Resume of Dato' Yunus Raiss

BA, BSc (econ), MEd, Barrister, LTCL, Dips in TEFL, Ed.Res, His,Eng Lit, Intl.Affair, Cert Criminology, FCIL, FRSA, formerly Principal of Sels College and a Magistrate at West London Court.

Tel:+442072864340
Email: dyraiss@hotmail.com

1. Illiterate till the age of 15.
2. Tailor's assistant till 18.
3. Started going to evening class in 1950 and eventually attended school in the morning and did tailoring in the afternoon in Batu Gajah.
4. Passed Cambridge School Certificate examination in 1953 after a total schooling of 3 and a half years.
5. In 1954 I was awarded a teacher training scholarship to study at Kirkby College, Liverpool, England.
6. In 1957 I was posted to Sultan Idris Training College for six months and then pointed to Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak (SDAR) where I taught English and History. SDAR was one of two pioneer boarding schools for Malay pupils established just before Independence in 1957.
7. 1963 returned to England. Called to the Bar in 1970 (Lincoln's Inn). Did several degrees and diploma courses at universities in UK between 1963 and 2013.
8. 1964 joined John Haycraft, founder of International House, a pioneer in teaching English to the world. Taught English and trained teachers of English as a foreign language. I appear in his autobiography Adventures of a Language Traveller.
9. Taught English at Kennington Boys' School in South London. EFL lecturer at ILEA Putney/Westminster Kingsway College 1968-75.
10. Visiting ELT lecturer at the University of Leicester School of Education 1969-1976.
11. Set up my own school of English, Sels College in Covent Garden, in 1975 for adult students and professional people, accredited by British Council till its closure in 2008.
12. I have appeared on TV programmes and in newspapers both in UK and Malaysia.
13. 1991 appointed a Magistrate at West London Court.
14. 1992 the honour of Dato' (Malaysia Knighthood) was conferred on me by HRH The Sultan of Perak
15. 1993 Elected to the Atheneum Club.
16. 1994 Elected a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
17. 2008-2010 Studied Applied Linguistics and Critical Legal Practice at Birkbeck College University of London.
18. 2011-2012 Studied Philosophy and Human Rights.
19. 2013-2014 Studied Latin and Arabic.
20. Two whoppers that got away: MSc in Education Research (Surrey) and MA in 20th Century Diplomatic History (Birkbeck London)