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		<title><![CDATA[I'm taking on a new lease of life by degrees! GRADUATES OF ALL AGES LINE UP TO RECEIVE QUALIFICATIONS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_June_23/ai_n28536924]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: By NICOLA JUNCAR Education Reporter  YOU'RE never too old to learn.  That's the message 76-year-old John Wilkinson is hoping to pass on to others who are thinking of returning to the classroom.  The pensioner, from Benton, Newcastle, was among 236 learners from the North East who...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mum-of-two Emma gave up top-class job]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6784/is_2008_April_3/ai_n28509316]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A MOTHER-of-two left a high-profile job to realise her ambition.  Emma Kirkby - Geddes is a 39-year-old from Hepworth.  She gave up a career in marketing to have her two children, Evie, seven, and five-year-old Eddie.  But when her children were both at school she signed up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[pounds 31M cut to Open Uni fund]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20080127/ai_n21217527]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE Open University is facing a pounds 31.6million cut in its government funding.    It is part of Treasury plans to slash pounds 180million in handouts to universities, city colleges and academies for students taking a second degree.    They include mums who want to retrain...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CILIP'S Professional Qualifications retain Open University credit rating ensuring valuable benefits for members.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200705/ai_n19728834]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-9 May 2007-CILIP: CILIP'S Professional  Qualifications retain Open University credit rating ensuring valuable  benefits for membersC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:09052007    CILIP's Qualifications and Professional Development Department  is delighted to announce that the Open University Validation Service  OUVS has again...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Open University reacts to UKIT skills shortage with "Computing and Its Practice" - a novel IT solution for employees and employers alike.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200611/ai_n20335640]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-15 November 2006-OPEN UNIVERSITY: The Open University  reacts to UKIT skills shortage with "Computing and Its  Practice" - a novel IT solution for employees and employers  alikeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:14112006    While demand for skilled IT workers has continued to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Appointment of Chief Adviser on Childrens Services.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_200512/ai_n20065470]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-5 December 2005-UK Government: Appointment of Chief  Adviser on Childrens ServicesC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:05122005    Naomi Eisenstadt CB has been appointed Chief Adviser on  Children's Services. She will play a key part in the whole Every  Child Matters programme, driving...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chips off old block]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANDFATHER Peter Tomkins is launching a new career as a teacher - at the age of 73.    He has gained a BSc from the Open University and will teach A- level electronics.    Peter, of Beech Hill, near Reading, Berks, studied at night to become...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best seller is honoured]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best seller Alan Plater is to be awarded an honorary doctorate from The Open University.  Plater is one of the country's best-loved writers of stage and screen. His career spans five decades with many credits for theatre, radio, film and television.  The writer, born in Jarrow, South Tyneside,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Advertisement Feature - Challenging]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2003_Sept_23/ai_n28157014]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wendy Denham and her father Tony Pilkington, of Fenham, are just one example of a family studying together with The Open University.  Wendy, 34, took the Openings course Living Arts while Tony, 62, took the online short course Start Writing Family History. Now they will both work towards a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A chance to work and find your goal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2003_August_19/ai_n28152309]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Studying with the Open University can help to develop confidence, expand your interests or gain promotion, as well as change careers, according to course leaders.  Since students are able to earn while learning, they have the advantage of being able to immediately apply the knowledge they gain in their...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Professor G Roland Kaye FCMA Deputy president]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JQT/is_2003_July-August/ai_n25071043]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Roland Kaye began his career as a management trainee at the English Electric Co in 1967. He subsequently worked for several major food manufacturers before becoming a lecturer at Grimsby College of Technology in 1976. After holding academic posts at Humberside College of Higher Education and the University of East...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[At the U.S. Open University the Quest For Knowledge Is As Easy As Logging On To The Internet; Non-Credit Courses Make Learning a Personal Lifelong Investment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_August_21/ai_77366737]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors & Education Writers  DENVER--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 21, 2001  United States Open University USOU is not just for the degree-seeking student. Many students enrolled in the distance-learning institution just want to continue to learn and are enrolling in non-credit courses for their own personal growth.  Most popular...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[David Englander.(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHEERFULLY PROLETARIAN was how E.P. Thompson once described David  Englander. A native of Whitechapel, who could boast of having been  bought ice-creams as a child by at least one of the more murky  characters from Raph Samuel's East End Underworld, David chuckled  about the label with...]]></description>
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