The Open University free online courses for Learning at Work Week (12-18 May)

Update from the Open University on Learning at Work Week resources including free online courses:

Learning at Work Week 2025 - raise your staff productivity

During this year’s Learning at Work Week (12-18 May 2025), we are looking at the issue of long-term low productivity in the UK and have plenty of free resources to help.

An Open University report found that one-in-four UK business leaders said their productivity had worsened in the last five years.

By subscribing, you get exclusive access to the comprehensive OpenLearn Learning at Work Week landing page where you will find a wide variety of:

• Free online courses
• Downloadable guides
• Interactive resources and much more

View content to dive in and drive productivity by offering free learning to staff.

Money Advice Scotland - April to June events and latest updates

Money Advice Scotland’s events schedule for April to June is listed below. All sessions are free of charge. 

Money Advice Scotland is now on TikTok! View their account here. You can also keep up to date with Money Advice Scotland news and events through their website, Eventbrite page and by subscribing to their newsletter.

April events

• 10th - How Are We Really Doing? Insights from the 2024/25 Workforce Wellbeing Survey
• 15th - Wellbeing Training: A Practical Guide to Managing Team Wellbeing
• 22nd - Joint conference hosted by MAS, CAS, StepChange, and CAP
• 22nd - An Intro to Financial Wellbeing: Training for Third Sector Practitioners
• 29th - Wellbeing Training: Building Empowerment and Resilience through Transactional Analysis (Intensive Driving Course)
• 30th - An Intro to Financial Wellbeing: Training for Third Sector Practitioners

STUC Apprenticeships Event 2025

As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, the 3rd Annual STUC Apprenticeships Event was held on Friday, 7th March in the Margaret Irwin Centre, Glasgow, with support from TUC Education in Scotland. The theme of the event was ‘Skills for Now and The Future’ with a focus on equipping apprentices with skills for progressing in the workplace.

Chaired by STUC Youth Committee member Stewart Duncan of the RMT, the event brought apprentices and reps together from across section of workplaces, with a particularly high level of participation from the construction and engineering sector.

STUC colleagues delivered an opening keynote speech highlighting the importance of developing structures to ensure the voice of young workers is heard not only in workplaces but across the trade union movement.

Everyday Skills Event 2025

The 17^th Annual Everyday Skills Event ‘Supporting Learners in the Workplace’ was held online on Thursday the 27^th of February 2025. The Event enabled trade unions to raise awareness of Everyday Skills issues in the workplace and share best practice in supporting those with Everyday Skills needs.

It was attended by Union Learning Representatives, Learning Organisers, Equality Reps, Tutors and members who cascade information and skills in workplaces.

The event was chaired by Catherine Garvie, Senior Development Officer, Scottish Union Learning and addressed by Roz Foyer, General Secretary, STUC, and Wendy Burton, Director of Scottish Union Learning. Guest speaker Philippa Cochrane, Head of Reading Communities at the Scottish Book Trust, gave a presentation on ‘Reading for Pleasure - supporting learners to build a lifelong reading habit to unlock lifelong benefits.’