The Centre offers:

• Higher education courses especially designed for trade unionists
• Short courses for individual unions
• Research and consultancy for trade unions

We work closely with other staff from the University and can draw on the unrivalled resources of the TUC Library Collections, now based at the University.

Courses

From February 1998 we will be running the following courses:

• Certificate of Higher Education in Labour and Trade Union Studies This part-time course is designed to improve the effectiveness of trade unionists and increase their knowledge and understanding of the British trade union and labour movement. The modular course offers: Trade Unions and the Labour Movement, British Labour History, Political Economy, Technology and Change at Work, and Industrial Relations and Collective Bargaining.
• Certificate of Higher Education in European Labour Studies This part-time course is designed to meet the needs of trade unionists to understand an increasingly integrated Europe, vital for all actual and potential European works councillors. The course subjects include: European Labour History, the Political Economy of Europe, European Capital, Comparative Industrial Relations and the European Labour Movement. In addition a European language can be studied.
• Half-degree in Trade Union Studies
  A new initiative which includes: The Historical and Economic Context of Trade Unions, Trade Union Structure and the Legal Framework, Political Institutions and Processes, Social Structures and Social Processes, and Law, Economy and Society. It can be studied full or part time, together with a half-degree in another subject.

We are developing an MA in Trade Union Studies, to be launched in October 1998.

Short Courses

We also provide courses for individual unions. We can assist with writing course materials and designing, accrediting and running courses. Recent projects include:

• developing and piloting union reps induction programmed
• designing equal opportunity materials
• running courses on equal rights
• developing accredited higher education programmes for TU's

Research and Consultancy

We offer consultancy to unions and collaborate on research projects. We have links with other specialised researchers in the University. Recent projects include:

• trans-European research on union approaches to new technology
• evaluation of educational programmes
• collaboration on a European project on the transition to working life

Further Information

For further information about our courses, or to discuss projects please contact:

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

Tel: 0171 753 5033
Fax: 0171 753 5763
Email: m.davis@unl.ac.uk, r.ross@unl.ac.uk, p.philo@unl.ac.uk, p.hayes@unl .ac.uk