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		<title>Games:Edu so far</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the beach in Brighton reflecting on the morning session, some really interesting talks so far, and there has been no haranguing, just plain old co-operation and understanding from all the speakers whether they&#8217;re from education or industry.
Jolyon from Blitz spoke eloquently about the perils and pitfalls of working with universities, but was wholeheartedly enthusiastic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/07/29/gamesedu-so-far/</link>
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		<title>Are you ready for the Olympics?</title>
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With Beijing just around the corner, my thoughts turn to our own time in the spotlight. One of my jobs at Skillset is to make sure that the creative media industry is competition fit to make the most of the opportunities when the greatest show on earth rolls into East London. Already some companies are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/07/28/are-you-ready-for-the-olympics/</link>
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		<title>The Future of the Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week saw Tim Berners-Lee (that&#8217;s right, he who &#8216;made&#8217; the Web) talk at NESTA on &#8216;The Future of the Web&#8217;. I managed to snaffle a ticket to this hugely oversubscribed event and was pleasantly surprised by this engaging and articulate man, who worked in the late 80s and early 90s with the boffins at CERN [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/07/14/the-future-of-the-web/</link>
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		<title>NESTA - Raise the Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NESTA today announced a £450k war chest to help foster innovation in the games industry. Four strands of activity have been announced to help new companies, small and growing companies, and even some bigger companies will get support to counteract the difficulties being caused by the current skills shortage.
Following on by the coverage gained by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/07/08/nesta-raise-the-game/</link>
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		<title>Graduates, Graduates - as far as the eye can see&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phew, what a night - 250 odd souls down in the vaults on the hottest day of the year networking their hearts out.
Yes, it&#8217;s that time of year again when students come out of their 3 year long chrysalis that is university, blinking into the lights of the onrushing animation industry. Rabbits in headlights doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/07/02/graduates-graduates-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see/</link>
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		<title>BTBS Walkies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nope, this is nothing to do with Barbara Woodhouse (those of you who are old enough to remember her) or even One Man and His Dog.
Try to picture a few hundred tipsy booksellers, authors and publishers staggering around central London, from Bloomsbury to Soho, via Hatchards, Foyles and other illustrious booksellers, dressed in fancy dress, buckets clanging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/07/01/btbs-walkies/</link>
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		<title>Diversity in Publishing round table</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I received an invitation to attend a &#8216;Cultural Diversity in Publishing&#8217; round-table from The Bookseller.
It was billed as a discussion of the current situation with an in-depth look at why publishing is still predominantly a white, middle class industry. Pearson&#8217;s Diversity Communications Officer, Dele Fatunla, and HR Project Manager Beth Callan from Random House were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/06/20/diversity-in-publishing-round-table/</link>
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		<title>Get a refund from your university</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blogging from the train today (thank you national express free wi-fi) and just needing to note a piece in today&#8217;s Guardian. A supplement on &#8216;How to Save Money&#8217; includes a section by Tony Levine - the Guardian&#8217;s &#8216;consumer champion&#8217; who remarks on the latest trend for students to demand refunds over what he describes as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/06/18/get-a-refund-from-your-university/</link>
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		<title>GameHorizon Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The full line up of speakers has been announced for next week&#8217;s industry get together in Newcastle, and it&#8217;s an impressive list. I&#8217;m looking forward to these:

Laurent Malville, game content manager at Ubisoft
Emeric Thoa, lead game designer at Ubisoft
Ian Livingstone, creative director at Eidos
Charles Cecil, founder of Revolution Software
Simon Usiskin, portal director at Spill Group
Geoff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/06/12/gamehorizon-conference/</link>
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		<title>More on the jobs front&#8230; Publishing Sector Co-ordinator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Still looking for a job, and the Interactive Media, Computer Games and Animation Adminstrator role didn&#8217;t tickle your fancy? Have you considered applying for the Publishing Co-ordinator vacancy that we now have?
As regular readers will realise, I&#8217;m the new kid on the block. Publishing came into Skillset&#8217;s remit at the beginning of April and we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skillset.org/2008/06/09/more-on-the-jobs-front-publishing-sector-co-ordinator/</link>
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