Courses in London & South East Regions

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These are the courses for branch reps and activists currently running in London and South East regions.

If there are no dates listed for the course you'd like to attend, or if you'd like to be made aware of further dates, please register your interest here.


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Challenging sexual harassment in the workplace: May 2026

This course is aimed at branch reps who may be dealing with individual harassment/sexual harassment cases, negotiating around policies that protect members or wish to challenge harassment, in particular sexual harassment more broadly in the workplace.

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Challenging sexual harassment in the workplace: March 2026

This course is aimed at branch reps who may be dealing with individual harassment/sexual harassment cases, negotiating around policies that protect members or wish to challenge harassment, in particular sexual harassment more broadly in the workplace.

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H&S 1: induction: (health & safety role and functions) - March 2026, In Person

This course forms the first part of UCU's health and safety training programme. The course is for new health and safety reps, or those who have been in the role sometime but have never been trained, along with those in the branch who want to further understand the role, and legislation that enables health and safety reps to hold institutions to account. You need to be a UCU rep/dept rep etc. to attend this course, but you don't need to be a H&S rep. This H&S1 course forms the first part of UCU's overall training for health and safety reps and should be followed by H&S2.

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Job evaluation: A collective approach, - April 2025, UK wide, In Person, London

This one day course is for branch reps and activists who are involved and interested in learning more about the importance of trade union involvement and representation in job evaluation schemes. The focus of the course will be around the use of collective action wherever possible.

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Rep 2: Representing UCU members - May, 2026, In person

This course is for reps who have completed UCU's Rep 1 course, H&S1 or our introduction to case work and are now actively engaged in representing individual members. The course also assumes you are actively engaged with your branch and understand UCU's democratic structures both in the branch and nationally.

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Workload rep training 2 - Workload campaign in action, inspections and investigation: March, 2026, Online

This short course is open to UCU activists and reps who want to build upon their knowledge of workload as a health and safety hazard in the workplace.