Education

Three Devon schools have become among the first in England to be awarded official Computer Hub status so they can provide support and specialist training for teachers in the region.

Exeter Mathematics School, Uffculme School and Broadclyst Community Primary School are part of the first 23 Computing Hubs across England and will be a focal point for local computing training for schools. They will also form links with industry and universities.

The scheme is run by the National Centre for Computing Education, set up in November 2018 by the Department for Education to increase...

Youngsters in Exeter and Devon are being encouraged to give tennis a try for the first time as part of a drive to get families from communities across the region more active.

With the second week of Wimbledon underway and Brit hope Johanna Konta into the quarter-finals, children from the city took to the courts at Heavitree Pleasure Grounds earlier this week to take part in a Tennis for Kids taster session led by local coaches.

The LTA, the national governing body for tennis in Great Britain, and Exeter City Council joined forces to showcase one of the many courses...

QE Students Fight off Fierce Competition to Win National Business Competition

QE have claimed victory in the national BASE finals, beating 500 schools and over 1000 teams, to claim the title of National Champions.

The annual BASE competition, which is organised by The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW), is a prestigious national business and accounting competition for students aged 16-17. A unique and exciting experience, students are able to engage in business tests that enable them to develop key employability skills and understand what it’s like to be an ICAEW...

Young engineers from Newton Abbot’s pioneering secondary school, South Devon University Technical College (UTC), tackled torrential flooding during a visit to HMS Raleigh in Torpoint.

Students spent a day at the South West’s largest Royal Navy training establishment, training in the state-of-the-art sinking ship simulator used to teach sailors how to deal with emergencies at sea. Inside the Damage Control Instructional Unit (DRIU), known as HMS Havoc, the students worked together in the cold, dark environment with varying degrees of damage to the hull and against the rising water...