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    <p class="news-item-summary">The next in the series of free community lectures organised by the Department of Adult Continuing Education (DACE) at Swansea University takes place later this month. 

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        <p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Speaker:</strong> Dr Anne Kelly</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Lecture title:</strong> Is the state responsible for our children?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Date:</strong>&nbsp; Wednesday 14 March</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Time:</strong> 10.30 am &ndash; 12.15pm</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Venue:</strong> The Bloomfield Centre, Narberth</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Admission:</strong> Admission is free, but as seating is limited in the venues please book in advance to avoid disappointment. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Lecture summary</strong>: This lecture will look at the way in which the state has shifted its role in relation to childcare, from one of neutrality to one of intervention in standards of child care and parenting.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Contact:</strong> To book a place or for further information please call 01792 602211 or email: </span><a href="mailto:adult.education@swansea.ac.uk" title="adult.education@swansea.ac.uk"><span style="font-size: small;">adult.education@swansea.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> (N.B. the lecture venue will not be taking bookings). Visit<a href="http://www.swansea.ac.uk/dace" title="http://www.swansea.ac.uk/dace"> </a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.swansea.ac.uk/dace" title="http://www.swansea.ac.uk/dace">http://www.swansea.ac.uk/dace</a></span></p>
<h6><strong><em>This news item has been posted by Delyth Purchase, Swansea University Public Relations Office, Tel: 01792 295050, or email</em></strong><strong><em>:&nbsp; <a href="mailto:d.purchase@swansea.ac.uk" title="d.purchase@swansea.ac.uk">d.purchase@swansea.ac.uk</a></em></strong>&nbsp;</h6>
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