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 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 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.