What's New from the Core Unit and from across the Network

Here you will find the latest news on events and publications from the Core Unit and the Observatory Network. Follow the links below for 'What's New' in the Modules and 'What's New' in the LINs.

For information on items making the headlines and those of interest to parts of the South West Observatory, have a look at the News section of this site (the headlines for which are displayed in the right-hand column of this page).  

LAST UPDATED - Wednesday 03 February 2010

STATE OF THE SOUTH WEST 2010 / SWO ANNUAL CONFERENCE - The next edition of the State of the South West, comprising contributions from around the SWO network, is in the final stages of production. The State of the South West 2010 will be published to coincide with the Annual Conference, taking place in Bath on Wednesday 31st March, and delegates will each receive a free copy. For more information on the Annual Conference and to reserve your space, please click here.

SWO SEMINAR SERIES - The SWO Winter Seminar Series (2009-10) has now ended. You can access interactive slides, PDF downloads and useful links relating to all four themed events. To access these, please click Demography, Land & Food, Energy or Future Skills for information relating to individual events.

SWO WINTER NEWSLETTER - You can now access and download the first in a series of PDF newsletters produced by the Core Unit which detail work and activity going on in the network. For more information on this, please click here.

LOCAL ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS - For all the latest information and guidance available on Local Economic Assessments in the South West and nationally, please see the LEA section of the website by clicking here. These pages contain information on pilot LEAs, Functional Economic Market Areas, Guidance as well as useful LEA links.

THE ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL OBSERVATORIES - The South West Observatory has recently taken over as the host organisation for the co-ordinator of ARO. Recruitment has now taken place with the new co-ordinator due to start in mid-March. For further details on ARO please click here. To contact the new co-ordinator, please email by clicking here.  

SWO ON TWITTER - If you're a regular tweeter, you can now follow the Observatory for regular updates on news, publications and resources available. To follow us, please click here.

ECONOMY - The February 2010 Economics Review and Labour Review are both now available to download via the Economy Module website. To access these and more, please click here.

ENVIRONMENT -  Recent updates to the Environment Module website include information on air quality, renewable energy and local air quality management. To access these pages and more, please click here.

PLANNING - The latest Annual Monitoring Report 2009 has just been published. To access the executive summary, full report or individual chapters, please click here.

SKILLS AND LEARNING - For the most recent South West Skills Newsletter, please click here. For information on the latest learning theme - looking at the role of regeneration in supporting communities - please click here.

PUBLIC HEALTH - To access the latest 'Special Edition' February 2010 Public Health and Well-Being e-bulletin please click here.

CULTURE -  For the most recent 'Finding the Dots' Culture update from December 2009, please click here.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE -  For the latest Key Facts from informGloucestershire please click here.

WEST OF ENGLAND - You can access the latest stats, research and publications from the West of England partnership - covering Bristol, BANES, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire - by clicking here.

WILTSHIRE - For the most recent 'what's new' from Wiltshire and Swindon available via the Intelligence Network website, please click here.

SOMERSET -  The most recent SINePost newsletter from February is available by clicking here. For recent updates to Somerset Population Projections, please click here.

BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET and POOLE - For the most up-to-date information for statistics and census information the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole area please click here.

DEVON - You can now find information on presentations given at the inDevon Seminar 2009, held last October. To see presentations, please click here.

PLYMOUTH  - For the most up-to-date information from the Plymouth Analysts Network please click here. You will also find information on the Energy Seminar hosted by PAN by clicking here.

CORNWALL - For the latest on developments in Cornwall with regard to research and statistics please click here.

ONS UPDATE - For the latest from the ONS Regional Presence, including the most recent February Newsletter and January RIG update, please click here.

ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL OBSERVATORIES - At the end of January ARO held a network day to look at the Environmental Limits on Returning to Economic Growth. This featured presentations from the New Economics Foundation, DEFRA, Yorkshire Futures and the South West Observatory, plus modelling and forecasting and demography break-out sessions. To access slides from this event, please click here.