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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 1235 Effects of the Trade Union Studies Project, 1977-1978; Penetration of the Trade Union Studies Project amongst the Wider Target Audience 123510.5255/UKDA-SN-1235-1 Count, R., Trades Union Congress, Postal Courses Turner, R., Trade Union Studies Research Project No information recorded Economic and Social Research Council UK Data Service 22 May 1979 AGEATTITUDESDAY RELEASE COURSESDISTANCE LEARNINGEDUCATIONAL COURSESEDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONSEDUCATIONAL TELEVISIONEMPLOYEESEVENING SCHOOLSGENDERINDUSTRIESPARTICIPATIONPUBLIC INFORMATIONSANDWICH COURSESSCHOOL-LEAVING AGESHORT COURSESTRADE UNION MEMBERSHIPTRADE UNION OFFICIALSTRADE UNIONSTRAINING COURSES Labour relations/conflict Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The survey of students attending day-release in Autumn 1977 (Study number 1234) lacked any explanatory power of why individuals in the target audience who were aware of the Trade Union Studies Project and/or had seen some publicity decided not to become involved. This sort of problem became more relevant as it became increasingly obvious that the Project was not attracting the numbers of students that its originators had envisaged. The research project had, at the beginning of 1978, only surveyed representatives who were currently experiencing a particular kind of trade union education and were thus, presumably, already effectively tied in to the publicity network. This not only left out representatives who had not experienced trade union education but also branch officials and other active trade unionists who do not actually hold representative posts entitling them to paid educational leave for T.U.C. courses. Reaching this group became even more imperative as time wore on and growing contacts with lay representatives made it more obvious that their attitudes to trade union education in general and `own-time' study in particular would be significant in evaluating the `penetration' of the Project. The `penetration' survey, then, was used both to get such basic information and to structure a discussion at branch and other trade union representative meetings.Main Topics: The questionnaire asked whether people had any experience of trade union education and, if so, what kind, i.e. postal course, day release, in plant etc., and their general attitudes to trade union education. It sought their knowledge of and involvement in the Project; asked which kinds of courses they preferred to attend, and checked how far they would be prepared to study in the way demanded by 'Trade Union Studies'. April 1977 - July 197701 April 197701 July 1977 Great Britain NationalTrade union membersTrade union officersIndividualsGroups Trade union members/representatives attending branch meetings, regional delegate meetings, joint shop stewards' committee meetings, day-release and health and safety at work courses held mainly in the following TUC regions: South East, Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside. Data also collected by students from other regions Cross-sectional (one-time) study Simple random sample Face-to-face interview The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 1235 2024-11-28T07:20:50Z ddi:codebook:2_5