Diploma Courses (TUEC)

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TUC Diploma in Employment Law

This course is designed for experienced trade union representatives – the key link between the workplace and the wider union. It is intended to help engage with the development and practice of employment law, and to develop attitudes and skills needed for higher-level study or activism.

The course provides:-

  • Guided learning through which you will become more effective as a workplace representative.
  • An understanding of the trade union approach to employment law.
  • An understanding of trade union and workplace issues and offers up-to-date details of new developments.
  • Develops personal and study skills, the ability to work collectively, and generally improves your confidence to study at a higher level.

 

TUC Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

This course is designed for experienced union safety representatives.

This course:

  • Provides guided learning through which you will become more effective as a trade union health and safety representative.
  • Develops your knowledge of health and safety.
  • Builds health and safety organisation in the workplace.
  • Tackles health, safety, welfare and environmental issues in the workplace.
  • Extends the capacities of learners, enabling you to access union health and safety posts or Higher Education opportunities
  • Develops personal/study skills, the ability to work collectively, and generally improves your confidence to study at a higher level.

 

TUC Diploma in Equalities

The Diploma will:

  • Provide guided learning through which you will become more effective as a union representative, particularly on equality issues.
  • Promote an understanding of trade union values and policies on equality.
  • Deepen and extend the capacities of learners, enabling them to apply for full-time officer posts or higher education opportunities.
  • Strengthen understanding of trade union and workplace issues and offer up-to-date details of new developments in the law and policy.
  • Build learners' knowledge of equality issues in the workplace.
  • Support learners' ability to build workplace equality and tackle issues at work.
  • Develop personal/study skills, the ability to work collectively, and generally improve the confidence of learners to study at a higher level.

Working collectively and co-operatively is particularly important to trade unionism, and teaching and learning methods on the Diploma programme are designed to enhance this. These will include:

  • Discussion groups.
  • Paired work.
  • Group analysis of documents or case studies.
  • Interviews with members or other people.
  • Workplace activities and report backs.
  • Consultation exercises or surveys.
  • Self, peer and group evaluations.

The basic values that guide trade unionism - fairness, equality, justice and democracy - are values that have been incorporated into our programme.