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welcome
Highlands & Islands learning project
Who we are:
Scottish Union Learning was established in 2008, and
brought together the work of the STUC Skills & Lifelong
Learning Team and TUC Education (Scotland).
Scottish Union Learning has a small team of staff,
based in Glasgow and Inverness, with knowledge and
experience of trade union learning and development.
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What we do:
Scottish Union Learning supports trade unions in
accessing skills and lifelong learning opportunities that
contribute to collective prosperity, fairness and equality,
for workers across Scotland. We work in partnership
with unions to deliver learning, upgrade skills, promote
apprenticeships and engage employers in the learning
agenda.
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Our aims
Key priority for Scottish Union Learning in the Highlands
& Islands is to support trade unions and Union Learning
Reps (ULRs) in the region with the aim of encouraging
and helping workers in the area to develop their
learning and skills.
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Provide this support to trade unions and ULRs through
ESF and Scottish Government funding:
Development Fund: enables trade unions to develop
and establish learning infrastructures in the workplace
Learning Fund: supports the collective provision of
learning that is responsive to workers’ needs
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• Final year of four-year ESF project (recently extended by
11 months to February 2015)
• To date has supported 1500 learning opportunities for
workers across the Highlands & Islands
• Focus on workforce development and employability
• Developing a learning infrastructure through organised
networks of ULRs and engaging with employers
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Current Development Fund projects 2014-2015:
UNISON: Bringing learning opportunities to women, young
workers and migrant workers who live and work in rural/remote
areas, with a focus on improving training in the care sector.
RMT: Providing accredited learning to improve employability and
career progression, and supporting skilled careers and
qualifications through developing Modern Apprenticeships.
NUJ: Supporting workers in the media sector by training them to
meet the challenges of the fast-changing digital environment and
working with partners to develop future journalistic talent.
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Courses supported by the Learning Fund since 2011
include:
IT
Modern languages
Employability/development
Sector-specific
Management
Maths and accounting
Everyday skills
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Course Delivery Method
Online/distance
Classroom
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Accredited courses supported by the Learning Fund
include:
British Sign Language and Deaf Awareness
Core Maths, Intermediate 2 and NC levels 4 and 5
Basic IT, PC Passport and ECDL Essentials to level 5
Sage Line 50 Accounts
Understanding & supporting individuals with dyslexia
Cambridge Business English
CMI Introduction to Management
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Certificate of Higher Education Open:
Targeted at workers out of education since school
Two year part-time study programme for workers to
gain an HNC-level (SCQF level 7) qualification
15 workers located from Orkney to Helensburgh
Retention stands at 73%
Pass rate to date 86%
Completion date end of October 2014
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Non-accredited courses supported by the Learning
Fund include:
Basic French and Spanish
Filming and editing for the web using i-Devices
Ready Study Go!
Customer care
Presentation skills
Introduction to Locksmithing
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Supporting and celebrating the work of ULRs:
H&I ULR Conference 13 June 2014
H&I ULR Survey July 2014
Cross-union ULR Learning Forums ULR forums:
Inverness, Caithness, Orkney, Western Isles
Pan-Highlands ULR Forum – 25 November 2014
‘eNews’, ‘Live & Learn’, online resources
Highlands and Islands Facebook group
thank you