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Academic and extra curricular record.

 About Ivan

* Education and Training overview

Ø    University of Portsmouth

*  Ivan’s Dissertation

Ø    Law at Keele University

*  Dissertation Topic

Ø    After Completion

Ø    Employment record (since 1993)

Ø    A week on the borough council

Ø    Films

Ø       Music

* Favourite Holiday Destinations

Education and Training

CPL - Tillington Hall

                                    National Diploma for Designated Premises Supervisors 2006

Stafford College

                                   National Certificate for Personal License Holders  2005      

Keele University:

                                    CPE/Postgraduate Diploma (Law) 2001-2002

                                    Law Department

*   Student Representative 2001-2002

*  Student Lecturer Liaison Committee

*   Keele Critical Law Group 2002

*  Group Events Officer

                                    Dissertation Topic: “An Englishman’s home is his castle”?;

An analysis of the development of a persons right to protect themselves, their property and others.

University of Portsmouth:

                                    BSc (Hons) Leisure Resource Management 1998-2001

                                    Department of Land and Construction Management

*   Course Representative: 1999-2000

*  Student Representative Committee

*  Property Studies Program Board of Studies

*  Departmental Board of Studies

*  Academic Affairs Committee

Dissertation Topics: The Shropshire Hills; A Future National Park?

Newcastle-under-Lyme College:

                                    GNVQ (Adv.) Leisure and Tourism 1996-1998

                                    Department of Leisure and Sport

*   Course Representative 1997-1998

Alleynes High School:

                                    GCSE’s 1992-1996:

                                    9 A-C grades including English, Maths and Duel Science

 

Extra Curricular Interests

 General Activities and Qualifications:

University of Portsmouth Sailing Club      1998-1999

University of Portsmouth Shotokan Karate Club     1998-1999

British Canoe Union Kayak Two Star    1995

A.S.A Assistant Teachers Award (Swimming)    1997

Audco Archers, Lillishall National Sports Centre, International Champions 1995

Supporter of Telford Tigers Ice Hockey Team

Ivan has lived in the Eccleshall Ward Area ever since his parents moved to 12 Trinity Road from Great Bridgeford.  He went to Lonsdale Primary School, on which he served as a school governor during his first term of office on Stafford Borough Council, after pre-school at Mrs Pools nursery.  Ivan was in one of the first years to benefit from Lonsdale’s twin site status.

Ivan outside the Co-Op on the High Street on Eccleshall's Victorian Market with Mr Peat holding a Start right Shoe Box from his mums shoe shop..... The Co-op has now moved onto Stafford Street and his mum has gone back to teaching.

This was Ivan's first run in with large animals (at Eccleshall car boot sale) Click here to see the latest.

Ivan then moved to Walton Middle School, Stone and from there onto Alleynes High School.  During this time Ivan had been a member of Eccleshall Beavers and then Croxton Cub Scouts.  From here he moved to Aston and Little Stoke Scout Group with his move to Stone to be Educated.  At Alleynes Ivan took History, Information Technology, Art and Geography as his options in addition to the core subjects of English Literature, English Language, Mathematics, Religious Education and Science in which he took a higher paper to achieve the double award status.  It was also within this period when Ivan took up Archery initially as a secondary sport to swimming which he had participated in since around the age of four.  However through the training and guidance given him at Audco Archers based at Lillishall National Sports Centre in 1995 Ivan was a member of the team, which won the international shoot that year.

After his GCSE’s Ivan moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme College to study Advanced GNVQ Leisure and Tourism, whilst working as a lifeguard and swimming teacher for North Shropshire District Councils Leisure Services.  Though Ivan was mainly based at Market Drayton Swimming Centre he did also work in the authorities other two pools at Wem and Whitchurch.  Still a keen scouter in 1997 Ivan obtained the scouting leadership awards.

