Education

Tomorrow’s scientists and engineers can now apply for places at the county’s newest school, the South Devon University Technical College in Engineering, Water and the Environment, which opens its doors to the first intake of students this time next year.

The innovative UTC has been established by the University of Exeter and South Devon College alongside key local and regional employers, to provide a specialist secondary education for young people with a flair for science and engineering. It aims to help the region’s top students become as ‘work-ready’ as possible.

The UTC...

A new initiative, due to launch in September, will allow anyone in the South West or anywhere in the world to study business for free at the top ten ranked University of Exeter Business School, thanks to a collaboration between global accountancy body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and online learning platform FutureLearn.

Together, they are launching a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Discovering Business in Society – which is free to study and open to anyone in the world with access to the internet. The aim of the eight week course is to give anyone...

A Level students and staff at Exeter College, have continued a year of outstanding news with today's announcement of a 99.5% pass rate.

Over 780 students from across Exeter, Devon and Torbay received their A2 results today at the college and half have achieved the high grades A*, A and B grades, enabling them to progress to top universities in the future.

With these results Exeter will continue to rank amongst the country's top Sixth Form Colleges, as illustrated by an impressive 114 A* grades at A Level.

Students taking the very popular traditional subjects of...

A student from Exeter has earned a First Class Honours degree after completing her studies at the University of Worcester.

Morgaine Wilkinson, 23, will graduate at Worcester Cathedral in November.

Morgaine, a former pupil of St Luke’s Science and Sports College who studied Drama and Performance, said: “I’ve loved my three years at Worcester. My course was really well suited to me and has helped me nurture my skills and talents, given me so much confidence and opened my eyes to more than I could ever have imagined.

“When I saw I had achieved a first I didn’t quite...