This is further proof of how Unite’s unflinching focus on jobs, pay and conditions is delivering substantial financial benefits for its members.” Growing membership

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The trade union issued a statement this morning following an investigation bythe Guardian into the Alzheimer’s Society, where Hughes has been chief executive for the last ten years. 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.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. 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. The long running pay dispute at housing and homelessness charity Shelter has ended after workers accepted a vastly improved pay offer. Strike action 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

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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. Samaritans advertised the chief executive post in October 2019, with the salary listed as negotiable depending on experience. She has been involved with ‘Researcher Development’ for many years now, designing and delivering workshops, both as part of the Centre for Personal and Professional Development and most recently at the Department of Engineering. She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 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 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.

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. Peter Storey studied at the University of York before attending Cambridge as a postgraduate student and completing an MEd degree in 2012. Thereafter, he taught for several years in the state school sector, before transitioning to teaching in higher education. He has taught English language and academic skills programmes at the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, in the case of the former serving as the leader of academic English pre-sessional modules for international students studying STEM subjects. In addition to his work in the UK, Peter has taught overseas in Beijing and Chengdu. 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). In January 2020 the suicide prevention charity announced that Hughes would become its next chief executive.

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After working as a teacher in Sweden, France, Malaysia and the UK, she joined Cambridge University Press, initially as an editor working on coursebooks. Later, as Publishing Director, she led a team specialising in the areas of grammar and vocabulary and became involved in the development of the spoken English sections of the Cambridge English Corpus – a large database of language use. Her interest in how corpus research can improve English teaching materials, especially with regard to the spoken language, inspired her next transition to writer. She is co-author of the internationally-renowned print and online courses Touchstone and Viewpoint published by Cambridge University Press, which draw heavily on corpus research. In her roles as publisher and author she has travelled extensively and delivered papers at several international conferences. Before taking up his Language Centre post in 2009, Simon taught English for Academic Purposes in other UK institutions, primarily SOAS, University of London. He also taught for a year in Wuxi, China, preparing students for a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of New England, Australia. Jeanne continues to do corpus research, about which she has published several academic papers, and to write materials. 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. Outside of work, Simon is a keen practitioner of yoga, which takes him around the UK and beyond, often on his fold up bicycle. He has been learning Sanskrit since 2001 and he has written an academic book about yoga:

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). Unite has called on trustees to rethink appointing Jeremy Hughes as chief executive because the Samaritans is in the “early stages of recovering from a toxic bullying culture”. 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.