User:Neil Stamper

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CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Freelance editor.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT 2004-2007: Adult Literacy and Numeracy Support Worker - The Learning Shop, Stornoway HS1 2BW. Teaching literacy, numeracy and basic computer skills to adults with diverse needs.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1997-2000: Labour market researcher - Western Isles Careers Service, Stornoway. Research and publish - via Internet and dtp - sectoral guides to employment areas. Maintain and develop Careers web page.

1991-1997: Editor - Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee. Advise on, edit, sub-edit and proof-read documents and software - from academic papers to a 400-page guide on palliative care. Maintain personal and jointly maintain Centre’s web pages. Literature retrieval via internet, in-house database and CD-ROM. Teach writing, editing, computer and bibliographic skills on short courses. Evaluate, install and demonstrate various software.

1989-91: Instructor - Deetext, SAMH, 4 Staffa Place, Dundee. Established new computer and office-skills project. Responsible for ten Employment Trainees (age 23-59), who had mental-health problems. Recruit and assess trainees.

1967-1991: College lecturer, day hospital instructor, freelance editor, Employment-Trainee instructor, computer-skills instructor, dutch elm disease surveyor, librarian/information worker, sub-editor, assistant editor, leisure planner, conservation officer.

EDUCATION and TRAINING 2002: Intermediate web design, Exeter University. 2001: Designing web pages via the internet, Lancaster University. 1990: Adult trainers award, City & Guilds 926/2. 1988: Postgraduate diploma in IT, Abertay University. 1988: How to write software support documentation, Eston. 1979: Editorial training scheme, IPC. 1978: Interpretive publications, CCS. 1977: Man made futures, Open University. 1974: BSc (ecological science) Hons, Edinburgh University. 1969: Four SCE Highers - Chemistry (B), English (C), Mathematics (A), Physics (A), Arbroath High School. 1968: Eight SCE O-grades - Arithmetic, Chemistry, English, French, Geography, German, Mathematics, Physics, Morgan Academy, Dundee.