Education

Local community projects are to be recognised as model sustainable development initiatives in a new course offered by Bicton College at Dartington.

This all-new NCFE Level 1 Award in Sustainable Development from Bicton College is scheduled to start on Tuesday 22nd April. It will be a 10 week course, 4 hours per session, every Tuesday with a break for half-term. It is free to anyone over 19 and looking for work, and available to anyone else for a course fee of £250.

As well as the Level 1 qualification, students will learn from a host of pioneering local initiatives, and...

Bicton College has introduced a new programme specifically for 16 – 18 year old young women looking to play top quality rugby as a key element in their education.

The innovative Achieving Academic and Sporting Excellence (AASE) Programme combines the physical game of rugby, with the study of tactics, sports psychology and career management over a two year period.

Linking closely with the Exeter Chiefs Academy based at Bicton College, the AASE offers coaching from ex-professional players, excellent on-campus resources as well as the opportunity to explore other subject areas...

School children from Stoke Hill Junior School, Clyst Hydon Primary School, Chagford Primary School, Sidmouth Primary School, St Michael's Church of England Primary School and The Duchy School joined Exeter Junior School pupils in an entertaining 'Cool Maths Show' held at Exeter School on Tuesday 11 March as part of 'Maths Week 2014'.

Dr Lea from The Cool House of Learning, entertained 60 pupils, plus staff and parents, with her very 'Cool Maths Show'. Pupils watched in amazement as Dr Lea created a huge loop from one piece of A4 paper, big enough for more than two pupils to climb...

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon Owen Paterson, MP, and local MP for East Devon, Rt Hon Hugo Swire, MP, opened the new Animal Husbandry School at Bicton College this week to offer their support for a new era of animal care education which includes the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.

A £2,880,000 grant from the Skills Funding Agency has paved the way for the build. The Rare Breeds Survival Trust is the leading national charity working to conserve and protect the United Kingdom's rare native breeds of farm animals from extinction.

RBST Chief...