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		<title>A new name for a new college</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Ludlam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From August 2010 there will be a new college for South West Wales – Gower College Swansea.  The new college will be formed as a result of a merger between Swansea College and Gorseinon College and will have a name instantly recognisable, not only within Wales, but nationally and internationally.  The new name is significant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gorseinon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1249367&amp;post=805&amp;subd=gorseinon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Ludlam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Welsh Assembly&#8217;s proposals for further education colleges and local authorities to find more creative and efficient ways of delivering post-16 provision are being met with strong opposition in some parts of Wales. The BBC&#8217;s Radio Wales programme &#8220;Eye on Wales&#8221; has revealed that in some areas such as Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Rhondda Cynon Taff, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gorseinon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1249367&amp;post=802&amp;subd=gorseinon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Plan to cut &#8220;red-tape&#8221; in FE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Ludlam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further education colleges in Wales are to be part of an independent review examining bureaucracy in the education sector.  The review, set up by the Welsh Assembly government, aims to &#8220;re-focus&#8221; resources so that they reach the front line.  The review will include schools, colleges and universities. Education minister, Leighton Andrews stated: &#8220;It is imperative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gorseinon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1249367&amp;post=798&amp;subd=gorseinon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>D-day looming for plan to create single college</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Ludlam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Evans, South Wales Evening Post, 14.11.10 THE merger of Swansea and Gorseinon Colleges could be given the go-ahead as early as next month — though the new institution still lacks a name.  Plans for the link-up have been sent to the Assembly, which will have the final say. If the merger goes ahead [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gorseinon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1249367&amp;post=791&amp;subd=gorseinon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Merger documents point the way forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Ludlam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To my knowledge there are at least six colleges in Wales that are in various stages of a merger process.  Two timely documents have recently arrived on my desk which may help managers in FE colleges manage the merger process a bit more smoothly. The first document, Meeting the Communication Challenge During College Merger advises [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gorseinon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1249367&amp;post=785&amp;subd=gorseinon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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