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Courses in the Southern region

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These are the courses for branch reps and activists currently running in the Southern region.

If there are no dates listed for the course you'd like to attend, or if you'd like to be made aware of further dates, please register your interest here.


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Bargaining for a Green New Deal: June 2024

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.

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Effective negotiating & bargaining: November 2024

This course is designed for reps who are actively involved or soon to be actively involved in negotiating on behalf of members. Any branch officer may also wish to attend this course to understand the fundamentals or negotiating strategy, member support and organising around demands.

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Job evaluation: A collective approach, July 2024

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.

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Rep 1 - UCU reps induction: October 2024

This course is aimed at new reps/caseworkers and activists who will be undertaking the role in the near future. Existing reps who have not attended training before are also encouraged to attend. The course will cover all aspects of your role as a rep including your rights as a rep, union democracy, recruitment, organising and communication. You should complete this course prior to applying for the Rep 2 course.

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Rep 2 - representing UCU members: February/March 2025

This course is for reps who have completed UCU's Rep 1 course (H&S1, Equality or ULR 1 & 2 or UCU's) or our introduction to case work and are now actively engaged in representing individual members. The course also assumes you are actively engaged with your branch, and fully understand UCU's democratic structures both in the branch and nationally. Although the course focuses on grievance and disciplinary processes, it will also cover collective action, organising and equality.

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Workload rep training 2: Workload campaign in action, inspections and investigations - 24, May, 2024, Online

This short 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. 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 In this course you will work through practical examples and explore ideas around how to use the safety rep functions to identify and reduce excessive workloads.