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• News story: Education Secretary visits Blackpool on opportunity areas tour

  05-12-2016 12:52 via gov.uk
  
  Education Secretary Justine Greening visited Blackpool on Thursday 1 December, one of the first 6 opportunity areas aimed at boosting education, skills and opportunity in social mobility ‘coldspots’.Ms Greening first visited the South Shore Fire Station to meet young people who are benefitting from the Prince’s Trust Team programme, which helps unemployed 16- to 25-year-olds to get into work or training. The 12-week scheme gives young people - many of whom have had mental healt
  
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• News story: UK-China High-Level People to People Dialogue

  05-12-2016 12:31 via gov.uk
  
  With culture and creative industries at the heart of the UK-China relationship, today’s UK-China Creative Innovators Forum aimed to nurture collaboration and joint development particularly in the fields of virtual and augmented reality.Over 30 British companies from creative industries joined the UK delegation to China to participate in the one-day forum, including companies such as BBC Worldwide, ITV Studios, Framestore, and Pinewood Studios.The forum saw a number of new commercial agreem
  
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