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    Erik Ribsskog

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    Alumni E-newsletter Edition 4, 2010





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    Edition 4, 2010


    Hello Alumni!

    Welcome to the final edition of the alumni e-newsletter for 2010. This latest jam packed edition features all the latest news and events which have taken place since the last e-newsletter. We will also be looking forward to the final events of the year and take a peek at what's in store for 2011.

    To our summer 2010 graduates, we hope you are enjoying your first few months as a graduate and you are on the way to doing what you want to do. Don't forget that we want to stay in touch with you and hope you will keep us up to date with what you are doing. Have you gone on to securing your dream job? Are you planning on going travelling now you have finished your studies? We want to hear all about it.

    To all our other members, please keep us up to date with your stories so we can feature you on our Where Are You Now pages in the Bridge magazine and online.

    Keep in touch!

    Sarah Fairless

    Development & Alumni Office



    Alumni Member of the Year 2010

    Every year we ask you to nominate a person who you feel has exhibited noteworthy achievement in either

    • professional success demonstrated by notable career achievements
    • extraordinary community involvement
    • meritorious heroism, and/or prevalence over adversity; and/or
    • significant volunteerism or philanthropy for the benefit of humanity.

    Last year's winner was Mark Burdon, who won for his career achievements in the region and his work in the community and with the Alumni Association.

    Download the application form here. Deadline for nominations is 15th November 2010. You will need to login to access.


    2009 Winner Mark Burdon with Chancellor Steve Cram and nominator, Paul Carter.



    Recent Alumni Events…

    Hope Winch Annual Reunion Dinner and AGM 2010 – Pharmacy graduates young and old joined together at the National Glass Centre.

    Class of 1990 Communication Studies Reunion – Louise O'Neil gathered a group of old friends together in Manchester to reminisce about old times.

    Irene Yin visits the University – Malaysian business woman, Irene Yin visits the University after 30 years with old friend Margaret Cook who she met in a cake shop on Chester Road.


    Upcoming Alumni Events…


    Class of 1997 Environmental Sciences Reunion – Craig Hofert would like his former classmates to join him for a drink on Saturday 11th December.

    University Carol Concert – All Alumni Invited! Join us at the spectacular Sunderland Minster on Wednesday 8th December.

    North East Pharmacy Forum Launch – The Royal Pharmaceutical Society launch the regional forum on Tuesday 23rd November.



    Class of 2006/7…we need your help!


    Shortly after you graduated you may have been asked to complete a Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE)
    questionnaire by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

    If you graduated in 2006/7 you may now be re-approached and asked to fill in a DLHE Longitudinal Survey. The University cannot express how important it is to us that the survey is completed. Read more here.


    Student Rugby League: Alumni Network

    Student Rugby League (SRL) are the governing body of University and College Rugby League and are launching an Alumni network in order to keep in touch with our past players as they graduate. Members will receive a range of benefits as well as invitations to a number of events, for more information on the associated benefits and events please visit www.studentrl.com/alumni


    90 Years of Pharmacy at Sunderland

    In 2011 we will be celebrating 90 years of pharmacy at the University of Sunderland and we want all our pharmacy graduates to be involved. A series of events are being planned and they include a large celebratory dinner, an official opening of the new sciences complex in January, an exhibition and many other social events.

    We are currently looking for pharmacy school items which we can used in our exhibition. Do you have any memorabilia or artefacts you would lend to us? If so please get in touch with the Faculty contact Eve Richardson


    Christmas Cottages4you and New Golf Offer!

    Alumni members can save 10% off cottages this Christmas and New Year with cottages4you!

    Whether you're dreaming of a romantic hideaway treat for two or a family get together, cottages4you have the perfect holiday property.

    Many cottages provide all of the traditional elements to make your Christmas as authentic as possible – beamed ceilings, open fires and walks from the doorstep!

    Open Fairways have also updated their Alumni Offer. Buy an Open Fairways membership card for £69 instead of £89 RRP and the University of Sunderland Development Trust will receive £20 to support the Futures Fund!

    Don't forget to visit our Benefits and Services page for other great alumni offers! You will need to login!


    Win!…Win!…Win!.. Signed copy of Alice in Sunderland

    Its that time of year again when we give away our Alumni Christmas Prize. This year's prize is a signed copy of Alice In Sunderland by Bryan Talbot who recently presented a masterclass at the University.

    To enter email us the answer to the following question?

    In the story Alice in Wonderland, what is the name of Alice's cat?


    And finally…


    • Remember that the Sunderland Old Teachers Society still meet regularly at Langham Tower. Did you study Teacher Training at Langham Tower and would like to meet old up with old classmates, let us know.
    • Please keep sending us your Where Are You Now stories.
    • Class of 2010. We have spare copies of the 'Class of 2010' booklet which was given away at the summer graduation ceremony. If you would like a copy please email fiona.jackson@sunderland.ac.uk

    Please remember to keep in touch!


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    Gmail – Update/Fwd: Employment-case and more







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    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Update/Fwd: Employment-case and more





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:16 PM





    To:

    alumni@sunderland.ac.uk



    Hi,

    I'm sending you an update, about my employement-case, against Bertelsmann.
    It seems Bertelsmann pays unemployed actors, (Nick Ewans, an American in London), to set up blogs against me, on the internet, where he writes I'm 'nuts' etc:

    It also seems like Bertelsmann are paying former colleges of me from Arvato's Microsoft Scandinavian Product Activation, (probably a Swedish woman called Emelie Wallin), to send people that I write about on my blog, e-mails about me, writing I'm insane:

    I write about everything that's going on in my life, since I can't have a normal life, since I overheard in Oslo, in 2003, that I was followed by the 'mafian', and the police don't even want to tell me who they are.

    I was also attempted to be killed, on my uncle Martin Ribsskog's farm, in Larvik, Norway, in 2005, (after I had to quit at the University of Sunderland, in February 2005, since my study-loan from Norway, was four months delayed).

    I just wanted to send you an update about my employment-case, and more.
    Hope this is alright!
    Yours sincerely,
    Erik Ribsskog



    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Date: Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:05 PM

    Subject: Update/Fwd: Employment-case and more
    To: alumni@sunderland.ac.uk

    Hi,

    I'm sending an update, after a meeting I had on the Jobcentre, Williamsson Sq., in Liverpool, today.

