True Storey: My Life and Crimes as a Football Hatchet Man

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Members of Unite, employed by housing charity Shelter, are celebrating victory after agreeing a vastly improved pay offer. The decision to accept the new deal means that the scheduled strike due to begin tomorrow (11 December) has been called off. Extended negotiations Unite’s members at the Samaritans are absolutely dedicated to the excellent work that the charity undertakes and they deserve to perform their roles in a healthy and respectful environment.” The long running pay dispute at housing and homelessness charity Shelter has ended after workers accepted a vastly improved pay offer. Strike action In January 2020 the suicide prevention charity announced that Hughes would become its next chief executive.

Shelter pay dispute ends as workers receive improved offer

Gaining a professional qualification as a Life Coach proved useful for the part of her roles that she most enjoyed - interaction with the students. She is looking forward to continuing this role as part of the ADTIS programme.

Sue read Natural Sciences at Cambridge in the 1970s, followed by a PhD in Materials Science. She became a Chartered Engineer, having worked for nine years at The Welding Institute (TWI) and has worked in the University in various roles since 1990, including as Executive Secretary of the Cambridge Environment Initiative and as a Senior Research Associate both in the Department of Engineering and in the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET). He had announced his departure from the Alzheimer's Society in September 2019, and in December 2019 the Society announced that Kate Lee from CLIC Sargent would become its next chief executive from April. Hopefully the improved pay offer will result in improved industrial relations at Shelter and we can build on this pay increase to end the low pay culture currently experienced by the charity’s staff.” Karen is the Director of the Academic Development and Training for International Students section of the Language Centre which provides training and support to assist international students at the University in further developing and honing the skills required to succeed in an English-speaking academic context.

Shelter workers secure pay victory and call off strikes Shelter workers secure pay victory and call off strikes

Unite regional officer Peter Storey said: “Full credit must go to Unite’s reps and members without whose commitment and determination this victory would not have been possible. A spokesperson for Samaritans said:“Samaritans doesn’t recognise the claims made by Unite. The welfare of our staff and volunteers within a positive and inclusive working culture is of the upmost importance to Samaritans.” Timeline of Samaritans chief executive appointment Unite regional officer Peter Storey said: “This is an excellent result that has been achieved by the tremendous solidarity and determination of our members. When Clare is not teaching at the Language Centre, she is the director of two consultancies: Doris and Bertie, which trains people to write, and Broom & Moon, which helps organisations communicate their purpose, vision, strategy and values. Over the years, she has helped senior executives at a wide range of businesses and governmental organisations communicate their ideas engagingly and persuasively. She has also designed and delivered workshops on effective business communications at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

As an educationalist, Peter is particularly interested in principles of curriculum design and development, especially exploring how teachers’ philosophies and experiences translate into pedagogical practice. He tries to bring a considered, student-centred approach to his own teaching and is always open to new ideas and practises in education. He is author of 56 books and 116 academic papers dealing with research and teaching of the English language. He has taught in the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Malaysia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “ This was a significant result, our members were prepared to stand together in unity and by doing so were able to secure a greatly improved pay increase. The union said it has recently represented Samaritans staff who had been bullied by former members of its management team.

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Given the fact that the Samaritans is in the very early stages of recovering from a toxic bullying culture which has damaged the lives of many of its staff, Unite does not believe that Mr Hughes is the right person to heal the problems the charity has experienced. As well as his ADTIS responsibilities, he currently teaches undergraduate translation for the Spanish and Russian Sections at Cambridge, as well as Spanish literature to undergraduates at Fitzwilliam. He gives occasional seminars on translation techniques at colleges in the university. When not teaching and writing, he grows vegetables and fruit in his garden, goes on long country walks and plays Irish traditional music on the fiddle (though not all at the same time).Unite has emerged from the dispute far stronger at Shelter and it is determined to ensure that members will continue to receive fair pay awards in the future.” On the Pre-Sessional course Simon teaches postgraduate students who are just about to start studying at the University, helping them prepare for challenge of studying in a foreign culture. On the In-Sessional course, he supervises undergraduates, postgraduates and post-docs from all Cambridge departments and colleges, although he specialises in teaching scientists. He was also the main teacher on short academic English courses for visiting Chinese university students run by the China UK Development Council. Outside the Language Centre, he supervises undergraduates at Gonville and Caius College in academic skills. Simon graduated in 1993 from the University of Leicester with a BSc degree that was three quarters physics and one quarter physical geography. After that, he moved to the University of Salford, where he gained an MSc in environmental management, and a PhD on environmental management in the electricity industry. He then worked as a journalist for over 4 years on The ENDS Report, the leading UK journal of environmental management and business, before starting teaching Academic English. The Charity Commission has said it will investigate concerns about the Alzheimer’s Society’s approach to dealing with staff grievances and that it is now looking into a complaint that was initially made in 2018.