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| Jim Halliday was a member of Connect Sector Executive Council. He is convinced that learning can make a life changing difference and Union Learning Reps can help making it happen. |
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| Simon Williams does not rest on his laurels. He is a Prospect Union Learning Rep and BT Retail Industrial Relations Committee member. |
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| As Connect Sector’s Project Development Worker Sasha Kamenetski developed joint work with e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology. |
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| Martin Harvey is the Director of UK Partnerships at e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology. He suggests: “Having someone to give honest feedback and advice from time to time is invaluable”. |
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| Anthony Foster is a Prospect activist and a true life-long learner. He says: 'Be very realistic about what you are prepared to sacrifice in the short-term to complete the course. Then do it.' |
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| Adrian Askew was the General Secretary of Connect . He reveals that his most positive learning experience has been the twelve months as a Trainee Area Organiser – his first job as a trade union official. |
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| Pauline Arthur was a Business Analyst in BT and a Connect Sector Executive Council member. Pauline advises:'Keep a sense of humour. Learning can be great fun and enjoyable, but sometimes it can be frustrating and yes, hard work.' |
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| Martin Wills is a Union Learning Rep in BT. He advises: ’Tackle learning because you want to – perhaps a new hobby or skill. Something practical, something you’ve always wanted to do.' |
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| Robin Gape is a Union Learning Rep in BT Adastral Park and was Connect Sector’s Learning Network chair. He emphasises that all of us can learn and age is not a barrier: ‘You can be rusty but there’s no reason why old dogs cannot learn new tricks.' |
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| Denise McGuire is Prospect’s Deputy Vice President and a People Programmes Manager in BT. She is a true life-long learner and currently busy with her MBA. Her tip to other learners is: ’Don’t underestimate the time you actually have available.' |
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| Pat Davis, Prospect Union Learning Rep encourages everyone to learning: ‘Take small steps, try something different and don’t try to achieve too much too soon. That way you are likely to be encouraged by results.' |
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| Leslie Manasseh wass Connect’s Deputy General Secretary and a member of TUC’s General Council. He believes one can always learn from other people too: ‘You can always improve how you do things by consulting others. Working together beats working alone.’ |
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| Nicolena Derrick is a Prospect Union Learning Rep and a Connect Sector Case Handler. She invites colleagues to ask themselves a question about learning: ‘Would you rather get to the end of your life and say I wish I had, or I’m glad I did?’ |
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| Dennys Spensley is a Prospect Union Learning Rep and he tells how joining Royal Navy and later on changing his career have been important milestones in his life of learning. |
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| Parmjit Dhanda, Government Minister and a Prospect member, tells that his most positive learning experience was training as a counsellor for a student support network called Nightline. |
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