May 22nd – 28th

• Management team meeting

• Attended Adult Learners Awards at Queen Elizabeth 11 Conference Centre, London

• Took Gemma up to Cheltenham as part of the Endsleigh handover

• Meeting with the Learning and Skills Council

• NUS/USI bilateral in London

• Meeting with Barry Sherman Chair of the Education and Skills Select Committee re our FE agenda

• NATFHE Conference. Another weekend and bank holiday spent in the Norbreck Castle Blackpool!

May 29th - 4th June

• Spent Bank Holiday Monday in Blackpool at the last ever NATFHE Conference

• Tuesday was National Council in Loughborough and despite best efforts it was inquorate – most frustrating

• 2 days of UNISON

• Spoke at the UCU rally outside UCEA’S offices on the 1st

• Following Sian’s leaving drinks I somehow managed to overcome enough of my hangover to catch a train down to the Eden Project where I appeared on Radio 4’s ‘Any Questions’

5th – 11th June

• Meeting with John Grogan MP about the upcoming Charities Bill

• Student Volunteering England gold awards

• NUS staff meeting – there are full staff meetings 2 times a year

• BBC meeting

• Attended the first ministerial standing group on FE. These are going to become regular events, probably 4/5 times a year and bring together all the major organisations working in FE. This being the first, we mainly discussed our role in the implementation of the FE white paper

• Headed straight from there to the first of the QIA’s Annual Conferences

• Attended the official launch of the UCU the University and College Union

• 2 days at UNISON

• Spent the weekend at AMICUS Conference in Scarborough where I addressed the Education Sector on the impact of top up fees – they also decided to join Coalition 2010

12th – 18th June

• NUSSL board meeting

• AHRC reception

• QIA Finance Committee

• QIA Board meeting

• 2 days at UNISON

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