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Portsmouth Ambassadors – Opportunity for Migrants to Feel at Home in Portsmouth

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12 December 2022. We invited a group of migrants to attend the ‘Portsmouth Ambassadors’ workshop, so that migrants of all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds can get an opportunity to be part of this wonderful initiative and feel at home. The participants were keen to learn how they could get involved as volunteers and share their …

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Food with Friends – A new community project co-funded by Portsmouth’s Community Inclusion Grant

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23 November 2022. Work Better Innovations won a Community Inclusion Grant from Portsmouth City Council for a series of healthy eating and education events for migrants over this winter. We are matching this grant from our consultancy proceeds, so there is double going to community service. We were invited to a special reception, honouring all …

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Female Migrant Workers in Taiwan’s Tech Factories – A Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment Discussion

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2 November 2022. On the opening day of the Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment (GFRR) 2022, our Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling was invited to bring her leading academic and business insight in a panel discussion titled Recruitment of Women Migrant Workers: A Look at Technology Factories in Taiwan. She was joined by Pamela Wood, …

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Register for a Special Workshop on UK Work Culture with Peter Fincham

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Portsmouth-based businessman and part-time author Peter Fincham returns by popular demand to deliver a bespoke session on UK work culture to our third cohort enrolled in the Job Preparation for Migrants’ Workshop. Previously, participants have been able to learn about the UK job market’s expectations and how CVs and cover letters should be presented. Peter’s …

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A More Sustainable Future: Uniting Higher Education, Governments, Industry and Society

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Between 31 October and 2 November 2022, the University of Glasgow will host Times Higher Education’s inaugural GSDC, the Global Sustainable Development Congress, where our Executive Director, Dr Bonny Ling, will deliver a special talk alongside a global panel of speakers. ‘How can migration drive development of more sustainable and equitable societies?’ asks the title …

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Join our Job Preparation Workshop for Migrants

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On the 26th September, Work Better Innovations will launch its third series of the popular Job Preparation Support for for Migrants programme, led by our Community Director Anita David. Short Introduction Planned in collaboration with City College of Portsmouth and the Workers Educational Association, it has already completed two successful runs, evident in former participants’ …

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Public Lecture on Migrant Workers’ Rights in Taiwan and Globally

Business, Events

18th August 2022. CEO Dr Bonny Ling is invited to present her lecture ‘Realising a People-Centric New Southbound Policy for Taiwan through Reforms in Migration’ at the University of Indonesia. The main points of discussion were debt bondage as an indicator of #forcedlabour, the restrictive experiences faced by migrant workers during #COVID, the urgency for implementation of …

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11 July 2022: Online Chat on UK Work Culture with Peter Fincham

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5 July 2022. This discussion is back by popular demand! Earlier this year, Portsmouth-based businessman and author Peter Fincham introduced UK work culture to our first group of migrant job applicants. We benefitted from his honest (and humorous) take, so we are bringing him back to host another chat. Peter also gives similar talks to student graduates to help them understand what is professionally expected of those stepping into the UK workplace.

CV Writing is Integration Hopes on Paper

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23 May 2022. Our series of job preparation support for those newly arrived in Portsmouth start with a session on CV writing. Many in our class are refugees and asylum seekers who have or will soon have the permission to work. They look forward to being part of our local economy, of bringing their skills and contributing to the social fabric of our community. They want to work towards having their skills recognised in the UK. This starts with CVs.

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