{"id":2383,"date":"2006-11-14T15:13:34","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T15:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2006\/11\/14\/councillor-scores-a-first-in-university-accolade\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T16:43:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:43:34","slug":"councillor-scores-a-first-in-university-accolade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2006\/11\/14\/councillor-scores-a-first-in-university-accolade\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillor scores a \u2018first\u2019 in University accolade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"TELFORD’S\u00a0Malinslee & Langley ward Councillor Kuldip Singh Sahota has been made a Governor at the University of Wolverhampton.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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The 55-year-old joins Wolverhampton karate expert Josh Johnson and Dudley College Principal Jeanne Harding as one of three new Governors at the University. <\/div>\n

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Cllr Sahota, who is married with two grown-up sons, has lived in Telford for over 40 years, working at engineering firm GKN Sankey for 15 years before going into business running a car park franchise. <\/div>\n

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He said: \u201cI am pleased to be appointed and am looking forward to helping with the running of the University and its accountability to the public.<\/div>\n

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\u201cI have a wide range of experience in business and local government and I feel I have a lot to contribute as a Governor.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Before being elected a Borough Councillor in 2001 and a Parish Councillor for Great Dawley Parish Council, he served on Ketley Parish Council for three years.<\/div>\n

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At Telford and Wrekin Council he is Chair of the Community and Resources Scrutiny Commission, and sits on the Plans Board and on the Fostering Panel.<\/div>\n

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On The Great Dawley Parish Council he is Chair of the Entertainment Committee, and a Member of the Policy and Finance Committee.<\/div>\n

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In the wider community, he is Chair of Governors of Malinslee Primary School, and a member of the Telford Cultural and Leisure Centre committee.<\/div>\n

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Chair of Governors John Sharples said: \u201cWe are delighted Kuldip, Josh and Jeanne have joined the Board of Governors. <\/div>\n

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\u201cBeing a Governor is a chance to give something back to the community and influence the regeneration of the region. <\/div>\n

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\u201cTheir skills will be very important in helping to plan the University\u2019s future.\u201d <\/div>\n

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To find out more about becoming a Governor please visit: <\/div>\n

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www.wlv.ac.uk\/governors<\/a> <\/div>\n

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TELFORD’S\u00a0Malinslee & Langley ward Councillor Kuldip Singh Sahota has been made a Governor at the University of Wolverhampton. The 55-year-old joins Wolverhampton karate expert Josh Johnson and Dudley College Principal Jeanne Harding as one of three new Governors at the University. Cllr Sahota, who is married with two grown-up sons, has lived in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}