Education

Exeter College students are celebrating after achieving a 100% pass rate in this year’s International Baccalaureate (IB) results.

This year over a third of students (34.3%) achieved 40+ points. This is the equivalent of five A Levels at A/A*, putting them in the top five to ten per cent of students in the entire world. One candidate, Julietta Harris, achieved an incredible 45 out of 45 possible points and will be heading to Oxford to study Law with European Law in September.

The IB is an internationally recognised qualification which allows students to study six subjects...

Whether you have just learned to speak English, or you are a native, there are many benefits one can derive from improving your vocabulary. The English language is one of the hardest in the world to master, and that is certainly no surprise. The English language is one of beauty and wonder, and some of the world's most prestigious writers and poets have been of English descent. In order to speak better English and have a wider vocabulary, there are a few things you can do.

If English is not your first language, then this guide aims to help you in improving your vocabulary, and if...

Law firm Browne Jacobson has appointed specialist Higher Education (HE) partner Bettina Rigg to its national education practice where she will be the firm’s Head of Higher Education.

Bettina joins the firm from Bristol firm VWV, where she headed up the HE team and regularly advised universities on a broad range of employment law and student related issues.

Bettina has extensive experience in a variety of complex employment law and equality, diversity and inclusion cases. This includes Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal cases and student matters where she has...

The Department for Education has announced Exeter College will be a part of the EdTech Demonstrator Programme and will provide support for other education providers to deliver remote learning during the Coronavirus outbreak and beyond.

The EdTech Demonstrator Programme, which is backed by the Department for Education, The National Grid for Learning, The Education Foundation and Sheffield Hallam University, provides a platform for peer-to-peer support in education, and Exeter College will be one of a number of Demonstrator Colleges helping other institutions get the most out of...