Research

Union Learning Fund Projects

Courses for Learning Representatives

Resources for Learning Representatives

Factsheets and Campaign Posters for Learning Representatives

Skills for Life

Amicus Learning News

The NHS

UK Learning Links

Scottish Learning Links

International Learning Links

Learning Reps Networking Forum

Global Labour Studies Discussion Forum

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Research

• Learning attracts new women reps (19.11.03)
• Organisations use training to stem staff turnover (19.12.03)
• Companies should be obliged by law to spend more time and money on staff training - from the Guardian (21.11.03)
• 'Skills shortages plague employers' (from the Guardian, 2.02.04)
• Employee Voice and Training at Work, DTI Research Report (22.09.03) This document offers survey and case study analysis of employee involvement in training. It suggests that approaches to training are more effective when management and employees are jointly involved in decision-making.
• Skirting the issue on skills - from the Guardian (19.11.03)
• The Skills Crisis - from the Guardian (18.11.03)
• Keep Learning... (from the Guardian 9.09.03)
• 'Settling for Less' (1.7.03)
• The benefits of adult learning (3.06.03)
• Government Addresses Skills Gaps (from the Guardian, 9.07.03)
• Minister attacks Skills Scandal (from the Guardian, 10.07.03)
• 'A Beginners Guide to Lifelong Learning' (from the NIACE website) (16.04.03)
• Up to 85% of students deterred by debt (4.04.03)
• Employee Development Programmes (from the NIACE website) (16.04.03)
• Academic papers in the field of Lifelong Learning - from the Open University (16.04.03)
• Lifelong Learning in the NHS (10.01.03)
• 'Education promises a better life'
• Survey of training provision in the Financial Services Sector (27.05.02)
• Financial Support for Learners Pays - Report from the Learning and Skills Development Agency (27.05.02)
• 'Report Criticises On the Job Learning' (from The Guardian, 17.06.02)
• 'Unions are Reinforcing Workplace Learning' (From The Guardian, 17.0602)
• On-the-job training 'inadequate' (30.07.02)
• Securing the Right to Learn' (NIACE Publication PDF Format) (16.04.03)

Government Reports/Publications

• The National Skills Strategy - Amicus MSF Response (07.08.03)
• Budget 2003: Learning and Skills (11.04.03)
• Scottish Executive Report on Lifelong Learning (6.11.02)
• Post-16 performance tables published (11.04.03)
• The Lifelong Learning Strategy for Scotland (17.02.03)
• DfES Skills Strategy, Consultation (1.04.03)
• 'Developing Workforce Skills: Piloting a New Approach' (PDF Format)
• The Way to Work' - Report of the Modern Apprenticeship Advisory Committee (large file PDF format)
• Learning and Training at Work 2002, Report from the DfES (11.02.03)
• 'Opportunity for all in a world of change' White Paper (11K PDF format)

Union Learning Fund Projects

• Amicus ULF Projects 2003 (1.04.03)
• 'What Works?' Amicus (MSF) Learning Reps Research Report (56K PDF format)
• A Skills Development Programme for HE Technical Staff - Year 2 - Project Report October 2001 (132K PDF format)
• Report on Skills Development Programme for HE Technical Staff (North England) (LARGE FILE 395K PDF format)
• Lifelong Learning in Morecambe Bay Hospitals - Evaluation Report (70K PDF format)
• 'Promoting, Training and Supporting a Network of Learning Reps in Scotland' Project Evaluation Report 2001 (PDF format)
• An Evaluation of the Union Learning Fund - Year 4 (PDF Format) (19.11.02)
• An Evaluation of the Union Learning Fund - Year 3

Courses for Learning Representatives

• Residential Courses at Whitehall 2004

Courses for Amicus Members

• Open and Distance Learning Opportunities
• Women's Week 2004
• Developing Leadership for Black Members
• Summer School
• Family Learning Week

Resources for Learning Representatives

• Scottish Learning Representatives Handbook ( 63K PDF format)
• Sample Learning Agreement (9K PDF format)
• Promoting Learning Agreements (1.10.03)
• Guide to Getting Learning on the Bargaining Agenda
• A Guide to NVQs in the Financial Services Sector (280K PDF format)
• Paid Educational Leave Campaign - Guide for Trade Unionists (PDF format) (29.10.03)
• Paid Educational Leave - Special Briefing for LSC Members (March 2002) (8K PDF format)
• Finding your way around Whitehall Online (PDF format)
• Trade Unions and Information, Advice and Guidance (10.07.02)
• Employer Training Pilots (new guide from the TUC) (6.11.03)

Statutory Rights for Learning Representatives

• Time Off for Union Learning Representatives (9.10.03)
• ACAS Code of Practice on Time off for Trade Union Duties (including Guidance for Learning Reps) (11.04.03)
• Extract from the Employment Bill 2002 relating to learning representatives

Conference Reports

• Amicus Lifelong Learning Festival 2003 (2.09.03)
• Report of the Scottish ULF Conference: 'Supporting the Learner' (Oct 2002)
• Report of Amicus Conference on E-learning, 14th March 2002 (22.3.02)
• Continuing Professional Development and the Role of the Union Learning Representative (8.11.02)