In 1998 it was a move down south to the University of Portsmouth where Ivan studied his BSc (Hons) in Leisure Resource Management.  This being the very first year that the Labour Government introduced Tuition fees and the student loan system.  This course was in three sections.  The first Property Studies involved things such as Sustainable Development, Marina and Leisure Centre Design, Town and Country Planning… The second segment of the course was Law.  Though this covered the majority of legal areas these were focused on how they would apply in the business world.  Elements of this section included Property Law, Commercial Property Law, Employment Law and Contract Law etc.  The final section was Business Studies and involved units in Finance, Psychology, Human Resource Management etc. Ivan’s Dissertation for this course was entitled: “The Shropshire Hills; A future National Park?”.  This looked at the importance of preserving our countryside and the different levels on importance and protection different countries give such areas and how this is reflected within their legal frameworks.

It was the legal section of this course that interested Ivan the most and so he went on from Portsmouth to read Law at Keele University for his postgraduate course.

This was the normal mix of criminal and civil law.  As with many of his fellow students it was the criminal portion that grabbed his interest.  This can be seen partially by his selection of dissertation topic: “An Englishman’s home is his castle?; An analysis of the development of a persons right to protect themselves, their property and others.”  In addition to looking at the current situation in English law and where this had developed from this piece also looked at the differences between this and different systems around the world including American state law (looking at and comparing selected states), France, Italy, Canada and Australia.  The second part of this work looked at comparisons with and between Roman and other ancient legal systems such as that of ancient Sparta, Athens and the other Greek city states.

After completion of this course Ivan decided to take a year out to get some practical experience and opted for a year with the Crown Prosecution Service.  The reasoning partially being how this part of his course had intrigued him and partially as he had already done a weeks work experience with his uncle’s civil practice and so wished to have a comparison.  It was at the end of this 12 month period that Ivan was selected as the conservative candidate for Eccleshall ward and then elected to Stafford Borough Council.

Employment Record

Staffordshire County Council, Martin Street, Stafford, Staffordshire

June 2008-

Travelodge, M6 North, Stone, Staffordshire.

2007-2008

Mobal International Communications, UK office (Cannock)

(our other offices are located in the USA -  New York on Madison Ave. and Utah - and in Japan - Tokyo)

 

Ivan at work at Mobal

2006-2007

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Georgina as Ivan at Mobal's dress as a colleague day November 2006

Kings Arms Hotel, Eccleshall

 

2005-2008
Stars News Shops, Eccleshall  2004 - 2006
Civil Service, Crown Prosecution Service  2002-2004
Youth Justice Board 2002-2003
Standon and Cotes Heath Parish Council 2001-2003
Welcome Break 2001 Summer
Compass Hospitality 2000-2001
Granada Hospitality 1999-2000
Westbridge Sports Centre 1999 Summer
Newport Lifesaving Club 1997-1998
North Shropshire District Council Leisure Services 1994-2000
Standon Bowers Outdoor Education Centre 1994-1998
Country Butchers, Eccleshall 1994-1995
Kibblestone Scout Camp 1994 Summer
Rowley Gun Club, Croxton 1993-1994

A week at the borough

Monday –     08:30 go through the paper work for the day to make sure that I have everything.  Work 10:00 – 16:30 then onto the civic offices for a quick briefing on the progress with Norton Bridge Flooding at 17:00.  19:30 Chebsey Parish Council Meeting. 22:00 Home.

Tuesday-    Work 08:00 – 13:30.  Then off to the borough offices for a meeting with the Head of Planning and Engineering at 14:00 to request information and letter for the residents of Norton Bridge.  15:00 call into the leisure department to check on the progress of the play areas at Standon and Cotes Heath.  16:00 go through the weekly list of planning applications made in the borough (broken down by ward).  16:30 meeting with the Head of Housing Services. 17:30 Home 18:00 check e-mails.

Wednesday-  08:00 Meeting with officer from the legal department re: Norton Bridge Flooding.  08:30 meeting with the Borough’s Drainage Officer. 09:30 Contact County Council Highways Department (based in Stone) with regard to the flooding at Norton Bridge and the need for residents to have a letter for their insurance companies in relation to what action will be taken.  Back to Stafford for 11:30.  13:00 check e-mails and post at the borough offices. 14:00 check on the progress of the plans for Eccleshall Public Toilets. 15:00 Check with the county as to the progression of the request for church signs.  15:20 Call into the County Council to check on the progression of the Slindon speed reduction legal notice.  16:00 Press Briefing. 16:30 Back to the Civic Offices meeting to obtain financial assistance for the solution at Norton Bridge.  Meeting with three Principle Housing Officers and then the Head of Housing Services 17:30 Home to check on progress at the conference.

