Walter Hines Scholarships 2007-8

Professional Development
and the Union Learning Representative

The NUT is the first teaching Union in Gloucestershire to have a trained Union Learning Representative, Garry Wheeler. Garry works at Beaufort Community School. Garry is joined by John Pemberthy who teaches at

The Employment Act of 2002 gives Union Learning Representatives the statutory right to paid time off in order to receive training and carry out their duties. The key duties of a learning representative are:

analysing union members learning or training needs;

providing information and advice about learning or training matters to union members;

arranging learning or training for union members;

promoting the value of learning or training; and consulting the employer about implementation of any such activities in relation to union members.

The same legislation also gave union members the right to unpaid time off to access the services of the Union Learning Representative. If you wish to talk over matters dealing with training and professional development then email Garry or John here

To obtain up to date information on the Union's training programmes go to http://www.teachers.org.uk and click on the ICT/CPD/Training link on the left of the page.