    Because I think that the Jobcentre ignores my IT-education.
    (Four years at University-level in Norway, plus the months I studied at the University of Sunderland).

    The Jobcentre says that I would have had to have work-experience as an IT Manager, to apply for jobs as an IT Manager.
    But I think that's a bit strange.
    Then it's like my years studying are wasted.

    I studied in Sunderland, from September 2004 to February 2005, (I had to interrupt my studies, due to problems with my home university, Oslo University College, and Lånekassa, (the Study-loan bank in Norway), which made me lose focus, so I was very delayed with my studies, and found out, that the smartest thing would be to abort that study-year, especially since the university wanted to move me to another flat in the Forge as well, when some of the other students went back to their home-countries, then I would have more delayed jet, due to having to get to know new flat-mates etc. Since I was a lot delayed from before. So then I rather tried to find a job, before my money ran out).

    So it's more than three years since I studied in Sunderland.
    But I only graduated from my Home University, last year.
    Do you think it's ok, if I ask the University for career-adivce then?

    Since I think the Jobcentre lacks a bit competence in IT, to asses my skills, and help give me advice on what type of IT-jobs, to apply for.
    (Because they don't even know how to write 'IT', they write 'It').

    And they just want to have me working in a jewelers-shop, as an assisting manager, or in a shoe-shop, as an assisting manager.
    And then I think, that my four and a half years of IT/Information Manager/Computing-studies are wasted.

    And I've also been working ten years as a manager, in retail, in one of Norway's biggest companies, Rimi/ICA.
    So I think that I also have valuable management/organisation and business-skills.

    (I've also gone to business-school, at Upper Secondary-level, and have a National Diploma in Marketing, and also Information Management and Basis Commerce and Office work).
    And the first University College I studied at in Norway, NHI, (now NITH); they also had a lot of business-modules, like Marketing, Economy and Management.

    So I think could have a top-job, or director job even now.
    But still the Jobcentre want's to put me in a shoe-shop, as a supervisor there.
    But then I don't think I get to use my experience and qualifications.

    But I'm not an expert on job-seeking and career-'stuff'.
    So I'm trying to find someone who could help me with this.
    Do you think it's ok for me, to contact the University's Career adivce-departement, even if it's a bit more than three years since I studied in Sunderland.

    (But I was at Study Abroad, and graduated from my Home University, last year).

    Sorry if I'm sending many e-mails!
    Thanks in advance for any help!
    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:54 PM
    Subject: Employment-case and more
    To: alumni@sunderland.ac.uk

    Hi,

    thank you very much for the membership-package, that I received in the post today!

    I was a student, on the third year, bachelor, Computing, in 2004/05, on study abroad.

    But I had some problems, with the study-loan bank, in Norway, but I got a foundation degree, from my home university, last year.
    I also have an employement-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato's Microsoft Scandinavian Product Activation, here in Liverpool:

    I was wondering if you think you could please ask the Law-department, at the University, if they could please help me with my employment-case, as a pro bono-case, since I can't find any law firms, who can help me.

    (I was very badly treated there, and they used illigal management methods, called reinforement there, and more, please see link).
    Just something I thought about, when I received your membership-package today.

    I'll also forward you a copy of my problems with the University and more, from 2005, which I've recently sent to the Students Union, at the university.
    Hope this is alright, and thank you very much, for any help, in advance!

    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog






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    Gmail – Update/Fwd: Update/Fwd: CV







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    Erik Ribsskog

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    Update/Fwd: Update/Fwd: CV





    Alumni

    <alumni@sunderland.ac.uk>





    Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:40 AM





    To:

    Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Dear Erik

    I have passed your email onto the relevant department, they

    should be in touch soon.

    Sarah

    From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

    Sent: 09 September 2010 23:15

    To: alumni@sunderland.ac.uk

    Cc: Hartley, Gillian

    Subject: Update/Fwd: Update/Fwd: CV


    Hi,

    this is an update, of my previous e-mails.

    Here one can see, that Jet don't seem to perhaps understand

    my IT-skills.

    And I'm not an expert, on assessing my IT-skills.

    So I was wondering if the University could help me with

    this, (and perhaps getting a statement from Naric?), even if it's more than

    three years ago, that I went to the university.

    Just something I thought about, that maybe you could help me

    with?

    Thank you very much in advance for any help!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-

    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:00 PM

    Subject: Fwd: Update/Fwd: CV

    To: Gillian.Hartley@liverpool.gov.uk

    Hi,

    I just had a third re-think here, while I was making dinner.

    And, there are some things I'm proud about, that maybe

    should be on the CV.

    – In 1988, I lived in Vestfold county, but got a place in

    Buskerud county, on Upper Secondary School, since I had very good grades. (Only

    ten studets from Vestfold where allowed to study in Buskerud, (in the city of

    Drammen, where they had better asortment, of study-lines) each year, at that

    time).

    – In 1991, (like I wrote), I was an advisor for the

    Conservative Youth Party, in Norway, before the election then, on the

    election-programme.

    – In 2001, I won a prestigous competition/prize, at work, in

    Rimi, called 'Rimi Gullårer', or Rimi Goldmines, that only let's say 5% of the

    shops win every year. It's a shop-running competition.

    – In 1997, I was chosen by the Home Defence, in Oslo, to be

    in a elite-unit, called 'Støtte-området'. They chose freely, between all the

    people in Norway, that had been on constription service, in the army, (that's

    many people, since one have to serve in the army, in Norway).

    – And when I played football, at Berger I.L., we won a cup called 'Vinn Sande

    Cup'. And I have third-cousin, in Denmark, (Steffen Heegaard), who's a

    director, in an insurance-company, called TopDanmark, and he they write about,

    that he won a club championship, in tennis, when he was young, so then I

    thought I could write, that we won that cup.

    Also, there are a few punctuation-faults, in the first

    lines, where in Personal Profile there.

    But I guess I could fix them myselves.

    Also, I had a course in Windows NT server, that you don't

    mention, in 1997 or 98, in Oslo.

