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16/12/2009: Unemployment rise continues to slow

14/10/2009: UK unemployment goes up to 2.47m

14/10/2009: BBC - 14m to boost youth job prospects

14/10/2009: BBC - Recession in UK 'still not over'

09/10/2009: Policy Watch- Get Britian Working

05/10/2009: 'Courses for jobs' incentive plan

21/09/2009: Policy Watch - Spending on Public Services

09/09/2009: University 'way out of recession'

09/09/2009: UK employment market 'recovering'

30/07/2009: ICE Breakers Course for Employers and Migrant Workers

30/07/2009: BBC- Help offer to get young into work

28/07/2009: Mandelson says universities â?are not factories for producing workerssâ?

27/07/2009: Fees 'should aid poor students'

27/07/2009: 'Reckless' plans by Learning and Skills Council left colleges in deep debt, MPs say

20/07/2009: BBC NEWS- 10,000 extra university places

14/07/2009: Policy Watch-Are things getting better? Some recent employer Reports find some good news

09/07/2009: 'No fee degrees' university plan

01/07/2009: BBC News-Top employers cut graduate jobs

01/07/2009: BBC News- 'Tough jobs market' for graduates

01/07/2009: Gaurdian- 7.8 million grant for shared solutions to common problems in the higher education sector

31/03/2009: Policy Watch - The Skills Commission Call for Greater Access and Progression for Apprenticeships

20/03/2009: BBC News - 'Too Few' Apprenticeships Started

20/03/2009: BBC News - Universities push for higher fees

20/03/2009: CBI - Expectiations for manufacturing output weakest since 1980

11/03/2009: SW RESP - RDPE Skills Funding Workshops

09/02/2009: BBC News - Credit Crunch Aid for Graduates

09/02/2009: BBC News - Apprenticeship Plan For Schools

09/02/2009: CBI - Job Losses Accelerate Among Smaller Manufacturers

19/01/2009: Policy Watch - Credit Crunch Update

07/01/2009: BBC News - Apprenticeship boost in downturn

17/12/2008: BBC News - Jobless Offered Skills Training

15/12/2008: Policy Watch - The New Skills Funding Agency Gets its Orders

15/12/2008: Policy Watch - The 14 - 19 Framework Shapes up for the Future

12/12/2008: BBC News - Maths Piloted as 'Twinned' GCSEs

10/12/2008: BBC News - Universities 'May Face Deficit'

10/12/2008: BBC News - England's Pupils in Global Top 10

04/12/2008: BBC News - Downturn 'Could Hit Universities'

04/12/2008: BBC News - Education Reforms Set in Train

28/11/2008: Policy Watch - Was there any good news for education and training in the 2008 Pre Budget Report?

21/11/2008: Policy Watch - More Thoughts on How to Improve School Performance

20/11/2008: BBC News - Many Pupils Fail to Master Maths

13/11/2008: SW RSP Vacancy - EU Co-ordinator

12/11/2008: BBC News - Student Places Freeze 'Anxiety'

11/11/2008: CBI - Employment Prospects Worsen Among Smaller Manufacturers on the Back of Weak Demand

10/11/2008: Policy Watch - How's the Credit Crunch Affecting the Learning and Skills Sector?

10/11/2008: Policy Watch - NEETS. Two more Papers add to the Picture About Disengaged Young People

05/11/2008: Policy Watch - The UK Commission for Employment and Skills sets out Initial Plans to Simplify the Skills System in England

29/10/2008: Policy Watch - The Secretary of State Announces 'Significant' Changes to National Testing

29/10/2008: Policy Watch - Does the Governmenttâ?s Response on Informal Adult Learning Herald Better Times?

20/10/2008: Policy Watch - The Dept updates the 14 - 19 Implementation Plan

16/10/2008: NSA - Denham Approves New National Skills Academies for Enterprise, Power, It and Social Care

13/10/2008: Policy Watch - A Report from the Public Accounts Committee Opens up More Debate on Diplomas

13/10/2008: Guardian - Universities Face Million-Pound Losses

10/10/2008: SW RSP - Regional Funding Advice Update

08/10/2008: Reform - Media Summary

07/10/2008: Policy Watch - Party Conference

07/10/2008: BBC News - More Concerns at Diploma Options

07/10/2008: BBC News - Dragon Jones Heads Skills Academy

01/10/2008: The Guardian - Tories Propose New Bursaries for Apprentices

29/09/2008: Policy Watch - An Autumn Almanac of Education Activity Awaits

29/09/2008: BBC News - Talent Pool for University Access

23/09/2008: BBC News - Tories Would Scrap Some Diplomas

18/09/2008: FPB - Small-business Skills Survey

18/09/2008: The Guardian - Too Many Graduates, Not Enough Jobs, Says CBI

17/09/2008: Policy Watch - What do the recent OECD Reports Say about the UK Education System?

15/09/2008: BBC News - Call for Creationism in Science

11/09/2008: BBC News - Student Growth Risks Widening Gap

08/09/2008: Policy Watch Summer Update 2008

08/09/2008: Policy Watch - Preparing for 14-19 Reforms.

