Teaching Resources

The TUC has a range of resources to help young people to learn about employment rights and workplace issues. A Better Way to Work, the TUC schools' resource pack, is primarily aimed at school students studying Key Stage 4 in schools, providing activities which help teachers to prepare students for work experience, citizenship and other work-related activities. However, much of the material can also be used with students aged up to 19. Unit 2 also contains activities specifically aimed at Young Apprentices

Activities are divided into five sections which deal with:

Also available for download are the Teachers Notes that accompany the resource pack

A Better Way to Work encourages an active and experiential approach to teaching and learning. Pupils are given tasks which involve them working in groups, finding things out for themselves, taking on roles, interviewing people at workplaces and forming their own opinions.

 


The most recent documents available on this subject are:

A Better Way to Work Wales

Wales TUC has now published the full A Better way to Work Wales resources for schools to inform pupils about the world at work. You can now download the resources in both English & Welsh.

17 February 2010
The Union Advantage

Representing over a quarter of the UK's workforce, unions are the only workplace organisations able to present a cohesive voice on the concerns of working people and their families. This report sets out the scale of the 'union advantage' - the positi...

9 December 2009
Congress fringe 'Reaching out: organising young workers'

The case for organising and supporting young workers is increasingly urgent as youth unemployment reaches alarming levels and young people at work face increasing job insecurity, vulnerability and low pay. Yet trade union membership among young peop...

14 September 2009


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