Certificate of Higher Education in Labour and Trade Union Studies (CHELTUS)

Two years part-time evening

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About CHELTUS

This 2 year part-time evening course is for active trade unionists who, having completed shop steward or safety representative training, want to learn more about the labour movement. The course is designed for adult post-experience students and will build on existing knowledge and experience. It will provide an opportunity to acquire a more thorough understanding of the historical, economic, international and contemporary context of the British trade union and labour movement.

The course is complete in itself. However, its level is equivalent to the first year of an undergraduate degree thus enabling those who pass it, if they wish, to proceed directly to the second year of a suitable degree course, e.g. BA in Labour Studies.

Why Study at the University of North London

The University is particularly well placed to offer an invaluable service to trade unionists in a supportive academic environment. It has its own Centre for Trade Union Studies (recently transferred from South Bank University). The Centre has been in existence for 15 years and has a high reputation for its educational and research work. In addition the University has at its disposal the unrivalled resource of the TUC Library Collection, now permanently located on the main Holloway Road site.

The Curriculum

The course is structured into 6 taught modules and a
project.

• British Labour History
• The Contemporary Trade Union and Labour Movement
• Health and Work
• Political Economy
• Technology and Change at Work
• Industrial Relations and Collective Bargaining

Entry Requirements

Recognised academic qualifications are:

• GCSE/GCE with 5 passes, including 2 at Advanced level
• BTEC National Certificate/Diploma or Advanced GNVQ wit Merit
• Satisfactory completion of an appropriate access course
• Other appropriate post experience course
  eg. 2 TUC 10 day courses including one at Stage 2

Our entry requirements are designed to be flexible enough to allow adult students wit sufficient interest and motivation to be accepted provided the Course Director is satisfied that applicants understand and can tackle the requirements of a course of this type.

Every applicant will be interviewed.

Applications are positively encouraged from all labour movement activists and especially from women and from Afro-Caribbeans, Asians and other ethnic groups.

Further Information

If you wish to talk about the course and its suitability for you, please contact the Course Director:

Mary Davis
Centre for Trade Union Studies
ESS
University of North London
Ladbroke House
62-66 Highbury Grove
London N5 2AD

Tel; 0171 753 3375
Email: m.davis@un1.ac.uk

Applications
Admissions Office
University of North London
166-220 Holloway Road
London N7 8DB

Tel; 0171 753 3355
Email: admissions@unl.ac.uk