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Schools across the south west encouraged to join national film challenge

Calling all budding Spielbergs, aspiring Coppolas, visionary Spike Lees and passionate storytellers in and across the South West!

The Schools 48 Hour Film Challenge UK is back, calling on schools in the region to get involved and compete nationally.

Now in its fourth year and set to be held from Friday 10th May, the challenge brings together students aged 7-18 years to unleash their creativity and filmmaking skills in a thrilling 48-hour challenge.

Teams of students will have the chance to write, shoot, edit, and submit a short film in just two days, pushing...

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South Devon UTC students celebrate impressive GCSE results

South Devon University Technical College (UTC) has demonstrated that its impressive post 16 results, celebrated last week, are no flash in the pan. Students in Year 11 are also celebrating after receiving notable GCSE results.

Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college opened its doors from 8:30am this morning for the scientists and engineers of the future to collect their exam results. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, GCSE exams were cancelled this year, so exam boards have instead given out grades based on assessments and rankings supplied by the teachers at South Devon UTC....

Holly Maynard, Exeter School, A-levels

Consistently good results for Exeter School

Exeter School congratulates its Upper Sixth pupils on their very pleasing A Level results at the end of what has been a most challenging year for them.

Staff at the co-educational independent school for girls and boys from 7-18 years are proud of the Year 13 cohort for their hard work, dedication and positivity over the last few months.

The year group succeeded in scoring 84% A*AB grades which is in line with the school’s consistently high achievements over the last decade.

Headmaster Bob Griffin expressed sympathy with our A Level pupils, whose school careers...

Bob Griffin, Exeter School

Exeter School Head retires after 17 successful years

Exeter School pupils, parents, alumni and staff pay tribute to Head Bob Griffin who retires after 17 years at the helm of this highly successful independent school. During his time as Head he has overseen the full integration of co-education across the whole school, right from Form One (Year 3) up to the Upper Sixth (Year 13) ensuring that girls as well as boys can access the outstanding education and enrichment opportunities that Exeter School excels at providing.

During his 50 terms at Exeter School, Mr Griffin has been instrumental in the development of the school’s...

Traffic-calming dragon appears outside St Michael's C of E Primary Academy

Pupils at St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy in Exeter will be welcomed back to school by a large mythical dragon when they return after the summer break.

The colourful dragon is designed to slow traffic and encourage people driving to be more aware of people who are walking and cycling, to make the space outside the school safer for school children and other road users. The dragon spans the road outside the school and is the first of its kind in Devon.

Sustrans and Devon County Council have been working on this road safety project with the school and local...

Disabled parking sign pointing at parking spaces on a grey brick wall

“Horrific parking situation” for disabled students University of Exeter

The Equality Act 2010 requires institutions and organisations to provide reasonable arrangements for those with disabilities. And yet, the University of Exeter is failing to do so.

QE announces A-level results: Successful outcomes seen across the board

QE A-Level students received their results, at the school’s Western Road campus, this morning.

Rupert Poole, Principal at QE said; “QE staff are all very proud of the achievements of our young people today. Our students have faced a difficult six months and they have shown tremendous resilience, a core QE value. Those values will stand them in good stead, and now that the long wait for the results is over, they can concentrate on their future.

Overall we are very pleased with the outcomes for our young people, the vast majority of our students got their university of choice...

2020 students keep Exeter College top of the class

Exeter College students are celebrating success on A Level Results Day once again, with an outstanding pass rate of 99.5% and high grades (A* to B) of 56%, ahead of the national average for another year, continuing the College’s legacy of outstanding results.

In this unprecedented academic year, the College has now received results for students studying A Levels, the International Baccalaureate and Access to Higher Education courses, all of which have been based on some form of calculated teacher assessment. The professionalism and integrity of the College’s teachers and the talent...

A Level and Diploma results: STEM specialist school celebrates results

After a year full of challenges, students from South Devon University Technical College (UTC) are celebrating today after receiving impressive A Level and Diploma results.

Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college opened its doors from 8:30am this morning for the scientists and engineers of the future to collect their exam results. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, A Level exams were cancelled this year, so exam boards have instead given out grades based on assessments and rankings supplied by the teachers at South Devon UTC.

There is much to celebrate with 50% of...

How to Choose a Good Trade School

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 08/12/2020 - 10:09am

Trade schools are favored by students who prefer a more specific brand of education. Trade schools lead directly to a student’s chosen career, as opposed to university, which many students go into completely clueless about their futures. Trade schools, or vocational schools as they are more commonly known, focus on trades such as electricity, plumbing, and tree surgery. If you have a specific career path in mind, then a trade school may well be for you. Most trade school students will go onto start their own businesses or start businesses with friends and family and are far more likely to...

DVD vs Online Courses: An In-Depth Comparison

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 08/10/2020 - 8:43am

Our lives are constantly being transformed by advances in technology and one area where this is noticeable is in education. The way we learn is changing all the time with traditional classrooms, chalkboards, and books being replaced with multimedia syllabuses, remote lessons, and online resource libraries. One of the forerunners in education’s technological revolution was DVD courses which provided teachers and students with diverse, interactive learning options. For years, educational DVDs were at the absolute cutting edge of digital learning, until the phenomenal rise of the internet....

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