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		<title>Rix ‘Champion’ shows conference delegates route to digital inclusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rix Centre made a big impression this week at a Digital Inclusion conference organised by the UK’s leading Teaching and Learning research programme, Teaching Enhanced Learning (TEL). TEL is led by Prof. Jane Seale of the University of Plymouth and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Rix Centre Director Andy Minnion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2012/01/20/rix-%e2%80%98champion%e2%80%99-shows-conference-delegates-the-route-to-digital-inclusion/</link>
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		<title>Rix &amp; Partners Gear Up for Europe-Wide Pilot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In September 2011 the Rix Centre was excited to be in Lisbon, Portugal, sharing specialist knowledge and ‘hands on’ experience of prototype software with our partners the W2ID project. The project, funded through the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme, is being led by the Rix Centre and UEL and is being delivered in partnership with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2011/12/16/rix-partners-gear-up-for-europe-wide-pilot/</link>
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		<title>Rix Team Member Pioneering Educational Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rix Centre’s very own technical assistant Ajay Choksi, is officially the first student of Ellingham Employment Services to achieve an NVQ level 2 in Customer Service. In special recognition of this achievement Ajay was invited to the Council Chambers of Waltham Forest Town Hall where the Major of Waltham Forest, Cllr Geoff Walker presented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2011/12/13/rix-team-member-pioneering-educational-success/</link>
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		<title>Special Edition of the Rix Centre Newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get it while it’s hot!  The latest issue of The Rix Centre newsletter is a special edition which looks back at five years of exciting and groundbreaking work with the Rix Centre’s ‘Living Lab’.  You can download a PDF of the newsletter HERE.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2011/12/13/latest-issue-of-the-rix-newsletter-celebrating-5-years-of-the-living-lab/</link>
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		<title>The New Rix Centre Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In August 2011 this new Rix Centre website replaced the old website.  We are still in the process of migrating our news articles to the new website, so stories and articles about the Rix Centre&#8217;s activity over recent months will be available in this section very soon. In the meantime we hope you enjoy exploring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2011/08/13/new-rix-centre-website/</link>
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		<title>Multimedia Advocacy in the News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In January 2011 Gosia Kwiatkowska, Rix Centre Manager and Principal Researcher, was interviewed by online social care magazine communitycare.co.uk for a special feature spotlighting the Multimedia Advocacy (MMA) approach developed by The Rix Centre. The story highlighted the benefits of The Rix Centre&#8217;s Multimedia Advocacy courses and talked about how they can empower learning disabled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2011/02/17/multimedia-advocacy-in-the-news/</link>
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		<title>Click Start Creates Opportunities for Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rix Centre is pleased to report that Click Start has stimulated the creation of four new job roles in West London for young people with learning disabilities. A team of young people, aged between 18 and 25, are now employed as website builders for Hammersmith and Fulham Action on Disability (HAFAD). Their role is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2010/08/16/click-start-creates-opportunities-for-work/</link>
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		<title>Rix Centre Appoints New Trustee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rix Centre is delighted to welcome Maureen Piggot to it&#8217;s Board of Trustees. Maureen has been Director of Mencap’s activities in Northern Ireland since 1990. She has campaigned and successfully lobbied the government to introduce new legislation to protect the rights of people with learning disabilities. Maureen has experience of the public, voluntary and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2010/08/16/rix-centre-appoints-new-trustee/</link>
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		<title>Rix Centre and Tower Hamlets &#8216;Getting it Right&#8217; for Healthcare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Rix, President of Mencap, joined with academics, professionals and people with learning disabilities to celebrate joint work carried out by The Rix Centre and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to improve the quality of primary healthcare for people with a learning disability in the borough. The event was a public showcase of three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2010/08/16/rix-centre-and-tower-hamlets-getting-it-right-for-healthcare/</link>
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		<title>Rix Centre Conference at The Royal Society of Medicine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A diverse audience of professionals from the public, voluntary and private sectors enjoyed a stimulating Rix Centre conference day in April that considered the place of multimedia technologies in the fields of health, social care and education of people with intellectual disabilities. The event took place at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) and was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rixcentre.org/2010/08/16/rix-centre-leads-conference-at-the-royal-society-of-medicine/</link>
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