UNISON East Midlands Education & Training

27/05/2026

This The WEA: Adult Learning Within Reach webinar on Lifelong Learning (its history and future) looks extremely useful for anyone concerned about adult education in England.

To register: https://www.wea.org.uk/events/future-webinar

21/05/2026

Our ULRs from Leicestershire County and Leicestershire Health branches combined yesterday to promote Learning at Work Week at county hall and ensure Council and NHS members hear about UNISON Learning.

Really fab work.

20/05/2026

Well done to all the ULRs at Nottingham City for organising so many events this week across the council celebrate Learning at Work Week 👏 👍

The Unison Learning Team have been at Loxley House today.

Hannah and Cyrus have been signing up new readers for our readthon, issuing brand new books from our book swap and advising members about the learning opportunities available!

There's still plenty of time to sign up for our Summer Reading Challenge which begins on 1st June 2026.

18/05/2026

Happy Learning at Work Week 2026!

This week, there will be stalls and events right across the East Midlands as we are out and about in workplaces highlighting UNISON Learning.

Our new member programme for Aug-Dec is (sort of) launched this week. Sadly we can't take applications until the brand new UNISON website is launched, but you can see it here:

Each year 2000+ East Midlands members take part in some form of learning through UNISON Below you will find details of UNISON's Learning 'offer' which

13/05/2026

For anyone interested in the history of trade unions, UNISON will be running this webinar as part of Learning at Work Week 2026.

Register at: https://learning.unison.org.uk/learning-at-work-week-2026/

11/05/2026

We still have a number of places left on our Dementia Awareness course running on 5 June. Please can you promote it as widely as you can?

To apply: https://eastmidlands.unison.org.uk/members/

08/05/2026

There are still some places on our upcoming UNISON East Midlands programme for members.

https://eastmidlands.unison.org.uk/members/

07/05/2026

Preparing for our second day of Maths and English assessments for members in Nottingham

06/05/2026

Learning has always been a crucial part of what trade unions do - find out why in our lunchtime webinar celebrating the start of Learning at Work Week on 18 May. Open to all UNISON members!

Find out more and sign up:
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05/05/2026

UNISON East Midlands members who live in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire can now enrol on FREE level 2 distance learning courses via Nottingham College through our brand new web page.

Event Planning, Data Analysis, Understanding Distressed Behaviour in Children, Environmental Sustainability, Allergy Awareness, Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care,Mental Health Awareness, Self-Harm and Su***de Prevention.....and many more

Nottingham College has partnered with UNISON East Midlands to offer a range of accredited online learning courses. With learning at the heart of UNISON,