The Trades Union Studies area is concerned with tracing the historical background and contemporary framework for an understanding of the issues facing the labour and trade union movement in its national and international settings.
We work closely with other staff from the university, including those in the Working Lives Research Institute, and can draw on the unrivalled resources of the TUC Library Collections and the Women’s Library, both housed at the University.
The Trades Union Studies offers a range of Higher Education Courses designed for trade unionists and those with an academic or other interest in trade union studies. Students on Trades Union Studies courses are encouraged relating their work to their own trade union or employment sector.