• Factsheets and Campaign Posters for Learning Representatives

Factsheets

• Employee Development Schemes (10K PDF format)
• Information about the Ford EDAP Scheme (16.10.02)
• Investors in People (PDF format)
• Modern Apprenticeships (13.11.02)
• Negotiating Learning Agreements (27.01.03)
• Lifelong Learning - the Union Role (PDF format)
• Learning and Skills Council (England)
• Learning Needs Analysis
• learndirect (14K PDF format)
• learndirect Scotland (12K PDF format)
• Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) (24K PDF format)
• Whitehall Online (21K PDF format)
• You could be a learning representative (89K PDF format) (19.11.02)

Skills for Life

• Tackling Skills for Life (19.12.03)
• Skills for Life and the Union Role (19.08.03)
• Amicus Supporting Skills for Life in the Non Profit Sector, London (16/10/03)
• DfES Skills for Life Strategy
• Basic Skills Agency

Posters

• 'Learning Reps - a new kind of union activist' (PDF format) (6.02.04)
• Get back into learning (PDF format) (25.11.03)
• Building Bridges into Higher Education (PDF format large file)
• Contacts (43K PDF format)
• Campaign for Lifelong Learning (26k PDF format)
• Do You Want to Learn? (26K PDF format)
• Return to Learning (18K PDF format)
• Whitehall Online Poster (PDF format)
• Looking for a Course? (PDF format)
• Learning Reps Required (PDF format)
• Global Labour Studies (PDF format)
• Learning Reps Get Legal Rights (PDF format)
• Support the Paid Educational Leave Campaign (Poster, PDF format, large file)

Amicus Learning News

• Amicus MSF Learning News Winter 2002/3
• Amicus MSF Learning News: Summer 2002 (421K PDF format)
• Amicus-MSF Learning News Spring 2002 (123K PDF format)
• MSF Learning News: Autumn 2001 (137K PDF format)
• MSF Learning News: Summer 2001 (280K PDF format)
• MSF Learning News: Spring 2001 (104K PDF format)
• MSF Learning News: Autumn/Winter 2000 (67K PDF format)
• MSF Learning News Online: Summer 2000 (104 K PDF format)

The NHS

• AMLA - Association for Medical Laboratory Assistants
• Contact your Learning Organiser (20.02.04)
• NHSU
• Lifelong Learning in the NHS (Factsheet) (10.1.03)
• Interview with Bob Fryer, Chief Exec of the NHSU (22.09.03)
• Partnership for Learning (in the NHS) (23.09.02)
• Morecambe Bay Hospitals Lifelong Learning Project
• Amicus Response to the NHSU Consultation Document (15.2.03)

UK Learning Links

• BBC Education
• British Association for Open Learning
• BUBL UK (list of further education colleges)
• Campaign for Learning
• Campaign for Paid Educational Leave
• Careers Wales
• CPHVA Online
• College of North East London, Trade Union Studies
• Connections Service
• DfES
• DfES Lifelong Learning
• Department for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland)
• Economic and Social Research Council
• Employment National Training Organisation
• European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
• European Trade Union College
• European Trade Union Education Network
• Guidance Accreditation Board
• Guidance Council
• Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
• Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
• International Federation of Workers' Educational Associations
• LearnDirect
• Learning and Skills Council (England)
• Learning and Skills Research Centre
• National Grid for Learning
• National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
• National Literacy Trust
• National Extension College
• Open College Network
• Open Learning Partnership
• Open University
• Open University - Lifelong Learning Pages
• Sector Skills Development Agency
• The Guidance Council
• 'The Union Makes Us Strong' - Trade Union History Online
• The Work Foundation
• TUC LearnOnline
• TUC Learning Services
• University for Industry
• UKonline (entry point to UK government information and services online)
• Wider Benefits of Learning (Research Centre)
• Workers Educational Association
• worktrain

Scottish Learning Links

• Association of Scottish Colleges
• BBC Scotland
• Careers Scotland
• Enterprise in Education
• Futher Education Colleges in Scotland
• Guide to Education and Training in Scotland (GETS)
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• LearnDirect Scotland
• Learning and Teaching Scotland
• Learning Link Scotland
• The Lifelong Learning Strategy for Scotland (17.02.03)
• Modern Apprenticeships
• Scottish Adult Learning Partnership
• Scottish Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research
• Scottish Council for Research in Education
• Scottish Council Of National Training Organisations (SCONTO)
• Scottish Enterprise
• Scottish Executive
• Scottish Executive's Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department
• Scottish Further Education Unit
• Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC)
• Scotland Office
• Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Qualifications Authority
• Scottish University for Industry
• Student Awards Agency for Scotland
• Times Education Supplement Scotland
• University of the Highlands and Islands Project

International Learning Links

• Commonwealth of Learning
• European Association for the Education of Adults
• European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
• ERDI (The Consortium of European Research and Development Institutes of Adult Education)
• European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
• European Trade Union College
• European Union (Gateway Site)
• International Council for Adult Education
• Labourstart
• Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• TGWU Membership Education in International Development
• TUC Globalisation website
• Unesco
• A Trade Union Digest: Resources on International Development Issues (TUC)