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About West Valley College:

14000 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
Phone (408) 867-2200

West Valley College is a public California Community College located on the west side of Silicon Valley, in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, 50 miles south of San Francisco. Continuing a nearly 40 year tradition, West Valley College offers 18 dynamic career programs, professional certificates, and degree programs with exceptional preparation for transfer to four-year colleges and universities.

Flexible course options including online and distance learning combined with many levels of support such as financial assistance, educational planning, personal counseling, child care and learning skills programs provide every student the opportunity for the highest academic and personal success.

Who We Are
Campus: 143 acres
Student Population: 10,000 (average)
Full-time faculty: 198
Associate faculty: 270
AA Degree Programs: 61
Certificate Programs: 94
Accreditation:
West Valley College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Post-secondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.
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Women in Technology:
It's been well documented that the UK is facing an IT skills shortage. The situation is not improved by the limited number of women entering the profession. As the title of a recent BlackBerry debate on the subject put it, "If IT is such a great thing, where are all the women?"

Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that just 17% of students staring computer science degrees, and that only 21% of those employed in IT are women. With that in mind, Sali Earls spoke to some leading female figures in the technology industry to find out more about their career paths, and their thoughts about the future.These women are enthusiastic advocates of women in business and are keen to encourage other women considering IT as a career option.

Clare Barclay is UK Head of Small Business at Microsoft. She has been working in IT for 14 years, and has been with Microsoft for 8 years.

Ann Beynon joined BT in June 1998, as National Manager, with specific responsibility for developing and implementing the commercial strategy for Wales. In July 2004 she was appointed as Director Wales.

Charmaine Eggberry is Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA at Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry. She has overall responsibility for RIM's EMEA business, including its growth targets and all sales and marketing activities. This includes managing the company's expansion into new European markets and establishing strategic partnerships across the region.

Amanda Jobbins is VP Marketing, EMEA for Symantec, where she is responsible for driving Symantec's enterprise marketing activities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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	- Tourism boosted by new technologies:
Welsh tourism boosted by new technologies Rural tourism businesses are taking the lead in the use of new technologies, such as the internet and mobile phone texting services, according to the latest Rural Tourism Confidence Index (RTCI). The results from the survey show that 30 per cent of operators in Britain now view information and communications technologies as integral to improving business competitiveness. The new report, conducted by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), found 90 per cent of rural tourism businesses are now "quite to very confident" in the short to medium term future of their business, an increase of six per cent on the last RTCI. Charles Trotman, CLA rural economy adviser said: "It comes as no surprise that rural tourism operators are at the forefront in using new technology to improve competitiveness and efficiency in their business operations. "This is bound to increase as the general public begins to experience the significant advantages new technology brings to everyday life." Mr Trotman said that the spread of broadband provision to rural areas was particularly encouraging and that it is now time for rural business to fully harness the opportunities made available through the internet. ------------------------------------------------------------contact: info@aecce.ca -------------------------------------------------