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<title><![CDATA[ More choice on when to stop working - default retirement age retired ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The Default Retirement Age (DRA) will be consigned to the history  books by October 2011 under proposals published for consultation by  the Government today. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2126</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>29/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Incapacity Benefits <i>latest</i> ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ New statistics show thousands found fit for work as government vows to push ahead with plans to reassess incapacity benefit claimants ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2125</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>27/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Consultation on future of skills launched ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Skills Minister John Hayes has today invited employers, individuals,  colleges and training organisations to share their ideas on how they  would like skills policy to be set out in the future. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2124</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>23/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Government cuts more red tape to simplify college funding ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Further moves to reduce bureaucracy and red tape in 16-19 education have been announced by the Government. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2123</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>22/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Minister visits HMP Wandsworth to annouce review of offender learning ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ John Hayes, Minister for Further Education and Skills, today  announced a wide-ranging review of learning for offenders in prisons  and in the community. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2122</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>21/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Balance between cuts and growth must be struck for sustainable economic future – Cable ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ A plan to foster growth and lock in the recovery will be published  today by the Business Secretary Vince Cable when he appears for the  first time at the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2121</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>20/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Budget cuts will cost 34,000 college jobs ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ If the government pushes ahead with plans for 25% funding cuts then there would be a loss of 33,844 jobs in English colleges, according to new figures released today by the UCU. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2120</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>19/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Vince Cable - Higher Education Speech ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ "This is my first attempt to set out my views on the university, and  wider, HE sector and my aspirations for it." ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2117</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>16/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cornwall works WISE awards 2010 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ This year’s Cornwall Works WISE Awards took place in Newquay earlier this month. The winners range from a surfing Gulf War veteran to a crack team of graduates helping Cornwall businesses through the recession. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2116</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>15/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ UK jobs market much perkier but still far from in the pink ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ CIPD comments on latest jobs figures ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2115</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>14/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Grayling: Revitalising the economy is crucial to get Britain working ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ The Government has welcomed the fall in the latest unemployment figures today but has warned that there is a long way to go in securing the recovery, dealing with the deficit and generating sustainable job growth. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2118</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>14/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Taxpayers’ cash for mature students should only equal fees and private investment, insists review ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Colleges and training providers should lose the right to public funding for adult education if they cannot attract equal investment from individuals and businesses, a review of fees in further education has proposed. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2114</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>13/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ HE Latest ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ David Willetts announces review of the impact requirement in the Research Excellence Framework ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2113</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>12/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cornwall leads the way with ‘Clear About Carbon’ project ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ A three year project to instil better carbon literacy skills into both the public and private sector is being rolled out in Cornwall as the first initiative of its kind nationally. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2112</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>09/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Budget cuts will cost 22,500 university jobs ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ If the government pushes ahead with plans for 25% funding cuts then there will be a loss of 22,584 university jobs in England alone, according to new figures released today by UCU. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2119</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>08/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ learndirect Achievement Awards <br>
South West, 30 June 2010 ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Mercure Holland House in Bristol was the scene for much celebration as some 140 people joined us for the fourth annual South West learndirect Achievement Awards. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2111</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>08/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Next steps on special educational needs and disabilities ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Speaking at an Every Disabled Child Matters event recently Sarah Teather, Children’s Minister… ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2110</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>07/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Further Education Minister welcomes completion of fees review ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Skills Minister, John Hayes, has today welcomed the publication of an independent report on the co-investment system in Further Education. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2109</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>06/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ ESRC: Rising inequality in the UK undermines mobility and social cohesion ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ New research, presented at a major international conference in London, demonstrates how inequality in education, skills and incomes reduces opportunity and undermines social cohesion. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2108</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>05/07/2010</pubdate>
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<title><![CDATA[ 'One in ten' UK graduates unemployed ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Ten percent of students who left UK colleges last year were unable to find work, according official figures, up from 8% the year before. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.swslim.org.uk/news/news_detail_page.asp?News_ID=2107</link>
<author>a.dean@ex.ac.uk (Andy Dean)</author>
<pubdate>02/07/2010</pubdate>
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