Lay Tutors

9 – 10 October 2025

UNISON Northern, 140 - 150 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6TH

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Closing date: 22 September 2025

This introductory course on tutoring methods is aimed primarily at branch activists and organisers who want to use education methods to run organising-focused training for members and activists. You will need to complete both this course and the UNISON ‘Equalities for Tutors’ course to become a UNISON lay tutor.

This course will help you understand;

  • Teaching and learning approaches appropriate for trade union education.
  • How to run a group-based activity.
  • How equality and diversity issues relate to learners’ needs in an educational setting.
  • How learners benefit from a group learning process.
  • How tutoring knowledge and skills can engage branch activists around union organising.

How to develop your tutoring skills and knowledge.

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