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South West RDA invests £1.7m to retain the region's talent

news 03 July 2009
The South West RDA has approved a £1.7m investment to ensure highly skilled experts from a number of industries are not lost due to the recession.
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Redundancies are set to continue at a high rate into the second half of the year? - CIPD

news 03 July 2009
New data from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) shows that the proportion of HR professionals seeking advice on how to make staff redundant barely changed between the first and second quarters of 2009,
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£10m boost for South West marine energy research

news 02 July 2009
South West England’s ambition to be a global centre for harnessing energy from the sea has received a major boost with the announcement of a £10.3 million investment in marine energy research.
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Education white paper unveiled

news 01 July 2009
Gordon Brown and Children’s Secretary Ed Balls visited a school in south west London this morning to see how it is sharing expertise in a bid to raise standards.
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Building Britain's future growth, jobs and better public services

news 30 June 2009
New measures will also drive economic growth and create jobs.
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New goal to get more people with learning disabilities into work

news 29 June 2009
Valuing Employment Now: Real Jobs For People With Learning Disabilities
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SLIM Comment

Edition 30
(02/07/2009)
This latest edition casts its eye at the recent Government Report – Building Britain’s Future.

Edition 29
(29/04/2009)
Examines the April 2009 recession budget.

Edition 28
(03/04/2009)
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children & Learning Bill 2009

Edition 27
(04/12/2008)
Sub National Review – the Government response

Edition 26
(03/12/2008)
Tackling Worklessness and the Role of Local Authorities

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Bulletin

Rural Barriers to Skills
(26/02/2009)
With the region’s ESF Framework due to be ‘refreshed’ in 2010, we aim to bring policy-makers and practitioners together to understand better and assess how ESF can contribute to tackling barriers to training and skills development in rural areas.

Labour Market Review 2007
(01/08/2007)
- Lifting Children out of Porverty. 2–7 Reducing Child Poverty 8–18 Skills, Learning and the Labour Market 8–13 Labour Market Commentary 14–18 Skills & Learning Article

The Level 3 Review
(05/09/2006)
Introduces the Learning Theme on the Level 3 Review.

Migrant Workers
(11/01/2006)
Bulletin introducing SLIM's Learning Theme on migrant workers in the region.

SLIM Bulletin - September 2005
(15/09/2005)
Introducing SLIM's Learning Theme on the Regional Implementation of National Sector Skills Agreements. Describes the function of SSAs, tracks their development and speculates on what this might mean for the skills partners in the region.

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South West Skills Newsletter

(06/07/2009) Edition 26
(20/06/2009) Edition 25
(05/06/2009) Edition 24
(20/05/2009) Edition 23
(06/05/2009) Edition 22
(20/04/2009) Edition 21
(06/04/2009) Edition 20
(20/03/2009) Edition 19
(06/03/2009) Edition 18
(20/02/2009) Edition 17

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SLIM-Lines Newsletter

(11/06/2008) Volume 14 Number 4
(27/05/2008) Volume 14 Number 3
(06/05/2008) Volume 14 Number 2
(25/04/2008) Volume 14 Number 1
(09/04/2008) Volume 13 Number 12
(28/03/2008) Volume 13 Number 11
(10/03/2008) Volume 13 Number 10
(29/02/2008) Volume 13 Number 9
(05/02/2008) Volume 13 Number 8
(24/01/2008) Volume 13 Number 7

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