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Why More Adults Than Ever Are Taking GCSEs Online

The stereotype of the GCSE student is a sixteen-year-old in school uniform, sitting in a hall with hundreds of peers, clock ticking on the wall. The reality in 2026 is increasingly different. A growing number of adults across the UK, from people in their twenties to those well past retirement age, are enrolling in online GCSE courses to fill gaps in their education that they've carried for years or decades. Some need specific grades for career progression. Others want to prove something to themselves. Whatever the motivation, the...

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Problematic pupil-teacher relationship could predict psychological problems

Problematic child-teacher relationships may be a predictor of psychological problems in later life, according to new research published online by the British Journal of Psychiatry.

Researchers led by the University of Exeter supported by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care in the South West Peninsula (NIHR PenCLAHRC), in conjunction with the University of Leicester and King’s College London, studied 3,799 primary school-aged children and 3,817 secondary school-aged children.

In one of the first studies...

Two Exeter academics appointed Wolfson Research Merit Award holders

The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, has announced the appointment of two Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders from Exeter out of a total of 27 new awards.

Jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the scheme aims to provide universities with additional support to enable them to attract science talent from overseas and retain respected UK scientists of outstanding achievement and potential. Professor Angus Buckling from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation and Professor Tim Lenton from...

Praise for Bikeability cycle training in Devon

Bikeability cycle training in Devon has been given a glowing endorsement from parents whose children have taken part in the course.

A survey by Devon County Council and the Plymouth School Sports Partnership found that 95% of parents rated the cycle training in Devon highly or very highly.

The effect of providing Bikeability in Devon is also demonstrated by the fact that 64% of pupils who had completed the course would now ride their bikes three or more times a week.

Bikeability is a national initiative offering “cycling proficiency” for the 21st century which has...

Demand for linear approach drives record take-up of Cambridge IGCSE in the South West

Uptake of Cambridge IGCSE has continued to rise significantly in schools – with a marked uplift in English and the sciences. New data from Cambridge International Examinations reveals that 167 schools in the South West of England are now offering Cambridge IGCSE, with Exeter School in Devon a case in point. This increase in popularity, which coincides with the 25th anniversary of Cambridge IGCSE, has been driven by a growing appetite among teachers and school leaders for a linear approach that prioritises learning time over assessment. Nationally, the number of entries for Cambridge IGCSE...

Fitness trainers of the future battle it out in regional competition

Young people from across the region took part in a series of tests on Thursday as Exeter College hosted the inaugural South West CYQ Fitness Trainer Competition. Students from Exeter College’s Exercise and Fitness and Personal Trainer and Sports Massage courses were joined by competitors from Petroc to decide who would be the South West winners and go through to the National final.

The 12 competitors battled it out in two competitions, which ran throughout the day. Judged by experts from Cornwall and London, the competition involved giving a fitness consultation and designing and...

Opening of Environment and Sustainability Institute inspires next generation of researchers

The Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), a £30 million environmental research institute at the University of Exeter’s Tremough Campus, Penryn, was formally opened on Tuesday 23 April by more than 120 local school children. The ESI leads cutting-edge interdisciplinary research to find solutions to the problems of environmental change and is working with local children to inspire them to take up careers in research. As part of a week of activities to celebrate the opening of the ESI, students from local schools enjoyed hands-on workshops that demonstrated the institute’s research...

Exeter-based Scomis achieves new accreditation to deliver ICT support

Exeter-based Scomis, providers of ICT services and training to the education sector, has successfully achieved Capita Accreditation for a further two years, enabling them to continue providing and supporting Capita software to approximately 550 schools and colleges across the South West.

Scomis is a service unit of Devon County Council.

Phil Neal, Managing Director of Capita Education renewed the accreditation at Scomis’s Regional Training Centre at Great Moor House, Sowton, which opened last year.

Scomis says it’s delighted to receive the accreditation, because...

WESC Foundation embarks on groundbreaking visual impairment research

The WESC Foundation - a specialist day and residential centre for young people and adults with visual impairment - is confirming its commitment to excellence and innovation by playing host to an international conference today and tomorrow (23-24 April) at its campus on Topsham Road. Bringing together Visual Impairment experts from around the world, including the United States, the conference is an opportunity to share knowledge and discuss the advances being made in the field of Visual Impairment.

Over the two days, WESC Foundation will welcome hundreds of parents, carers,...

Cranbrook education campus gets thumbs-up

A new education campus with two schools and a host of other community facilities at Cranbrook has been given the thumbs-up – and it should be open within two years.

East Devon District Council has approved a planning application for Devon County Council’s proposal for a secondary school and a second primary school in the new town. The schools are scheduled to open by September 2015.

The agreed application proposes construction of a 420 place primary school and a 1,000 place secondary school in a three-storey building with flexible and changeable space that will adapt as the...

Over 98 per cent of Devon children get one of their preferred primary schools

More than 98 per cent of Devon’s five-year-old children have been offered a place at one of their preferred primary schools this year.

94.7 per cent of the families who applied to Devon County Council have been offered their first choice school.

Three per cent have been offered their second choice and 0.45 per cent their third option.

That’s despite an increase in the number of children requiring places across the county.

Altogether, 7,764 children have been offered places compared with 7,601 last year.

Devon’s Head of Education, Sue Clarke, said: “I...

Education

Why More Adults Than Ever Are Taking GCSEs Online

Problematic pupil-teacher relationship could predict psychological problems

Two Exeter academics appointed Wolfson Research Merit Award holders

Praise for Bikeability cycle training in Devon

Demand for linear approach drives record take-up of Cambridge IGCSE in the South West

Fitness trainers of the future battle it out in regional competition

Opening of Environment and Sustainability Institute inspires next generation of researchers

Exeter-based Scomis achieves new accreditation to deliver ICT support

WESC Foundation embarks on groundbreaking visual impairment research

Cranbrook education campus gets thumbs-up

Over 98 per cent of Devon children get one of their preferred primary schools

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