21 OCTOBER 2024
Joanna joined the Stationers’ as a free(wo)man back in June. She’s the director of Speak Street a not for profit organisation and publisher, on a mission to support refugee learners improve their English skills and confidence. Speak Street offers English classes across a range of London venues including community centre, homeless shelters, workplaces, and art galleries. She faced a problem familiar to many social entrepreneurs: how do we publish books for readers who want them but can’t afford to buy them.
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Updates from Leigh Stationer's Academy are now available on the Latest News page of the Academy's website.
Items this week include:
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The winners of the Innovation Excellence Awards have been announced at a packed ceremony and lunch at the historic Stationer’s Hall in London.
Special guest, Vint Cerf – widely regarded as one of the fathers of the internet – presented UCAS with the coveted top prize of Innovator of the Year.
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Liveryman Derwin Mak's novels The Moon Under Her Feet and The Shrine of the Siren Stone are back in print from Dark Helix Press, a small science fiction and fantasy publisher in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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London, UK (14 October 2024) – Highlands will attend the Orgatec Trade Show, in Cologne, Germany, from 22-26 October 2024. Orgatec is the leading international trade fair for modern working environments, showcasing innovations in workplace solutions, furniture, and technology. Gordon Christiansen, Partner at Highlands, will be present at the conference, along with Highland’s client, Rocada.
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The evening was a rare excursion for the literary “lunchers” as it was an evening event at L'Escargot in Soho, as opposed to the normal lunches in the City.
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Thank you to the many people who packed St Lawrence Jewry to hear me give the Inaugural Sheriffs’ Reflections, based on the highly acclaimed series of Reflections of The Lord Mayor, and help raise important sums for the Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund which does such great work in the rehabilitation of prisoners.
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Dear Colleagues,
Updates from Leigh Stationer's Academy are now available on the Latest News page of the Academy's website.
10 OCTOBER 2024
We are delighted to announce that the ALPSP International Mentorship Scheme, sponsored by PLS, is the recipient of a coveted Mentorloop Impact Award.
The award recognises the ALPSP scheme for facilitating connections between participants globally and cross-organisationally, ensuring equality and equal access to opportunities and for promoting a culture of mentoring across the scholarly publishing community.
Our scheme has grown over 200% since its inception in 2022 and is consistently achieving a mentoring quality score of 4.5/5 from our participants. An integral part of the ALPSP Careers Hub of resources, the mentorship scheme is a free member benefit with a mentee role available to all employees of our member organizations. Mentors come from both member and non-member organizations, which allows for a truly global and inclusive programme. As a founding member of C4DISC, we actively encourage applications from diverse and marginalized groups.
We will open our next programme early in 2025. Learn more about the ALPSP International Mentorship Scheme.=
Participant Comments:
“I’m happy to have this opportunity to connect with someone with such a different background and with such a different set of experiences.” – 2024 Mentee
“These sessions significantly help me evaluate and adjust my direction towards my goals. Thank you for facilitating this enriching mentorship experience!" – 2024 Mentee
"Our first meeting was fantastic. Really felt like a door had been swung open and I had a good amount of practical advice I could start implementing and trying out." 2024 Mentee
“We have both agreed that we are finding our conversations really beneficial and a space where we can share ideas, experiences and explore areas that are work related but away from the detail of everyday work which is so valuable." – 2024 Mentor
9 OCTOBER 2024
The Picon chairmanship has switched from one British manufacturer to another. James Boughton, managing director of Edale, passed the baton on to Stuart Murphy, director of Rollem, at the Picon AGM and dinner at the weekend.
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Do you, or does anyone you know, live with dementia, bipolar, stroke, brain injury or visual impairments or challenges?
This is a calendar that has been designed for everyone – carers, family members, visiting carers or those cared for. It was developed with support from the Stationers’ Foundation and has been trialled successfully by the Alzheimers Society (Derbyshire). It shows one day at a time – you simply enter what is important to YOU on a particular day (events, appointments, anniversaries etc) – then turn over a new leaf each day !
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Catherine is a cookery writer, culinary educator, author of Kitchen Confidence cook book and advocate for good food and getting people of all ages and abilities in the kitchen. These days Catherine teaches on a consultative basis at a number of cookery schools and privately through her Kitchen Confidence Cookery School.
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