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Obituary: Regina Kibel MBE VP


Trading Standards lost a lifelong ally, advisor and supporter in February 2018

Paul Evans

Posted 28 February 2018 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Inside Trading Standards|National


UPDATES: A tribute to Regina Kibel MBE VP, whose lifelong commitment to professional education helped generations of trading standards officers gain their qualifications and whose support for the Institute continued well into retirement, including its journey towards Chartered status.

Regina (Reggie) Kibel died in February 2018, aged 91. She had devoted her life to adult education and joined the staff of the public sector union Nalgo (now Unison) in the early 1950s, becoming assistant to the education officer. Together they expanded the Nalgo Correspondence Institute.

The institute offered correspondence and residential courses, filling the chronic under-provision of t...

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