What is RSS? (Really Simple Syndication)

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to identify the website content you like and have it delivered directly to you. Instead of you having to visit websites to see if they have written a new article or feature, you can use RSS to show you the very latest information you are interested in.

Not all websites currently provide RSS, but it is growing rapidly in popularity and many others, including the BBC, Guardian and CNN, do provide it.

How can I make use of RSS?

In general you need to have a program called a News Reader. This displays RSS information feeds from your chosen websites on your computer. All you then have to do is choose which RSS feeds you want.
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time.

Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to take this into account when you make your choice.

Windows
Newz Crawler
FeedDemon
Awasu

Mac OS X
Newsfire
NetNewsWire

Web
Bloglines
My Yahoo!
NewsGator

Other News Readers (GOOGLE)

e-skills UK is not responsible for the content of external internet sites

How can I get the e-skills UK's RSS feed

Our RSS feed offers the latest news from the e-skills UK website as displayed at www.e-skills.com/news. Follow the instructions for your particular news reader in order to add this XML feed (below) to your RSS list.

http://www.e-skills.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/newscentre/news/rss.xml

Last modified: 13 Mar 2008