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      <title>Engineering competition deadline announced</title>
      <description>Ambitious industrial technicians, electricians and welders in employment, training or education have until the 16th of March 2007 to register for the the 2007 SkillENG competitions.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Effective training creates flexible workforce</title>
      <description>The 20th annual National Training Awards have generated over 200 good reasons why the UK needs to take training seriously, according to the organisation that runs the awards.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Government endorses UK WorldSkills 2011 bid</title>
      <description>Skills Minister Phil Hope put the seal on the UK's bid to host the WorldSkills 2011 competition, by formally posting the bid to David Hoey, Worldskills Secretary General in the Netherlands.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>UK skills team is world class</title>
      <description>The UK team placed 12th on average team score at the 2005 WorldSkills Competition, scooping one gold, two silver medals and seven Medallions of Excellence.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Five young engineers on WorldSkills shortlist</title>
      <description>UK Skills has revealed the names of five young engineers from across the UK who have been shortlisted for the UK team to compete in the WorldSkills Competition.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>WorldSkills competitors gain licentiateship</title>
      <description>Eight competitors from the team that represented the UK at the WorldSkills Competition in 2003 in the engineering trade, have been awarded the Licentiateship of City and Guilds.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>UK engineers are world class</title>
      <description>A recent survey reveals that although people recognise the importance of training for a job, they actually spend more time training for sport or fitness than for work.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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