    And you don't mention the Jet-course I had, last year, in

    Basic Food Hygiene.

    But that was maybe on a low level?

    Now I'll try to eat dinner, and stop writing all these

    e-mails!

    Sorry about this!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-

    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    Subject: Update/Fwd: CV

    To: Gillian.Hartley@liverpool.gov.uk

    Hi,

    just something more I thought about now.

    (Sorry that I send many e-mails).

    The second year, on Upper Secondary Business School, was

    also Economy-line, spesialising in Marketing, (and not just Marketing).

    I read the CV a second time now.

    And what I perhaps miss, is that it isn't explained about

    what my degree in IT, is about.

    Like, I mean, the CV says a lot about my Shop

    Manager-career.

    But it doesn't explain what my level 5 degree in IT, makes me capable of, in a

    job.

    (Even if I remember that you had a folder, where it

    explained what level 5 qualifications are).

    Also, I worked with System Development, (for Arction

    Arvcade, in Norway), in 1993.

    And I have a website, on www.johncons.org,

    that I've made myself from scratch.

    So maybe the CV should say more about my IT-skills/experience.

    But I think it tells about my management-experience very

    fine.

    But I think I should really aim high, since I have both manager-experience and

    an IT-degree.

    That's really two different 'proper' possible carreers.

    But, if one combine them, then I could be like a well-paid

    IT-manager or a director.

    And not just a food-shop manager or assistant.

    That's my thoughts at least now.

    I wanted to get a statement from Naric, about my IT-skills, but Jet

    Employabillity Team, wouldn't pay for a statement.

    And I'm unemployed, so I can't afford one.

    But maybe Naric would have thought that my IT-studies are the equivalent of a

    Bachelors Degree?

    Or maybe a Higher National Diploma is enough, together with

    manager-experience, to get a top-job, as an IT-manager or director?

    Just my thoughts from reading the CV a second time.

    I'll try to not send so many e-mails.

    Thank you very much again for the help with this!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-

    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:07 PM

    Subject: Re: CV

    To: "Hartley, Gillian" <Gillian.Hartley@liverpool.gov.uk>

    Hi Gill,

    thank you very much for the CV.

    Here are some things, that didn't look right to me, at

    first, in the CV.

    So I thought we should be on line, with this, (or else I could have just sorted

    it myself).

    I worked as a Shop Manager in three Rimi-shops, in the Oslo Area.

    (Rimi Nylænde, Rimi Kalbakken and Rimi Langhus).

    I started in Rimi as a person sitting in the check-out, (and

    not as an assistant).

    I'm not sure if army service should be on the CV, but since

    you haven't got conscription service, in the UK, then it's maybe no big deal.

    My degree, in IT, from Oslo University College, is a Higher

    National Diploma/Foundation Degree, (and not a National Diploma, like you

    write).

    I've also gone for one year, at Upper Secondary School, in

    Drammen, Norway, (at Gjerdes Upper Secondary School), (which is a

    business-school), and I had went on the Economy-line, spesialasing in

    Information Management.

    Other than this, I think the CV looked very fine, and much easier to read, than

    the one I wrote myself.

    Thank you very much again for the help with this!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Hartley, Gillian <Gillian.Hartley@liverpool.gov.uk>

    wrote:

    Hi Erik

    I am emailing CV for

    your perusal.

    If any adjustments

    are required please let me know.

    Regards

    Gillian

    Hartley

    Guidance

    Officer

    Liverpool

    Jet Service

    Neighbourhood

    Employment Services

    Liverpool

    City Council

    49b County

    Road

    Walton

    L4 3QA

    Tel: 0151

    233 4026

    Fax: 0151

    233 4025

    Email: gillian.hartley@liverpool.gov.uk

    Web: www.liverpool.gov.uk

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    Gmail – Update/Fwd: Update/Fwd: CV







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Update/Fwd: Update/Fwd: CV





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 11:15 PM





    To:

    alumni@sunderland.ac.uk


    Cc:

    "Hartley, Gillian" <Gillian.Hartley@liverpool.gov.uk>



    Hi,

    this is an update, of my previous e-mails.
    Here one can see, that Jet don't seem to perhaps understand my IT-skills.
    And I'm not an expert, on assessing my IT-skills.

    So I was wondering if the University could help me with this, (and perhaps getting a statement from Naric?), even if it's more than three years ago, that I went to the university.

    Just something I thought about, that maybe you could help me with?
    Thank you very much in advance for any help!
    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog


    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
    Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:00 PM

    Subject: Fwd: Update/Fwd: CV
    To: Gillian.Hartley@liverpool.gov.uk

    Hi,

    I just had a third re-think here, while I was making dinner.

    And, there are some things I'm proud about, that maybe should be on the CV.
    – In 1988, I lived in Vestfold county, but got a place in Buskerud county, on Upper Secondary School, since I had very good grades. (Only ten studets from Vestfold where allowed to study in Buskerud, (in the city of Drammen, where they had better asortment, of study-lines) each year, at that time).

    – In 1991, (like I wrote), I was an advisor for the Conservative Youth Party, in Norway, before the election then, on the election-programme.
    – In 2001, I won a prestigous competition/prize, at work, in Rimi, called 'Rimi Gullårer', or Rimi Goldmines, that only let's say 5% of the shops win every year. It's a shop-running competition.

    – In 1997, I was chosen by the Home Defence, in Oslo, to be in a elite-unit, called 'Støtte-området'. They chose freely, between all the people in Norway, that had been on constription service, in the army, (that's many people, since one have to serve in the army, in Norway).

    – And when I played football, at Berger I.L., we won a cup called 'Vinn Sande Cup'. And I have third-cousin, in Denmark, (Steffen Heegaard), who's a director, in an insurance-company, called TopDanmark, and he they write about, that he won a club championship, in tennis, when he was young, so then I thought I could write, that we won that cup.

    Also, there are a few punctuation-faults, in the first lines, where in Personal Profile there.
    But I guess I could fix them myselves.
    Also, I had a course in Windows NT server, that you don't mention, in 1997 or 98, in Oslo.

    And you don't mention the Jet-course I had, last year, in Basic Food Hygiene.
    But that was maybe on a low level?
    Now I'll try to eat dinner, and stop writing all these e-mails!

