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Workshop on Confidence Building – Employment Support for Migrants

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16 January 2023. We launched the 4th series of our Employment Support for Migrants series, with participants from Turkey, Iran, Nigeria, Kuwait to learn more about building confidence as an important life and job skill. Thank you to Bahar Mouland from the Workers Educational Association for leading this session. [Note-taking during the Confidence Building Workshop session led …

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WBI’s Bonny Ling Speaks on Corporate Accountability and Supply Chain Management

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10 January 2023. Looking back on Dr Bonny Ling’s public lecture in Taiwan on 13th December, as part of a series of talks and workshops centred on the issue of forced labour in the Taiwanese supply chain. In December 2022, WBI Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling delivered a public lecture, “Corporate Accountability in Supply Chain …

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Our Migrant-Targeted Employment Support Workshops for 2023 starting this week!

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9 January 2023. Happy New Year everyone!   Since February last year, Work Better Innovations have hosted a free, weekly employment support session for migrants in the Portsmouth community. In collaboration with the City of Portsmouth College (COPC) and Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), we successfully ran three series in 2022. Together, we took three cohorts …

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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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