Education

With pupils still settling in to the new school year, recent research released by E.ON highlights that science remains a subject that leaves many parents stumped when it comes to helping with homework. Polling Exeter parents of children aged five to sixteen years, E.ON found that three quarters (75%) of parents feel Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects are important or very important to their children’s development, indicating widespread awareness of the need to help the younger generation feel engaged and comfortable with Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths...

A medical student’s dedication and life-saving first aid skills have won him the St John Ambulance Volunteer of the Year award.

Luke Tester, a student at the University of Exeter Medical School, said he was “stunned” to win the award, in a ceremony hosted by Myleene Klass.

Luke, 22, was on the scene in seconds when a runner collapsed during a race last year. He and another St John Ambulance colleague were on the scene in seconds, and established that the runner was not breathing. They performed CPR with advanced resuscitation equipment and a defibrillator, reviving the man...

A world-leading diabetes expert at the University of Exeter Medical School has won a top international Diabetes prize, for understanding and improving care in genetic diabetes worldwide.

Andrew Hattersley, who works as a a Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University and a diabetes consultant at the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, is only the second person to be awarded the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)–Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence. The prize recognises Professor Hattersley’s outstanding research into genetic...

Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating another year of consistently high GCSE results.

82% of all grades were A* or A and 49.8% of grades were A*. Seventy-two candidates scored 8 or more A*/A grades with 42 registering 10 or more A*/A grades.

Laura Perring from Exeter is the daughter of an Old Exonian and the highest individual achiever with 12 A*s.

Charlie Austin, Kelsey Baxter-Sibley, Phoebe Campbell, Jessica Flanagan, Jake Kilmartin, Will Silver and Bill Taylor each attained eleven A*s.

All eight pupils achieved A* with distinction in...