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Parents in Exeter rally against the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Defending alternative education and parental rights

Parents rally against the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Defending alternative education and parental rights #ChildrensWellbeingBill Parents are set to gather on 8th March 2025 in Bedford Street, Exeter (and major cities across England, including London, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham). This coordinated rally aims to protest the proposed bill. This deeply concerning piece of legislation threatens educational freedoms and prioritises data collection over children's actual well-being.

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (CWSB) is being presented as a...

Westcountry medical graduates receive thank you hampers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 08/23/2020 - 2:11pm

Graduates in medicine-related subjects at the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth have received hampers thanking them for their work, with support from Santander.

Santander, through Santander Universities , provided £4.5million of funding to its 85 university partners across the UK to support their COVID-19 initiatives, including the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth. Recent Medicine and Medical Imaging final year students and graduates from Exeter and Plymouth who chose to graduate early to support the NHS have now received a hamper filled with...

SW apprentices to benefit from Government Covid-19 local partnership

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 08/21/2020 - 10:13pm

Apprentices in the South West construction sector at risk of losing out on their career due to Covid-19 can benefit from job redeployment support from a local partnership.

Shared Apprenticeships South West (SASW) is the region’s delivery partner for the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) national support for shared apprenticeship schemes.

SASW, working with apprentice employers, can assist with displaced apprentices, offering employment for the remainder of the apprenticeship duration, as well as mentoring, liaising with colleges and managing payroll and HR...

South Devon UTC students celebrate impressive GCSE results

South Devon University Technical College (UTC) has demonstrated that its impressive post 16 results, celebrated last week, are no flash in the pan. Students in Year 11 are also celebrating after receiving notable GCSE results.

Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college opened its doors from 8:30am this morning for the scientists and engineers of the future to collect their exam results. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, GCSE exams were cancelled this year, so exam boards have instead given out grades based on assessments and rankings supplied by the teachers at South Devon UTC....

Moving out of halls: How to find private off-campus student accommodation

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 08/19/2020 - 7:53am

Far too many students fall into expensive traps when renting. According to our National Student Accommodation Survey, one-third of students believe their uni accommodation is poor value for money. What is student accommodation really like?

The UK’s most popular accommodations are privately rented homes. About 2 out of 5 students rent a flat, house or room from an agency or a private landlord, making it the top choice yet again .

Things are somehow different this year, as the novice majority stick with uni accommodation. While this might seem like a safe option, it is...

Holly Maynard, Exeter School, A-levels

Consistently good results for Exeter School

Exeter School congratulates its Upper Sixth pupils on their very pleasing A Level results at the end of what has been a most challenging year for them.

Staff at the co-educational independent school for girls and boys from 7-18 years are proud of the Year 13 cohort for their hard work, dedication and positivity over the last few months.

The year group succeeded in scoring 84% A*AB grades which is in line with the school’s consistently high achievements over the last decade.

Headmaster Bob Griffin expressed sympathy with our A Level pupils, whose school careers...

Traffic-calming dragon appears outside St Michael's C of E Primary Academy

Pupils at St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy in Exeter will be welcomed back to school by a large mythical dragon when they return after the summer break.

The colourful dragon is designed to slow traffic and encourage people driving to be more aware of people who are walking and cycling, to make the space outside the school safer for school children and other road users. The dragon spans the road outside the school and is the first of its kind in Devon.

Sustrans and Devon County Council have been working on this road safety project with the school and local...

Stunii helps nation acknowledge key workers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 08/15/2020 - 12:57am

Stunii have connected hundreds of businesses across the nation to provide a unique service to key workers.

STUNii is a multi-award-winning, university partnered, lifestyle platform engineered for students, saving them a fortune around their city, with exclusive offers and freebies! With over 100,000 students benefiting from the app, STUNii plans to be National by 2022.

A recent initiative developed by Stunii has shown thousands of key workers how thankful we are by connecting hundreds of businesses together in one app. In order to reward those who have worked tirelessly...

2020 students keep Exeter College top of the class

Exeter College students are celebrating success on A Level Results Day once again, with an outstanding pass rate of 99.5% and high grades (A* to B) of 56%, ahead of the national average for another year, continuing the College’s legacy of outstanding results.

In this unprecedented academic year, the College has now received results for students studying A Levels, the International Baccalaureate and Access to Higher Education courses, all of which have been based on some form of calculated teacher assessment. The professionalism and integrity of the College’s teachers and the talent...

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The 25 best universities for cycling in the UK

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/11/2020 - 8:15pm

Research released today has officially named the University of Edinburgh as the best in the UK for student cyclists, beating bike-famous Cambridge - as students prepare to ditch public transport for social distancing in September.

The research, from student accommodation search engine, Mystudenthalls.com , has ranked the UK’s universities using measures including campus bike storage, pro-cycling and bike campaigns, university cycling societies, accessibility of local bike shops and quality of resources for would-be cyclists; points were deducted for bike theft and air pollution...

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