EC Meeting July 2017

General Secretary’s report July 2017.

11 Our partners.

11.1 Relationships with Newman University continue to prosper. Dr Mike Seale as reported above is editing our work on trade union education. The University is considering a formal partnership arrangement with us. The University will host our level 6 postgraduate trade union educators’ programme.

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Relationships with Exeter University continue to flourish through the liberating arts

Festival. A formal memorandum of understanding is under consideration.

11.3 Relationships with Leeds Beckett University are developing apace. Leeds Beckett will host our level for trade union educators’ programme. The University is also considering accrediting all of our courses. Relationships with Somerville College Oxford got off to a very good start. Our new trustee Dr Alice Prochaska gave us a very warm welcome to the college and extremely interesting to history. Great efforts were made immediately after this meeting to direct a very academically gifted footballer towards the college, and the PFA have been very grateful for the support given. However it transpired that time scales not on anyone’s side. Relationships with Ruskin College continue to develop. As mentioned we are organising a joint information on establishing trade union officers’ apprenticeship. In addition I was pleased to be elected vice-chair of the college at its meeting last week. The College has been subject to some public criticism which I will report on orally at the EC. 11.4 11.5

11.6

Relationships with the Montfort University continue positively in particular we may

consider with them senior management training for general secretaries.

11.7

Relationships with Northern College continue positively with the principle having

contributed a good chapter to our forthcoming book.

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Relationships with Keele University continue positively and a formal memorandum

of understanding is being considered.

11.9 Relationships with Wolverhampton University continue positively with contributions being made to project 120, our education programme, our history work and of course our forthcoming new up-to-date history.

10.10

Relationships with the Department of Continuing Education at Oxford University and

Kellogg College have started very positively.

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