Courses in the North West region

This course is for reps who have completed UCU's Rep 1, H&S 1, or Introduction to case work. The course also assumes you are actively engaged with your branch and understand UCU's democratic structures both in the branch and nationally. This comprehensive course is designed specifically for trade union representatives seeking to strengthen their ability to support and represent members effectively.

This course is for those who are currently negotiating with management or those in the branch who want to learn more about the negotiating process. Negotiating with discipline, cohesion and winning strategies are fundamental to obtaining the best deals for members. This course will allow you to explore tactics, practices and processes that can be applied in local negotiations. You will also look at ways of involving members and organising for increased leverage.

This course is for those who have completed the UCU H&S 1 course and wish to extend their H&S knowledge around organising and bargaining. The course will help you learn how to involve members along with developing bargaining strategies to win better H&S conditions for members.

This course is for all Green reps along with those in the branch who are interested in bargaining around environmental issues. The course will help reps navigate UCU Green New Deal bargaining advice and enable you to work on a potential claim to the employer along with looking at a deep organising approach to any campaign strategy.

This course is the second day of the Equality Reps course, however it is also open to other branch officers and reps who want to deepen their understanding around the conditions and issues facing UCU members. The course will look at equality through the lens of social justice and examine structural change in the workplace, it will discuss the practical application of intersectionality in case work, collective bargaining and organising.

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 Equality reps and those who have been doing the role sometime but have not yet attended the Equality reps introduction. This course is the first part of a two day programme for all equality reps and there is an expectation that you will attend both sequentially. This course will help you explore equality through an allyship lens, understand your rights as a UCU Equality Rep, and gain practical tools to engage members and influence change. You will look at legal frameworks, intersectionality, branch organising, and the social model of disability. This course will underpin concepts explored further in day 2 (Bargaining for Equality). If day 2 is not currently advertised in your area you may attend in alternative regions/devolved nations.

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.