Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, and Shelter’s management held extended negotiations last Friday (7 December) in a last ditch attempt to avert the strike action. 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.

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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. In January 2020 the suicide prevention charity announced that Hughes would become its next chief executive. 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). The recent surge in membership demonstrated just how concerned workers were about low pay at Shelter. 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).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. The union said it has recently represented Samaritans staff who had been bullied by former members of its management team. 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.

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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. 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.

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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.” 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. Ruth Sutherland had been chief executive at Samaritans since 2015, and her departure was announced last year.

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She teaches on the ADTIS pre-sessional and in-sessional courses, designing and delivering workshops and classes, using her corpus research, materials writing and teaching skills. 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. 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. 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. 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.”

Samaritans advertised the chief executive post in October 2019, with the salary listed as negotiable depending on experience. 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 Unite regional officer Peter Storey said: “This is an excellent result that has been achieved by the tremendous solidarity and determination of our members. Since Unite began the industrial action dispute there has been a surge of union membership at Shelter with over 100 new members joining the union. Excellent result

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The long running pay dispute at housing and homelessness charity Shelter has ended after workers accepted a vastly improved pay offer. Strike action Jeremy joins at an exciting time for us and I look forward to working with him to build on our recent successes to ensure that we achieve our mission that fewer people die by suicide.” 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. 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. 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.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.” 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. 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.