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Record number of Exeter College students secure Oxbridge offers

Fourteen Exeter College learners have received offers to study at the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge, marking another year of exceptional academic achievement across the College and highlighting the ambition and determination of its learners.

This year, a record 73 Exeter College learners submitted an Oxbridge application. Of those, more than half (56%) were shortlisted for interview, with 14 securing highly competitive offers. Eight learners received offers from the University of Cambridge and six from the University of Oxford to study subjects including...

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Form DNA Testing to Hydrotherapy: Dive into Recovery for Dogs

Treating chronic conditions in dogs is difficult to work out the best way forward. We recommend that you start with getting a pet DNA test as finding out the exact breed you have can help pinpoint the treatment. Also a DNA test can look at the wider health implications and make up of your pet that can be a big step in picking the correct medication.

Dogs that are not responding to other forms of treatments calls for taking less conventional approaches towards healing such as hydrotherapy. Like human tissue, canine muscles can receive numerous benefits from rehabilitation through...

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St Nicholas Priory goes green

Exeter’s oldest building is hotting up with an environmentally friendly heating system.

St Nicholas Priory in Exeter is probably the oldest building in Devon, boasting rare Norman architecture, but a brand-new heating system will soon see it brought bang up to date without impacting on the historic structure.

After years of closure, Exeter Historic Buildings Trust took over St Nicholas Priory in 2018, with the intention of painstakingly restoring the ancient building and adapting it for public use. Since reopening, it has become a thriving community venue hosting an...

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The growth of prepaid card market in New Zealand

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 06/24/2020 - 7:57am

For now, New Zealand’s e-commerce market is one of the most rapidly growing in the world. Kiwis are willing to make online purchases both on desktop and mobile, which motivates new companies and technologies to enter the market and to fight for users’ attention.

Simple e-wallets are no longer enough and people are looking for more secure and fast ways of making online payments. One of them is a prepaid card. Today we’ll tell you more about these cards, will explain how you can benefit, and how much Kiwis need to pay for them.

It’s impossible to ignore the growing...

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Awards for Exeter climate scientists

Two Exeter climate scientists have received prestigious awards from the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS).

Professor Adam Scaife and Professor Richard Betts MBE, both of the University of Exeter and the Met Office, have won the Buchan Prize and the Climate Science Communications Award respectively.

The Buchan Prize recognises Professor Scaife’s recent work on the atmospheric dynamics behind seasonal predictions, published in Society journals and “adjudged to contain the most important original contribution or contributions to meteorology”.

Professor Betts’...

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Exeter celebrates with double lottery win

Seven people in Exeter are celebrating today after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcodes.

EX2 5AR and EX4 1PA were both announced as winners with People’s Postcode Lottery on Tuesday 23rd June 2020.

There were four winners in EX2 5AR with a further three players winning with EX4 1PA.

People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson sent his well-wishes to the winners. He said: “Congratulations to our winners! I'm thrilled for them and I hope they treat themselves to something nice with their winnings."

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Devon is in a good position to welcome back visitors

Devon is in a good position to start welcoming back visitors from July 4th in line with the Government’s target providing the low trend in Covid-19 cases continues.

John Hart, Leader of Devon County Council, one of England’s 11 Beacon Councils who will be leading the future local management of Covid-19 in partnership with the Government, said: “All the evidence from our Public Health experts shows that because we were able to get an early grip on the virus Devon continues to have one of the lowest rates of Covid-19 cases in the country.

“Thanks to a brilliant Team Devon...

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Household vans able to use recycling centres this week

Restrictions at Devon’s Recycling Centres are to be eased further this week, with personal vans allowed to bring household waste from Wednesday 24 June. Vans will need to pre-book their visit at three of the county's busiest sites.

To ensure the recycling centres have enough capacity to serve as many people as possible, and to keep unloading times to a minimum, vans will only be able to bring the same amount of waste that would fit in a normal sized family car or trailer.

For example, standard vans such as a Ford Transits, VW Transporters or Vauxhall Vivaros should be no...

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Thelma Hulbert Gallery to reopen its doors in July

Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG), Honiton plans to reopen its doors on the 11th July with the relaunch of its acclaimed exhibition: ARTIST ROOMS Richard Long Being in the Moment . This ambitious exhibition, which examines our relationship to the natural world is kick-starting East Devon District Council’s programme of cultural recovery. It will be accompanied by an inspiring new creative programme of art activities, projects and workshops coming soon to a neighbourhood near you.

The gallery has reconfigured the visitor experience to ensure the safety of visitors and staff following...

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Temporary arrangements to get Topsham back to business safely

Fore Street in Topsham could be temporarily turned into a pedestrian zone, under new plans being put forward for consultation.

Officers from Exeter City Council and Devon County Council are looking at ways of getting Topsham back to business following the coronavirus pandemic, keeping businesses, shoppers and visitors to the town safe.

A number of the town’s streets, have very narrow pavements, and in Fore Street the shops open up onto the pavements, making social distancing very difficult. A number of options to create a safe shopping environment have been assessed in...

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Exeter College announced as EdTech Demonstrator College

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...

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