risk not being considered.

Course content:

    Participants will be able to: 

    • understand who is being drawn to the far right, what their key concerns are, where opportunities for relationship-building lay and solidarity exist. The course will use analysis and modelling undertaken around and since the 13 September 2025 'Unite the Kingdom' demonstration in London and more recently, including the upcoming local and devolved authority elections
    • be able to identify the importance of a multi-layered approach to tackling divisive ideas, including the role of dialogue, education and community organising
    • know and describe the real causes of insecure work and housing, following an interactive session with an economist from SOAS University of London on the economic foundations of insecurity in Britain and how false narratives distract from structural causes of inequality
    • be able to challenge a range of myths related to migration, including identifying the key role these falsehoods play in dividing our communities and how social media works to maximise this
    • build skills and confidence in reframing these issues to promote solidarity, through dialogue and conversations in work and in communities
    • identify the specific role and function trade unions can play in providing alternative explanations for social and economic failings and offering a more hopeful future build on unity

    Rebuilding Solidarity is being delivered in partnership with the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) and will include a wide range of contributors including academics and activists.

    This course is not a lecture and will require some participation from all attendees. 

    Information Facility time

    Time off for training is a right and one which should be exercised as part of normal industrial relations. For more info please see  Facilities and time off for UCU reps.

    When you apply for a course we will assume that are making a commitment to attend the course as advertised, and have secured time off from your employer. Please contact your branch/region if you are having problems securing time off.