Education

Following a rigorous assessment process, the University of Exeter Business School has joined an elite group of international management educators accredited by EQUIS. It becomes one of fewer than 150 Schools worldwide to gain this accreditation, placing it in the top 1% of business schools globally. EQUIS is the leading international system of quality assessment, improvement and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration. EQUIS is run by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and its fundamental objective, is to raise the...

The One Planet MBA, offered exclusively by the University of Exeter Business School, has come third in the world in the Global Green MBA Survey, announced today (September 23). It also scooped first place in the UK as well as coming top in the global rankings for ‘smaller’ programmes. Undertaken by Corporate Knights, this inaugural Global Green MBA survey is the definitive annual list that examines how universities around the world are faring at integrating sustainability into the academic experience. The survey, which had focused on Canadian schools over the past decade, was expanded...

St Leonard’s Primary School in Exeter has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for its work with a deafblind pupil. St Leonard's is one of only three organizations shortlisted for a Partnership/Local Community award from Sense, the national charity supporting deafblind people.

Five-year old Chloe Ring has been a full-time pupil at St Leonard’s since September 2012. Her mum, Jane, nominated the school. She told Sense: "I would like to nominate St Leonard’s Primary School for the outstanding way they have worked with Chloe and the family, including her in the school and...

An Exeter School pupil has been selected to join the England Development Programme for Under 16 Cricket. Upper Fifth Exeter School pupil Ben Green, who has just returned from a stint as captain of the South and West U15 cricket team for the Bunbury Festival, was notified of the honour by David Graveney, a leading figure in English cricket and former chairman of the England Test selectors. Ben is one of just ten boys nationally to be selected for the England Development Programme. It will involve travelling to the University of Loughborough throughout the year for training camps as a well...