Thursday –    09:30 get into the borough offices for a meeting with the Head of Leisure. 10:30 check on the progression of the situation at Purshall Court with the Housing Department. 11:00 Meeting with Leisure Department officers. 13:00 meeting with finance officers. 14:00 Meeting over Policing in Eccleshall Area 17:00 meeting with Head of Planning and Engineering18:00 Put together the two letters and the information to be distributed to the residents of Norton Bridge 18:30 Drop off bundles for residents the with the Parish Clerk then back to the civic centre for Stafford Borough Green Awards Presentations at 19:00. 21:00 Home

Friday -         Work 09:30-14:00.  14:30 photo opportunity with the president of The Royal British Legion (Eccleshall Branch). 15:00

Saturday -     Work 11:30 to 15:00 then a free afternoon and evening

Sunday –       10:00 get into Eccleshall for Eccleshall Civic Service at 11:00.  Afternoon free

Films:

Top Films of all time:

Casino Royale

The Best Bond ever !! (followed by License to Kill and The Living Daylights)

click the above picture for more pictures from the film

Ice Age 2 - The Melt down featuring scrat!

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom of the opera'.

Underworld with Kate Beckinsale – Film detailing the eternal battle between the vampire and werewolf species.

(Underworld 2 is now out at the cinemas!)

Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo Di Caprio and Claire Danes

      A Civil Action with John Travolta – This is a film based on the ambulance chasing environmental lawyer in the south of the USA.

      Two Weeks Notice with Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant – Again a legal battle between large corporations and a lawyer fighting to keep the community she grew up in.

       James Bond - View to a Kill.  In this film Bond comes up against an ex KGB experiment in human genetics with a deadly interest in geology and horses.

Alison Doody stars as Jenny Flex

 

Love Actually with Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister. – This film follows the daily lives of several members of the public and is packed with stars including Rowan Atkinson as a customer assistant.

      Broke down Palace with Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale – This film is about two girls from America who go to Thailand and are tricked into drug smuggling.

      The Eagle has Landed with Michael Caine – This is possibly the best war film ever made.  It follows a German mission to a remote village in England where the German commandos are discovered after one of them sacrifices himself to save one of the local children who falls into the mill.  It could also be one of the best anti-war films ever made!

      Gladiator with Russell Crow

      Hannibal with Anthony Hopkins – The follow on film from the Silence of the Lambs.

Music:

For others below click the song name to hear it on YouTube

Dire Straights - local hero

Shania Twain - From this moment

Sarah Brightman time to say goodbye

Jenkins – Adiemus

Jenkins – Adiemus version 2

 For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton   

Dire Straits – The Bug

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Dies irae (Day of Wrath) from Requiem Mass

Guns ‘n’ Roses – Sweet Child o’ Mine

Eric Price – Call on me

U2 – Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me, Kill me

Laura Branigan – Self Control  

  

Favourite Holiday Destinations...

  1. Gibraltar

Languages: English & Spanish
Population: 28,750
Currency: Sterling
Area: 8km2 (5.8 sq. mi)
Political system: Democracy

Click the photo opposite for more pictures of Gibraltar

Gibraltar Day Celebrations

  1. Miami/Florida

On this holiday we flew into Miami then travelled onto Florida and did the tourist thing of visiting all of the theme parks.

Miami Beach

  1. Austria

Though we went to ski.  Austria also offers a great place to vacation in its summer months.

  1. Morocco

Actually we just went on a short visit to Morocco, but it was amazing.  The outside markets with eggs pilled higher than a person just out in the heat of the desert sun.  Included camel riding, which was an experience and the shopping was brilliant but haggle.  Somewhere I really want to visit for longer next time.

  1. Centre Parcs - Sherwood Forrest

Not the most exotic holiday destination but great for a quick break to get away from it all.  We did several of the activities whilst there including Paint Balling, activities around the lakes such as pedalo's etc, Bowling and a Sauna Day.  The Swimming pool, wave pool and slides also a big hit!

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