November EC Meeting 2019

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New Winter Education Programme.

A new winter programme of courses has been advertised to affiliates following a request by the Executive Committee at its last meeting. This is attached.

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Institute of Leadership and Management Awarding Centre.

We have decided to retain our awarding centre status. There has been no capacity between myself and the Operations Manager to undertake the detailed work involved in this so we have contracted an experienced consultant to do this on our behalf. This has been on a part fee paying part hotel room access arrangement. This should enable us to at least keep our Trade Union Management Programme running as a rolling programme. Thanks to the efforts of the Operations Manager we have signed a contractual agreement with a new online learning provider. Licenses cost £50 per annum per student. It is a better, more flexible, more customised, more in depth and user friendly, with significantly more materials than our previous system with learning pool. Like learning pool it can be customised to individual unions. This facility has been welcomed by the first students on our TUMP programme. 7 Online learning.

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Trade Union Management Programme.

I decided to proceed with this course with 9 students. It will attract the Level 4 Qualification under ILM. I will be tutoring on two elements, leadership and management and managing people. Andrew Hollingsworth, Peter Pendle and David Green will be tutoring on other modules. Responses so far are positive.

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Youth Members’ Development Weekend.

Sarah Woolley, who came as a young member to our 2013 event and who has now been elected General Secretary of the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union has brought this all together again and should be thanked. Also many congratulations on her fantastic election victory.

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TUC Fringe meeting.

Due to an ankle injury I was unable to attend the TUC this year, my first absence for thirty years!. However a highly successful fringe meeting was held with Jill speaking on behalf of the Trust, Oshor Chairing, Matteo from the Shout Out project we sponsored, Alison Stoecker from John McDonnell’s Officer, and Mike Seal who edited our book Trade Union Education.

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Community training and unions’ training.

Community, the union for life are holding all of their training at Quorn as are, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, Prison Officers Association, and others, we also recently welcomed the Fire Brigade’s Union and National Education Union.

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