Education

Members of Exeter Round Table, representing employers from a range of Devon businesses, gave students from Bicton College a grilling this week in formal mock interviews.

Students from Horticulture, Agriculture, Countryside and Equine Care joined Agricultural Engineers, to spend the day sampling the challenges of the job market. The students were initially nervous in their suits and ties, a change from their usual tractor suits.

The knowledgeable Round Tablers were ‘firm but fair’ said one student. They provided valuable and realistic detailed feedback for each student...

The University of Exeter has been rated among the top three universities providing teaching training according to the ‘Good Teacher Training Guide’. The study published by the Centre for Education and Employment Research (CEER) at the University of Buckingham found that Exeter’s Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) course stood alongside regular top courses run by Oxford and Cambridge universities.

The annual guide rates teacher training providers on the basis of a variety of factors including entry qualifications, Ofsted inspections, trainees’ success in securing teaching...

THIS half-term try learning a new skill and provide a home for birds to nest in your garden.

Join the countryside team on Wednesday, 19 February at the Axe Estuary Wetlands classroom between 10am and 1pm, and build a nest box from one of our easy-to-use kits – available for a range of common garden birds from blue tits to sparrows and starlings.

The Axe Estuary Wetlands officer and the countryside rangers will help you build your nest box and advise you on where to place it for the best results. You will be helping the conservation effort by encouraging biodiversity in your...

Children up and down the country will ‘GO BLUE!’ to celebrate the world’s oceans in the Ecover Schools Blue Mile – a nationwide event which is also raising money for the Marine Conservation Society.

The idea is that for a day, schools will organise a project that will teach children about the sea, seashore and marine wildlife. The Ecover Schools Blue Mile has produced a range of resources and ideas for cross-curriculum activities – some in the classroom and some outdoors.

From painting and making sea creatures, to swimming and trying out a watersport, the activities are...