Courses in the Southern region

This course is designed for reps who are actively involved or soon to be actively involved in negotiating on behalf of members. Any branch officer may also wish to attend this course to understand the fundamentals or negotiating strategy, member support and organising around demands.

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.

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.

This course is aimed at new reps and activists who will be undertaking the role in the near future. Existing reps who have not attended training before are also encouraged to attend. The course will cover all aspects of your role as a rep including your rights as a rep, union democracy, recruitment, organising and communication. You should complete this course prior to applying for the Rep 2 course.

This course is for reps who have completed UCU's Rep 1 course (H&S1, or UCU one day case work course) and are now actively engaged in representing individual members. The course also assumes you are actively engaged with your branch, and fully understand UCU's democratic structures both in the branch and nationally. Although the course focuses on grievance and disciplinary processes, it will also cover collective action, organising and equality.

This introduction is a course for reps who are new to representing individual members or those who are considering becoming more involved in the direct representation of members.

This introduction is a course for reps who are new to representing individual members or those who are considering becoming more involved in the direct representation of members.

This half day 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. You should ensure you have branch approval prior to attending and tick the relevant box on the application form. The UCU workload campaign gives us the tools to tackle increasing workloads and working hours. The failure of employers to protect staff from excessive workloads and stress is damaging our health, our students' education, and our ability to organise to defend ourselves and our sector. This course will give you a generic overview of workload campaign and the role of the workload rep. You must complete workload reps 1 before attending workload reps 2.

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. The UCU workload campaign gives us the tools to tackle increasing workloads and working hours. The failure of employers to protect staff from excessive workloads and stress is damaging our health, our students' education, and our ability to organise to defend ourselves and our sector In this course you will work through practical examples and explore ideas around how to use the safety rep functions to identify and reduce excessive workloads.