03/09/2008: BBC News - New Pupils have to Stay Until 17

28/08/2008: BBC News - Big Jump in Top GCSE Exam Grades

28/08/2008: Policy Watch - GCSE results 2008: A Postscript on Some of the Key Issues

28/08/2008: SW RSP - Appointment of New Sector Skills Manager

19/08/2008: Policy Watch - The DCSF Reports Back on the 14 - 19 Qualification Strategy

19/08/2008: policy Watch - A Level Results 2008: A Postscript on the Key Issues

13/08/2008: BBC News - CBI Wants More Pupils in Science

13/08/2008: Appointment of first Chief Executive of the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils

29/07/2008: BBC News - Media Studies Overtakes Physics

25/07/2008: Sector Skills Councils Relicensing - Details Announced

25/07/2008: Policy Watch - An Informal Guide to the World of Education in the 1st Half of 2008

23/07/2008: BBC News - Schools Adopt Vocational Courses

21/07/2008: Policy Watch - The Lords Economic Affairs Committee considers recent developments in Apprenticeships

21/07/2008: Policy Watch - The UK Commission for Employment and Skills Sets out its Initial Plan of Work

17/07/2008: BBC News - Degree Standards 'Need Scrutiny'

11/07/2008: Policy Watch on the Skills System

07/07/2008: Policy Watch: The Framework for Excellence Prepares to Launch for Much of the Learning and Skills Sector

04/07/2008: DIUS - New Framework Launched to Boost Student and Employer Choice

30/06/2008: Physics Teacher Shortage Warning

27/06/2008: Policy Watch: 14-19 Qualifications Strategy

23/06/2008: BBC news - Bosses cool on academic Diplomas

23/06/2008: Appointment of a Deputy Director

23/06/2008: Appointment of a New Communications Manager

19/06/2008: Policy Watch - Skills and training policies post Leitch. The DIUS Select Committee set off to investigate

16/06/2008: Reform - The value of mathematics

16/06/2008: Edexcel Policy Watch -Maths: counting the cost. A series of Reports highlight the problems

21/05/2008: Annual Conference a Hit

06/05/2008: DIUS Press Release - Further education colleges given powers to award their own foundation degrees

25/04/2008: Policy Watch - The latest CBI skills survey comes up with some strong messages

19/04/2008: BBC News - Flaws 'could sink diploma scheme'

14/04/2008: DIUS Consultation Paper - Higher Education at Work

19/03/2008: Aliance Meeting - SME's: Skills and Employment Issues

17/03/2008: Joint DCSF/DIUS consultation - Raising Expectations: enabling the system to deliver

27/02/2008: BBC News: "182,000 workers 'needed for 2012'"

21/02/2008: BBC News: UK 'needs new manufacturing strategy'

31/01/2008: BBC News: Cash boost for maths and science

02/01/2008: Alliance Meeting: Enterprise Training

13/12/2007: Workforce Development: Foundation Degrees

27/11/2007: Policy Watch - Making sense of the numbers and targets amongst the sea of change

21/11/2007: Policy Watch - The latest LSC grant letter comes with a battery of figures, targets and expectations

14/11/2007: "British Jobs for British Workers" needs skills drive - CBI

13/11/2007: Policy Watch - Queen's Speech

07/11/2007: DIUS Press Release - Reinvigorated vision needed for science's interface with society

23/10/2007: CBI Chief offers cautious welcome to new diplomas for 14 to 19 year olds

15/10/2007: Creating Excellence launch of Skills Seminars

08/10/2007: BBC Headline: "Call for major science campaign"

08/10/2007: Alliance Meeting: Creativity and STEM Provision in the South West

24/09/2007: Skills for Care Accolades

19/09/2007: SW Regional Leadership and Management Project

13/09/2007: BBC Headline: Foreigners 'prop up UK science'

10/09/2007: New Contact Details

05/09/2007: Skills Secretary with CBI leaders urges businesses in the regions to sign the skills pledge

17/08/2007: SW RSP Events Programme 2007/08

16/08/2007: Schools minister Jim Knight praises the resurgence in Maths 'A' Level Uptake

16/08/2007: CBI Applauds A-Level students but warns too few study science

15/08/2007: New Structure for SW Skills for Business Network

09/08/2007: CIHE Publication, 'Workforce Development: What works and why?'

27/07/2007: Appointment of a New Communications Manager

27/07/2007: New Publication by House of Lords 'Apprenticeship: a key route to skill'

29/06/2007: Interim Move

28/06/2007: IAG Alliance Meeting

21/05/2007: ESF Frameworks - Electronic Consultation- closing date 1 June 2007 for responses

21/05/2007: Launch of a New Website for Migrant Workers

30/04/2007: Annual Conference a Hit

16/04/2007: Thanks to our Partners

30/03/2007: NEWS: SW RSP Annual Conference

14/03/2007: The Leitch Report: A Sectors Approach

08/03/2007: Announcement of New Sectors Consultant

01/02/2007: European Social Fund (ESF) Update

23/01/2007: South West Higher Level Skills Pathfinder

19/01/2007: The Leitch Report: A Sectors Approach

05/12/2006: The Leitch Review of Skills Final Report Published

29/11/2006: Notification of A New CPD Network

24/11/2006: ESF Strategy 2007-13: Consultation is Underway

21/11/2006: Further Education and Training Bill Published

17/11/2006: The Queen's speech Highlights Education, Further Education and Training

25/10/2006: Great Western Research Studentship - Third Call for Applications

13/10/2006: Migrant Workers' Demand For Training Rockets

11/10/2006: Focus on Employability Skills

24/08/2006: SWRSP Pioneering Sector Skills Development

16/08/2006: Life After Exams

07/08/2006: SWRSP Looks to the Future with ICT Project

12/06/2006: South West Skills Under New Direction

21/06/2005: Drive to put business at the heart of skills brokerage agenda

14/03/2005: South West Enterprise and Skills Alliance - The New Force in Delivering Skills for the Region