    Sorry about this!
    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>


    Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:11 PM
    Subject: Update/Fwd: CV
    To: Gillian.Hartley@liverpool.gov.uk

    Hi,

    just something more I thought about now.

    (Sorry that I send many e-mails).
    The second year, on Upper Secondary Business School, was also Economy-line, spesialising in Marketing, (and not just Marketing).

    I read the CV a second time now.
    And what I perhaps miss, is that it isn't explained about what my degree in IT, is about.
    Like, I mean, the CV says a lot about my Shop Manager-career.

    But it doesn't explain what my level 5 degree in IT, makes me capable of, in a job.
    (Even if I remember that you had a folder, where it explained what level 5 qualifications are).

    Also, I worked with System Development, (for Arction Arvcade, in Norway), in 1993.
    And I have a website, on www.johncons.org, that I've made myself from scratch.

    So maybe the CV should say more about my IT-skills/experience.
    But I think it tells about my management-experience very fine.
    But I think I should really aim high, since I have both manager-experience and an IT-degree.

    That's really two different 'proper' possible carreers.
    But, if one combine them, then I could be like a well-paid IT-manager or a director.
    And not just a food-shop manager or assistant.

    That's my thoughts at least now.
    I wanted to get a statement from Naric, about my IT-skills, but Jet Employabillity Team, wouldn't pay for a statement.
    And I'm unemployed, so I can't afford one.

    But maybe Naric would have thought that my IT-studies are the equivalent of a Bachelors Degree?
    Or maybe a Higher National Diploma is enough, together with manager-experience, to get a top-job, as an IT-manager or director?

    Just my thoughts from reading the CV a second time.
    I'll try to not send so many e-mails.
    Thank you very much again for the help with this!
    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:07 PM
    Subject: Re: CV
    To: "Hartley, Gillian" <Gillian.Hartley@liverpool.gov.uk>

    Hi Gill,


    thank you very much for the CV.
    Here are some things, that didn't look right to me, at first, in the CV.
    So I thought we should be on line, with this, (or else I could have just sorted it myself).

    I worked as a Shop Manager in three Rimi-shops, in the Oslo Area.
    (Rimi Nylænde, Rimi Kalbakken and Rimi Langhus).
    I started in Rimi as a person sitting in the check-out, (and not as an assistant).

    I'm not sure if army service should be on the CV, but since you haven't got conscription service, in the UK, then it's maybe no big deal.
    My degree, in IT, from Oslo University College, is a Higher National Diploma/Foundation Degree, (and not a National Diploma, like you write).

    I've also gone for one year, at Upper Secondary School, in Drammen, Norway, (at Gjerdes Upper Secondary School), (which is a business-school), and I had went on the Economy-line, spesialasing in Information Management.

    Other than this, I think the CV looked very fine, and much easier to read, than the one I wrote myself.
    Thank you very much again for the help with this!
    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog

    On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Hartley, Gillian <Gillian.Hartley@liverpool.gov.uk> wrote:

    Hi Erik

    I am emailing CV for your perusal.

    If any adjustments are required please let me know.

    Regards

    Gillian Hartley

    Guidance Officer

    Liverpool Jet Service

    Neighbourhood

    Employment Services

    Liverpool City Council

    49b County Road

    Walton

    L4 3QA

    Tel: 0151 233 4026

    Fax: 0151 233 4025

    Email: gillian.hartley@liverpool.gov.uk

    Web: www.liverpool.gov.uk

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    Her er vedlegget:

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  • Jeg sendte en ny e-post til University of Sunderland Alumni Association







    Gmail – Reunion







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Reunion





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:12 AM





    To:

    alumni@sunderland.ac.uk



    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 7:44 PM
    Subject: Re: Reunion
    To: Sheila Havelock <sheila.havelock@sunderland.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    this isn't really about this feelings, this is about facts.

    The univeristy don't send me my files.
    And your office, wouldn't insisted I had to live at the Forge, in 2004.

    Etc., etc.
    I had a lot on my mind, when I sent the first e-mail.
    But when I think it through, then I don't think it's smart of me, to have anything to do with the University of Sunderland, untill my complaint is resolved.

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Sheila Havelock <sheila.havelock@sunderland.ac.uk> wrote:

    I'm sorry that you feel this way but I always need to check room availability before I am able to book students in.

    Regards

    Sheila

    Erik Ribsskog wrote:


    Hi,

    no, I've had a re-think now.

    And I'm not going to go to the re-union.

    Because the University is messing with me, and isn't sending me my files.

    And you at the Residential Office, you messed with me, in 2004, and wouldn't let me have my own appartment in Sunderland, but insisted I had to live at the Forge.

    I think you group people together, in a certain way there, after planning, to let the male illuminati-students have whores there.

    Like Iwo and Dorothy, both from Germany, in 'my' flat, at the Forge.

    And when they went back to Germany, mid-year, then I and the two young women from Italy and Spain, had to move to another flat at the Forge.

    Something that almost broke the Spanish girl down.

    And I thought it was a disruption.

    Because I was delayed with my studies, since my sister wanted to visit me all Christimas and New Year, from Norway, with her female friend, and their two kids.

    (They couldn't afford to live at Travellodge, wich you at the Residental-office adviced me to tell them.

    Since they couldn't have the rooms I initially wanted to rent one of now, since you didn't permit kids there).

    And now you waited a long time, to let me have a room.

    I think you must have tried to use me in some way, in some illuminati-plot, and therefore used a long time, to respond to my enquiery.

    So this has a smell to it I think.

    So I'm going to stay at home.

    Good luck with your plots!

    Erik Ribsskog


    On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM, sheila havelock <sheila.havelock@sunderland.ac.uk <mailto:sheila.havelock@sunderland.ac.uk>> wrote:

    Are you still wanting a room with us or have you decided to go

    elsewhere?

    Regards

    Sheila Havelock

    Erik Ribsskog wrote:

    Hi,

    maybe I should rather check with Travellodge?

    How can this be so complicated?

    I see that you can't afford to replace your old computers,

    when the keys get distroyed.

    So I don't think those rooms you have are that fine anyway.

