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Liverpool Community College gets 'Outstanding' OFSTED report!

It's official all you students are attending an FE college viewed as Outstanding again four years on from achieving this title. Don't forget a big part of that will be down to you, how hard you work, how well you acheive and how much you get involved with the college and all it has to offer.

 

 

 

National

Are you read for a digital future?

The Government has released aims to get the whole of British fully digital which Gordon Brown feels will help to lift us out of the recession. The move would focus on:

 

• universal access to broadband 

• the modernisation of wireless radio spectrum 

• a digital future for radio

• digital content rights

• enhancing the digital delivery of public services

 

 

This will all enhance more downloading of films, games and music without leaving the comfort of your own home. 

 

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International/Global

What's all this G20 stuff?

 

The G20 brings together some of the key world leaders to look at and review matters effecting us all i.e. environment and finance. This year it is generally understood that key concerns will focus on the 'financial crisis' which has taken hold world-wide.

 

'The G-20 will need to send a strong signal that it is prepared to take whatever further actions are necessary to stabilise the financial system and to provide further macroeconomic support. At the same time, the G-20 must commit to maintaining open trade and investment, to avoid a retreat to protectionism, and direct necessary additional support to emerging markets and developing countries.' The G20 website http://www.g20.org/

 

Who is involved?

The countries who make up the G20 are involved because they represent

90% of the GDP (Global Gross Domestic Product)

80% of world trade

and make up 2/3 of the world's population

 

The G20 is made up of 19 member countries:

Argentina

Australia

Brazil

Canada

China

France

Germany

India

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Mexico

Russia

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

South Korea

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

 

Plus: The European Union, represented by the member with EU presidency, currently the Czech Republic

 

Gordan Brown has also included some invited guests to the 'London Summit', including:

• Thailand as Chairman of the Association of South East Asian Nations
• Ethiopian as Chairman of the new Partnership for Africa's Development