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<h3 style='background:white'><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
normal'>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<h3 style='background:white'><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
normal'>This report was launched last week. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<h3 style='background:white'><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<h3 style='background:white'><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;font-weight:
normal'>Please go to </span></font></b><font face=Arial><span lang=EN
style='font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.designvic.com/Home/Knowledge/Publications.aspx">http://www.designvic.com/Home/Knowledge/Publications.aspx</a></span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal'> to locate the link to the report. <o:p></o:p></span></font></h3>
<h3 style='background:white'><b><font size=3 color="#e40282" face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></h3>
<h3 style='background:white'><span class=sifr-alternate><b><font size=2
color="#e40282" face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Five Years On. <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:State>’s
Design Sector 2003 – 2008. </span></span></font></b></span><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h3>
<p style='background:white'><em><i><font size=2 color="#666666" face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#666666'>Five Years On</span></font></i></em><font
size=2 color="#666666" face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#666666'> is part of a longitudinal study of the
Victorian Design sector that commenced in 2003 and is scheduled for completion
in 2011. It acts as an update on the initial research conducted by Dandolo
Partners – Booz – Allen – <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:place></st1:City> in 2003, entitled <a
href="http://www.designvic.com/Knowledge/~/media/PDF/design_capability_facts_figures.ashx"
target="_blank">Victorian Design: Facts and Figures. Developing
Victoria’s Design Capability</a></span></font><font size=1 color="#666666"
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#666666'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kind regards, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lorraine</st1:place></st1:State><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lorraine</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Tran</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Curriculum Manager, P - 12 Design and Technology</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>41 St Andrews
Place</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>East Melbourne</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 3002</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Email: <a href="mailto:tran.lorraine.i@edumail.vic.gov.au">tran.lorraine.i@edumail.vic.gov.au</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Telephone: (03) 9651 4407</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>:
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color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Victorian Curriculum and
Assessment Authority provides high quality curriculum, assessment and reporting
that promotes individual life long learning.</span></font></i></b><i><font
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