    I think it must be something wrong when you have to do

    room-reservations in two operations.

    Regards,

    Erik Ribsskog

    On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Accommodation

    <residentialservices@sunderland.ac.uk

    <mailto:residentialservices@sunderland.ac.uk>

    <mailto:residentialservices@sunderland.ac.uk

    <mailto:residentialservices@sunderland.ac.uk>>> wrote:

    I will check the room availability at that time and get

    back to you

    Regards

    Sheila Havelock

    Erik Ribsskog wrote:

    Hi,

    I was a student at the University of Sunderland, in

    2004/05.

    I was just wondering if I could please book

    accomodation, for

    myself, for the reunion, on 11. September.

    If you still have free rooms for that, I mean.

    Thank you very much in advance for your help!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog






  • Jeg fikk en e-post fra the University of Sunderland og University of Sunderland Alumni Association







    Gmail – Reunion







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Reunion





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:51 PM





    To:

    sheila havelock <sheila.havelock@sunderland.ac.uk>


    Cc:

    alumni@sunderland.ac.uk



    Hi,

    no, I've had a re-think now.
    And I'm not going to go to the re-union.
    Because the University is messing with me, and isn't sending me my files.

    And you at the Residential Office, you messed with me, in 2004, and wouldn't let me have my own appartment in Sunderland, but insisted I had to live at the Forge.
    I think you group people together, in a certain way there, after planning, to let the male illuminati-students have whores there.

    Like Iwo and Dorothy, both from Germany, in 'my' flat, at the Forge.
    And when they went back to Germany, mid-year, then I and the two young women from Italy and Spain, had to move to another flat at the Forge.

    Something that almost broke the Spanish girl down.
    And I thought it was a disruption.
    Because I was delayed with my studies, since my sister wanted to visit me all Christimas and New Year, from Norway, with her female friend, and their two kids.

    (They couldn't afford to live at Travellodge, wich you at the Residental-office adviced me to tell them.
    Since they couldn't have the rooms I initially wanted to rent one of now, since you didn't permit kids there).

    And now you waited a long time, to let me have a room.
    I think you must have tried to use me in some way, in some illuminati-plot, and therefore used a long time, to respond to my enquiery.

    So this has a smell to it I think.
    So I'm going to stay at home.
    Good luck with your plots!
    Erik Ribsskog


    On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM, sheila havelock <sheila.havelock@sunderland.ac.uk> wrote:


    Are you still wanting a room with us or have you decided to go elsewhere?

    Regards

    Sheila Havelock

    Erik Ribsskog wrote:


    Hi,


    maybe I should rather check with Travellodge?

    How can this be so complicated?

    I see that you can't afford to replace your old computers, when the keys get distroyed.

    So I don't think those rooms you have are that fine anyway.

    I think it must be something wrong when you have to do room-reservations in two operations.

    Regards,

    Erik Ribsskog


    On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Accommodation <residentialservices@sunderland.ac.uk <mailto:residentialservices@sunderland.ac.uk>> wrote:

    I will check the room availability at that time and get back to you

    Regards

    Sheila Havelock

    Erik Ribsskog wrote:

    Hi,

    I was a student at the University of Sunderland, in 2004/05.

    I was just wondering if I could please book accomodation, for

    myself, for the reunion, on 11. September.

    If you still have free rooms for that, I mean.

    Thank you very much in advance for your help!

    Best regards,

    Erik Ribsskog






  • Nå var jeg på ‘sign on’-møte på the Jobcentre

    Jeg tok opp det, som hun Clare hos the Jobcentre, prata om på det forrige ‘sign on’-møtet, for fjorten dager siden.

    Om jeg ønsket å forrandre noe, på ‘the Jobseekers Agreement’.

    Og det så jeg jo på hjemme, i forrige uke, som jeg skrev om i denne bloggposten:

    https://johncons-blogg.net/2010/08/pa-jobcentre-i-england-sa-har-de-noe.html

    Og resultatet ble bra, vil jeg si.

    Det ble vel akkurat sånn som jeg ville ha det, (mer eller mindre).

    (Jeg måtte forklare litt da, at jeg syntes det var litt dumt med ‘Call centre’.

    Siden jeg er fra Norge og ikke prater helt perfekt engelsk.

    Da er det kanskje dumt å ha en jobb, hvor man må sitte å prate engelsk hele dagen, tenkte jeg.

    Sånne ting.

    Men men.

    Og hun Clare spurte også om jeg hadde jobbet med Web Design, og da forklarte jeg at jeg har mitt eget nettsted, (http://www.johncons.org/), som jeg har designet selv, fra scratch.

    Så jeg fikk det som jeg ville, til slutt, ihvertfall.

    Men men).

    PS.

    Her kan man se hvordan den nye Jobseekers Agreement ble:

    img216

    img217

    PS 2.

    Og her er en jobb jeg fant selv, før møtet, på en sånn maskin, som de har hos the Jobcentre:

    img219

    PS 3.

    Og her er en jobb, som hun Clare fant til meg, under møtet idag:

    img218

    PS 4.

    Hun Clare, hun sier også, at man må ha jobbet som IT Manager, fra før, for å få jobb som IT Manager.

    Det sa hun på møtet idag.

    Men det blir mer sånn da, at hva kom først, høna eller egget, synes jeg.

    Man må jo få den første IT Manager-jobben et sted også.

    Sånn som det er nå, (på møtet idag, og for to uker siden), så finner hun Clare, kun assisterende butikksjef-jobber til meg, når hun skal hjelpe, eller ‘hjelpe’.

    Forrige gang, så var det assisterende butikksjef i gullsmed-butikk.

    Og idag, så var det assisterende butikksjef, i skobutikk.

    Men da synes jeg, at hun nesten ignorerer, at jeg har studert data, i fire år.

    (Eller egentlig fire og et halvt år, hvis man tar med tiden jeg studerte ved the University of Sunderland.

    Selv om det ikke var så vellykket, grunnet mye krøll med Lånekassa og HiO IU, som først nektet å godkjenne fagene mine, osv).

    Men man kan jo se det, (i det første PS-et ovenfor, i the Jobseekers Agreement der), at hun Clare, hun klarer ikke å skrive ‘IT’ engang.

