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First students set to graduate from Exeter’s pioneering nursing degree programme

The first students from Exeter’s pioneering four-year MSci Nursing programme are set to graduate this weekend, before starting their new careers as healthcare leaders of the future.

The 25 new graduates were the first to embark on the University of Exeter’s innovative MSci Nursing degree, which launched in 2019. The degree equips students to face the current and future challenges of the NHS. Students on the course are taught the art and science of nursing from day one, with an emphasis on the fundamentals of nursing care.

The unique course allows students to choose to...

University of Exeter’s Pathways to Law class of 2023 celebrate graduation

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/05/2023 - 9:48pm

Teenagers from across the South West are celebrating their graduation from a prestigious course designed to prepare them for the world of law.

Pathways to Law gives pupils knowledge and experience about legal careers, as well as applying to higher education. This includes working with University of Exeter academics to develop new skills, taking part in work experience with local lawyers and support from undergraduate law mentors and ambassadors.

This is the ninth cohort to have graduated from the programme at the University of Exeter. Pathways to Law is offered at 13 UK...

Stagecoach searches for new graduates

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/17/2023 - 3:43pm

Stagecoach, the country’s biggest bus and coach operator, has launched the search for a team of new graduates to join its UK-wide business from September.

Applications have opened for ten people to join its two-year extensive graduate training programme. Successful applicants will have a valuable opportunity to learn the bus and coach business inside-out, with time spent in operations, engineering, financial, marketing and commercial departments at a range of locations up and down the country from Inverness to Exeter.

The programme is part of Stagecoach’s strategy to...

Exeter graduates win global sustainability award for their ride sharing start-up

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/06/2022 - 12:50am

A car-sharing platform founded by two Exeter alumni that gives users a more affordable way to travel while reducing their carbon footprint has been announced as one of the winners of an international competition.

The Santander X Global Challenge: Countdown to Zero, which received more than 600 applications from start-ups and scale-ups across the world, is part of a multi-year collaboration between Santander and Formula 1 designed to support and recognise innovative new businesses that are helping improve the sustainability of the automotive industry.

STAXY was one of...

Leading Exeter property consultancy shortlisted for prestigious award

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 01/30/2022 - 10:33pm

A leading national property consultancy has been shortlisted for a prestigious award which celebrates excellence in undergraduate employability.

Fisher German, which has an office in Exeter, has been announced as a finalist for the ‘Best Development Programme’ award in the National Undergraduate Employability (NUE) Awards for the second year in a row.

The award recognises employers who go above and beyond to develop students' technical and soft skills, and empower them to be more effective and successful employees.

Fisher German is one of just five companies...

Tarmac announces biggest ever recruitment drive for graduates and apprentices

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 12/29/2021 - 3:09pm

Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable construction materials business, has announced the biggest recruitment drive in its history to attract the leaders and workforce of tomorrow.

Demonstrating that the construction industry has much to offer people at an early stage in their career, the new opportunities span the length and breadth of the UK and will enable graduates and school leavers to earn while they learn.

Entry-level jobs in operations, engineering, commercial and logistics are available alongside technical, financial and other support positions as the company...

Exeter graduates ‘on a roll’ to save planet with launch of carbon-negative toilet paper startup

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/12/2021 - 2:07pm

Two Exeter graduates have launched a startup producing the world's first and only carbon-negative toilet roll.

Tom Trow, who studied Business Economics at the University of Exeter Business School, and Sanmarie Grobler, who graduated with a BA in Liberal Arts, launched their startup Bazoo after feeling inspired by SMEs who go out of their way to make positive changes for the planet.

The pair graduated in July 2020 during the height of the pandemic and decided to respond to the situation by starting a company that would make a positive impact on the planet.

With...

Westcountry medical graduates receive thank you hampers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 08/23/2020 - 2:11pm

Graduates in medicine-related subjects at the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth have received hampers thanking them for their work, with support from Santander.

Santander, through Santander Universities , provided £4.5million of funding to its 85 university partners across the UK to support their COVID-19 initiatives, including the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth. Recent Medicine and Medical Imaging final year students and graduates from Exeter and Plymouth who chose to graduate early to support the NHS have now received a hamper filled with...

Exeter graduates celebrate with online ceremony featuring celebrity alumni 

Graduates at the University of Exeter celebrated finishing their degrees in an online ceremony to mark their achievements - with some wearing home-made mortar boards and gowns.

The COVID-19 pandemic meant that physical graduation ceremonies were postponed until a later date, but an online conferment took place today (31st July 2020), to honour the students’ achievements. A physical graduation will be planned for a later date.

The conferment video was posted to the platform Flipgrid to students internationally with the Vice Chancellor Sir Steve Smith, the Chancellor Lord...

Medical students joining fight against COVID-19 honoured in first Exeter virtual graduation

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 04/12/2020 - 5:25pm

Medicine students who opted to graduate early to accelerate becoming junior doctors in the COVID-19 crisis fashioned home-made mortarboards to take part in the University of Exeter ’s first virtual graduation.

Ninety five final year students chose to graduate three months early so that they can join NHS colleagues in Exeter and the South West in fighting the disease.

While a physical graduation is impossible in lockdown, the University honoured the students in its first ever virtual ceremony. Many of the students fashioned home-made mortarboards in lieu of traditional...

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