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Last updated: 12/09/08

The Struggle for Workers' Education


Certificate in Continuing Professional Development in Union Learning (CPD)


What is taught?

The Struggle for Workers Education


This module provides an introduction to, and understanding of, the history of trade union/workers’ education in the UK. The module draws parallels between the role of trade union learning in the past through to the present and offers a context for ULRs in terms of their current practice as educators.


This module:

  1. Helps students to understand the history and role of trade union/workers' education in the experience of working class people

  2. Enables students to situate and analyse their contemporary practice as ULRs within a historical context


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