    Hun skriver ‘It’.

    Så jeg lurer på om hun er den riktige rådgiveren for meg.

    Jeg skulle gjerne hatt en rådgiver, som kunne sett hvilke ferdigheter jeg har i data, og finne jobber til meg, på bakgrunn av det.

    Men hun Clare, hun tenker visst bare på erfaring.

    Men jeg mener, at man kan søke jobber, med bakgrunn i utdannelse også.

    Så det skal jeg ta opp neste gang, at jeg synes det virker som at hun litt ignorerer utdannelsen min.

    Og det er fire år på universitetsnivå.

    Så at det skal sitte en Jobcentre-medarbeider, å ignorere de fire årene.

    (Enda jeg har vist henne graden min, flere ganger).

    Det synes jeg blir litt dumt nesten.

    Men men.

    Bare noe jeg tenkte på.

    Så vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.

    Mvh.

    Erik Ribsskog

    PS 5.

    Og jeg nevnte også for hun Clare, at jeg hadde drevet med mye annet forskjellig.

    Sånn at det ble litt dumt, med the Jobseekers Agreement.

    På den måten, at jeg ikke fikk plass til alt jeg kunne søke jobber innen, på den avtalen.

    Jeg begynte å nevne, at jeg har gått tre år, på handel og kontor, og derfor kunne ha jobbet som kontormedarbeider.

    Og at jeg har jobbet, som butikksjef, hvor HR, var del av jobben, (såvidt jeg kan skjønne det ihvertfall, selv om vi ikke brukte utrykket HR, i Rimi).

    Og derfor kan søke på jobber som HR Assistant, etc.

    Og da avbrøt hun Clare meg.

    Og sa at jeg kunne søke på mange forskjellige jobber.

    Men det var bare plass til tre typer jobber, på the Jobseekers Agreement.

    Så det er ikke så firkanta, at man bare kan søke på de jobbene, som står på the Jobseekers Agreement.

    Så sånn er det.

    Bare noe jeg kom på.

    Så vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.

    PS 6.

    Jeg skrev til the University of Sunderland Alumni Association, om det her:







    Gmail – Update/Fwd: Employment-case and more







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Update/Fwd: Employment-case and more





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:05 PM





    To:

    alumni@sunderland.ac.uk



    Hi,

    I'm sending an update, after a meeting I had on the Jobcentre, Williamsson Sq., in Liverpool, today.
    Because I think that the Jobcentre ignores my IT-education.
    (Four years at University-level in Norway, plus the months I studied at the University of Sunderland).

    The Jobcentre says that I would have had to have work-experience as an IT Manager, to apply for jobs as an IT Manager.
    But I think that's a bit strange.
    Then it's like my years studying are wasted.

    I studied in Sunderland, from September 2004 to February 2005, (I had to interrupt my studies, due to problems with my home university, Oslo University College, and Lånekassa, (the Study-loan bank in Norway), which made me lose focus, so I was very delayed with my studies, and found out, that the smartest thing would be to abort that study-year, especially since the university wanted to move me to another flat in the Forge as well, when some of the other students went back to their home-countries, then I would have more delayed jet, due to having to get to know new flat-mates etc. Since I was a lot delayed from before. So then I rather tried to find a job, before my money ran out).

    So it's more than three years since I studied in Sunderland.
    But I only graduated from my Home University, last year.
    Do you think it's ok, if I ask the University for career-adivce then?

    Since I think the Jobcentre lacks a bit competence in IT, to asses my skills, and help give me advice on what type of IT-jobs, to apply for.
    (Because they don't even know how to write 'IT', they write 'It').

    And they just want to have me working in a jewelers-shop, as an assisting manager, or in a shoe-shop, as an assisting manager.
    And then I think, that my four and a half years of IT/Information Manager/Computing-studies are wasted.

    And I've also been working ten years as a manager, in retail, in one of Norway's biggest companies, Rimi/ICA.
    So I think that I also have valuable management/organisation and business-skills.

    (I've also gone to business-school, at Upper Secondary-level, and have a National Diploma in Marketing, and also Information Management and Basis Commerce and Office work).
    And the first University College I studied at in Norway, NHI, (now NITH); they also had a lot of business-modules, like Marketing, Economy and Management.

    So I think could have a top-job, or director job even now.
    But still the Jobcentre want's to put me in a shoe-shop, as a supervisor there.
    But then I don't think I get to use my experience and qualifications.

    But I'm not an expert on job-seeking and career-'stuff'.
    So I'm trying to find someone who could help me with this.
    Do you think it's ok for me, to contact the University's Career adivce-departement, even if it's a bit more than three years since I studied in Sunderland.

    (But I was at Study Abroad, and graduated from my Home University, last year).

    Sorry if I'm sending many e-mails!
    Thanks in advance for any help!
    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:54 PM
    Subject: Employment-case and more
    To: alumni@sunderland.ac.uk

    Hi,

    thank you very much for the membership-package, that I received in the post today!

    I was a student, on the third year, bachelor, Computing, in 2004/05, on study abroad.

    But I had some problems, with the study-loan bank, in Norway, but I got a foundation degree, from my home university, last year.
    I also have an employement-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato's Microsoft Scandinavian Product Activation, here in Liverpool:

    I was wondering if you think you could please ask the Law-department, at the University, if they could please help me with my employment-case, as a pro bono-case, since I can't find any law firms, who can help me.

    (I was very badly treated there, and they used illigal management methods, called reinforement there, and more, please see link).
    Just something I thought about, when I received your membership-package today.

    I'll also forward you a copy of my problems with the University and more, from 2005, which I've recently sent to the Students Union, at the university.
    Hope this is alright, and thank you very much, for any help, in advance!

    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog






  • Fler bilder fra Liverpool

    Photo 0818

    Photo 0819

    Photo 0820

    Photo 0821

    Photo 0822

    Photo 0823

    Photo 0824

    Photo 0825

    Photo 0826

    Photo 0827

    Photo 0828

    PS.

    Nå skal jeg prøve å forklare litt mer, om problemer med søppelkastinga, her hvor jeg bor.

    Her må jeg gå for å kaste søppel, hver dag:

    vei til søppel-rommet

    PS 2.

