Welcome to UNISON's e-learning site

This site hosts a number of online learning resources for UNISON members. You will find a variety of short activities which you can complete on this site, as well as directions where to find other useful union learning resources.

Some of our learning resources are called 'e-notes'. Please note that these display best on a desktop computer, using a browser such as Chrome or Firefox. Older versions of Internet Explorer will not work, and iPad users in particular may also experience difficulty loading the resources.

To login to this site, you will need a My.UNISON account. If you don't already have one, you can set one up here. Or, if you're a member of UNISON staff, use your regular system username preceded by 'unison\' (e.g. 'unison\doej') in the membership number box and your usual password. Use the button at the top right of this page to login.

If you experience difficulty logging into the site, please contact us on learningandorganising@unison.co.uk.

Find out about all our learning opportunities on our website.

You may also be interested in online learning provided by the TUC.

Bringing Services Home

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Want to find out more about bringing outsourced services back into the public sector? This e-note is part of the Bringing Services Home campaign, a suite of resources to support branches in setting up an insourcing campaign.

Find it here

Data Protection and the GDPR

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An introduction to the principles and requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and other data protection issues that UNISON activists need to be aware of.

Find it here

U in UNISON

UNISON is big. Find your way around your union with our U in UNISON e-note. This activity includes a downloadable workbook that you can fill in as you go, building your own picture of how you fit into UNISON.

Find it here

For UNISON members

This section gathers together learning resources for UNISON members on a range of subjects including:

U in UNISON: how your union works
Moving On: job applications, CVs and interviews
Your Skills, Your Future

For UNISON members

Getting more involved in UNISON

There are many different ways in which you can become more involved in UNISON. Have a go at our Activate! game, or find out more about some of our popular roles, including:

steward
learning rep
branch welfare officer
branch treasurer

You'll find them all in this section.

Getting more involved in UNISON: activist roles

More for activists

Keep up to date with new developments and best practice for UNISON activists.

In this section you'll find resources on:

dyslexia
menopause
apprenticeships
data protection and the GDPR

and more!

More for activists

Timetabled courses

This section holds resources and activities that are associated with specific, timetabled courses. You will not be able to self-enrol on these courses via this site. If you have been registered on one of these courses the administrator will send you instructions and give you access to the appropriate course.

If you want to apply for a timetabled course, please see the national Events page or refer to your region's education programme.

Timetabled courses

Digital Organising

This suite of five linked workshops has been designed to introduce concepts of organising and campaigning in a digital context. Each module works as a standalone.

The self-guided Digital Organising: the basics module introduces some important concepts around digital organising as well as data protection, and is a prerequisite for all of the other modules.

Each module has supporting resources, so that if you can't take part in a scheduled workshop you can still explore the concepts at your own pace.