    De lilla søppelkassene burde ha stått i Leather Lane, mener jeg:

    de lilla søppelkassene burde ha stått i leather lane

    PS 3.

    Husverten, har skrevet i e-poster til meg, at det søppelkasse-rommet, er tilgjengelig døgnet rundt, men det er _ikke_ sant.

    Husvertfirmaet, Imperial Properties, serverer blanke løgner.

    Her er mer om dette:

    porten stenger

    PS 4.

    Her kan man se at det firmaet, (som noen ganger kaller seg T.J. Thomas og andre ganger kaller seg Imperial Properties), skrev at de søppelkassene, kan brukes ‘anytime’, altså ‘alltid’, under uken.

    Men det stemmer jo ikke.

    (Det er også en løgn til der, som ikke er like viktig, men likevel, de skriver at jeg sendte e-posten til Lorna Murphy, men det stemmer ikke, jeg sendte e-posten til deres generelle e-post adresse).

    Her er mer om dette:

    anytime during the week

    PS 5.

    Nå er klokka like over 24 her.

    Så skal jeg sjekke om dette i PS 4 stemmer.

    Kan jeg kaste søpla ‘anytime’, eller ikke?

    Vi får se.

    PS 6.

    Her er mer om dette:

    Photo 0829

    Photo 0830

    Photo 0831

    Photo 0832

    Photo 0833

    Photo 0834

    Photo 0835

    Photo 0836

    Photo 0837

    Photo 0838

    Photo 0839 1

    Photo 0840

    Photo 0841

    Photo 0842

    PS 7.

    Det funka visst dårlig, å prøve å kaste søppel, ca. klokka 24.

    Det er nok fordi, at den porten, til bakgården, hvor søppelrommet til Leather Lane er.

    Den porten, den låses når Lady of Mann restauranten og Rigby’s Pub stenger, dvs. kl. 23.

    Så vi må nok konkludere med, dessverre, at husvert-firmaet løy, når de sa at man kunne kaste søppel, i søppel-rommet som hører til Leather Lane, ‘anytime’.

    Det stemte nok ikke.

    Så det var nok blank løgn dessverre.

    Så sånn er nok det.

    Så vi får se hva som skjer.

    Vi får se.

    PS 8.

    Jeg tenkte at man kanskje kunne gå over til noe sånn her løsning jeg da.

    Vi får se.

    Her er mer om dette:

    Photo 0840 søppelkasser

  • Jeg sendte en e-post til the University of Sunderland Alumni







    Gmail – Employment-case and more







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Employment-case and more





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:54 PM





    To:

    alumni@sunderland.ac.uk



    Hi,

    thank you very much for the membership-package, that I received in the post today!
    I was a student, on the third year, bachelor, Computing, in 2004/05, on study abroad.

    But I had some problems, with the study-loan bank, in Norway, but I got a foundation degree, from my home university, last year.
    I also have an employement-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato's Microsoft Scandinavian Product Activation, here in Liverpool:

    I was wondering if you think you could please ask the Law-department, at the University, if they could please help me with my employment-case, as a pro bono-case, since I can't find any law firms, who can help me.

    (I was very badly treated there, and they used illigal management methods, called reinforement there, and more, please see link).
    Just something I thought about, when I received your membership-package today.

    I'll also forward you a copy of my problems with the University and more, from 2005, which I've recently sent to the Students Union, at the university.
    Hope this is alright, and thank you very much, for any help, in advance!

    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog






    PS.

    Jeg sendte de også en kopi av en annen e-post som jeg tidligere har sendt til studentforeningen ved University of Sunderland:







    Gmail – Problems with the University of Sunderland – Students Union member: 13054/Fwd: Reminder/Fwd: Reminder/Fwd: Files from 2004/05/Fwd: Line-manager for Mr. Leslie Brown







    Gmail



    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>




    Problems with the University of Sunderland – Students Union member: 13054/Fwd: Reminder/Fwd: Reminder/Fwd: Files from 2004/05/Fwd: Line-manager for Mr. Leslie Brown





    Erik Ribsskog

    <eribsskog@gmail.com>





    Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:00 PM





    To:

    alumni@sunderland.ac.uk



    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>


    Date: Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 2:32 AM
    Subject: Problems with the University of Sunderland – Students Union member: 13054/Fwd: Reminder/Fwd: Reminder/Fwd: Files from 2004/05/Fwd: Line-manager for Mr. Leslie Brown
    To: ussu@sunderland.ac.uk

    Hi,

    I studied at the University of Sunderland, in 2004/05, at the Study abroad programme, and at Bachelor Computing.
    My home university, Oslo University College, and the study-loan bank, (Lånekassa), in Norway, were 'messing' with me, so I got the study-loan, four months late, in January 2005.

    So I had ran out of money, in the months before this, and I lost focus of my studies due to this, and my sister, Pia Ribsskog, and her friend from Norway, and their two children insisted on visiting me, at the Forge, the whole Christimas and New Year-holiday, 2004, so I couldn't get any work done, on my Final Year Module-project, since my sister and her friends kids, always used my computer, at my room, so I had to sit in the lounge, instead of working on my Final Year Project.

    So in the end, I was so lagged, with my studies, that I found out, I had no chance of getting all of the modules done, on time.
    So I choose to try to find a job, in London, in stead.

    After the University, said me and my flat-mates, (two female students from Italy and Spain, Federica Mauro and Rosario Gonzales, I think their names were), had to move, to another flat, at the Forge, at the beginning of February 2005.

    I thought that sounded stress-ful, (since I remembered how it was, in the first flat, with conflicts and lot's of energy and time, to get to know, and deal with, each others quirky sides, or what it's called).

    Also, the alarm, in our part of the Forge, was started, by some students, on the upper floors, I think, more or less every night, for weeks.
    So I also have a complaint against the University, for the alarm, and that we had to move etc.

    Also, I wanted to have my own appartment, when I got to Sunderland, but I had to live at the Forge, even if I was 34 years old, at the time.
    After I found a job, in Liverpool, in 2005, I've contacted the University, and try to get a payment-arrangement set up.

    I've sent a form about this, to the University.
    But they haven't replied.
    Also, I got the best score, on the initial English-test, for study abroad students.
    But, the university don't want to send a document, with my grade on it, on the English-test.
    Even if that would be an advantage, I think, if I wanted to show I had language-skills.

    Also, the University don't want to send a statement showing the grades I had, on the test I had in modules like E-commerce, etc.
    The University don't want to send me anything at all, showing that I studied there.

    So I was wondering if it was anything you could do about this?
    Since I've contacted a lot of people working at the University, with no result.
    I have a USSU Gold-membership, from 2004/05 with you, FullTime, Year 3, Study abroad programme, member number: 13054.

    Hope you can please give me some help with this!
    Would have been fun to have the result of the inital English-test, showing that I got the best grade, (A or 1, or what it was again).

    I also was at your club, a few times, at the new campus, and I was a lot of the sports centre, to relax from the problems with the study loan being delayed, etc.
    Hope you have the chance to have a look at this!

    Best regards,
    Erik Ribsskog

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:35 PM
    Subject: Reminder/Fwd: Reminder/Fwd: Files from 2004/05/Fwd: Line-manager for Mr. Leslie Brown
    To: sue.reece@sunderland.ac.uk

    Hi,

    I can't see that I've recieved an answer to this e-mail.
    Would it be easier for you, to please send me a copy of my files, if I try to do this, through the student union, which I was a member of, when I studied at the university?

    Thank you very much in advance for your reply.
    Yours sincerely,
    Erik Ribsskog
    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

    Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:11 AM
    Subject: Re: Reminder/Fwd: Files from 2004/05/Fwd: Line-manager for Mr. Leslie Brown
    To: Sue Reece <sue.reece@sunderland.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    yes, I agree that my tone maybe wasn't fine, but I'm from Norway, so I'm not so into the tone in the UK eighter, and thought he was pulling my leg, since he spoke about high-school grades.

    But I apologise for this!
    I think this sounds strange, that you don't keep test-results on file, and that you haven't got any files from my other tests in your archives.
    Like I wrote as an example, what if an employee in a job-interview wants to know why one didn't have the language-module on the university, since this is normal for study abroad students.
    Then one would have wanted a documentation of that one got the best grade, to document this, as to explain why one didn't take the language-module.
    I don't buy your explanation, what if I wanted to document why I didn't follow an English-module as a Study Abroad student?

    I think you should keep test-results like that, and I think it's strange that you as an academic University don't reason like that yourselves.
    Are you sure that you aren't just pulling my leg, (again)?

    Yours sincerely,
    Erik Ribsskog
    On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Sue Reece <sue.reece@sunderland.ac.uk> wrote:

    Dear Erik

    I have been informed that you have been in communication with Les Brown on this matter and he confirms that he has advised you of the following:

    "the student (Erik) took a diagnostic test to determine if he needed to do EAP. The diagnostic test determined that he did not need to do it. Since then he has requested a copy of this mark but we have told him that marks from the diagnostic test are not recoded in our systems as this is not a formal University assessment.

    After a number of emails I talked to him on the phone and explained the situation. I also asked why he wanted the results and explained to him that if he wanted to prove to employers his level of English he should quote them his results which he obtained from his studies in Norway. I also explained that these results are also used by UK Universities."

    Les has also informed me that he has concerns over the tone and language used in you final email response to him which I believe was unnecessary and inappropriate.

    I would therefore ask that you accept the information provided as accurate and that we consider the matter closed. We will of course keep all correspondence on file should we need to refer to it in the future

    yours sincerely

    Sue Reece

    Erik Ribsskog wrote:


    Hi,


    I can't see that I've received an answer to this e-mail, so I'm sending a reminder about this.

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

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    From: *Erik Ribsskog* <eribsskog@gmail.com <mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com>>

    Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Subject: Files from 2004/05/Fwd: Line-manager for Mr. Leslie Brown


    To: sue.reece@sunderland.ac.uk <mailto:sue.reece@sunderland.ac.uk>

    Hi,

    the reason I'm contacting you is because I'm trying to get hold of test-results, from when I studied at the University of Sunderland, in 2004/05.

    There was a test I took, in 2004, to determine, if I needed to take the module 'English for academic purposes'.

    They tell me that they haven't kept the test-results.

    I got the best grade, so I didn't take this module, (since study-abroad students didn't have to take this module if they got the best grade).

    In job-interviews it could be imagined that employers would ask why one didn't take the language-course.

    Therefore, I think it's strange that results aren't kept, since people would want to document the reason for why they didn't have to take the language course.

    I got a bit upset at Mr. Brown, since he said high school grades in English in Norway should document this, since I think he must have been pulling my leg a bit, since high school level skills in English from Norway, wouldn't be good enough to study at a English university.

    I think Mr. Brown should be serious in his work, and don't make up lots of non-sense, so I also wanted to complain about his jokes or non-sense, I think I have to call it.

    I also have test-results from a module call E-Commerce, that I would have wanted, but noone can find at the University, unfortunatly.

    Hope that you can have a look at this, and perhaps sort some of this up!

    Thanks in advance for any help!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog

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    From: *Gateway* <gateway@sunderland.ac.uk <mailto:gateway@sunderland.ac.uk>>

    Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:02 PM

    Subject: Re: Line-manager for Mr. Leslie Brown


    To: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com <mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com>>, Sue Reece <sue.reece@sunderland.ac.uk <mailto:sue.reece@sunderland.ac.uk>>

    Good Afternoon Erik

    Thank you for your email. We do appologise for not taking your call on the date stated we do endeavour to answer all calls,

    but at busy times it proves difficult.

    The Line Manager of Leslie Brown, is the departments Director Sue Reece.

    Her Email address is <sue.reece@sunderland.ac.uk> <mailto:sue.reece@sunderland.ac.uk>

    If there is anything else we can do for you please let us know.

    Take Care

    Cailean

    Student Enquiries

    Erik Ribsskog wrote:


    Hi,

    I was wondering about the name and e-mail address for the line-manager of Mr. Leslie Brown, at the International Office, please.

    I tried to call the Gateway, but you didn't answer, like you didn't on 18/11.

    Thanks in advance for the help!

    Yours sincerely,

    Erik Ribsskog