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What Makes the School Leavers Experience So Important for Students Today

Leaving school is strange. One day you're sitting in a classroom that's been part of your daily routine for years, and then fairly suddenly, it isn't. No dramatic ending, no clean break, just a gradual realisation that something significant is coming to a close. For young people in the UK today, that transition has become one of the most emotionally loaded periods of their lives, and the way they mark it says a lot about what this generation values.

More Than Just the End of Term

It would be easy to dismiss the school leavers period as simply the end of compulsory education. Tick...

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Rainbow flags flying with Pride at University of Exeter

Rainbow flags are flying at the University of Exeter’s campuses this week as staff and students mark Exeter Pride.

The University is a key sponsor of the event, which celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) communities and is honouring the occasion through proudly flying the emblem and hosting a Pride on Campus event to raise awareness of the staff and student LGBTQ+ networks.

A giant rainbow flag has been wrapped around the inside of the University’s Forum building, and they are also flying outside the Washington Singer building on the Streatham campus...

Blundell's students complete Ten Tors Challenge

Twenty-two students from Blundell’s School took part in the annual Ten Tors event on Dartmoor over the weekend.

Despite gale force conditions in camp the night before the event, reducing sleep to just a couple of hours, all students made it to the start line at 7am and completed their respective distances in great spirits.

Conditions which improved as the weekend progressed served well to spur them on. Blundell’s fielded three teams; two 35 mile groups and a 45 mile group.

They were also fortunate to be offered places for four individuals with other teams, two with...

14 medical offers for Exeter School

Fourteen Exeter School pupils have been offered places at Medical School, or to read Veterinary Science or Dentistry for September 2017.

Many of these pupils received more than one offer and in the competitive field of Medicine they should be congratulated on this considerable achievement.

In the last three years, Exeter School has received 38 medical offers.

Peter Boddington, who runs Exeter School's thriving Medical Society, said he believed successful medics needed to be motivated, organised, pro-active and confident.

"This is certainly true of the 14...

New Steinway grand piano for Exeter School - on loan for musicians in and out of school

Exeter School is delighted to be in receipt of a Steinway piano. The beautiful model B piano is on loan to Exeter School for use by the school and local community.

Director of Music Peter Tamblyn said the piano was like the Rolls Royce of pianos and he was very grateful for the opportunity to hire such an instrument.

"This concert-hall standard grand piano is often called 'the perfect piano' and is a wonderfully balanced and versatile instrument," he said.

"Already our pupils are having lessons and performing on the Steinway and we intend for it to be available...

Exeter School represents Devon in Young Enterprise competition

Two Exeter School Young Enterprise teams took part in the Devon Finals Competition that was held at the Met Office on Wednesday 27 April with one team winning two out of three awards.

The successful team now goes on to present Devon in the West of England round.

All teams had to set up a trade stand, undergo an interview process from a group of judges and make a presentation to other schools, judges and guests about their 8 month journey on the Young Enterprise Programme.

They had also, prior to the event, submitted a company report which detailed the business, and...

Exeter School hosts British Shooting Target Sprint

The South West qualifying event for the National Series 2017 is open to all, aged 11+, and organised by ex-British Pistol Shooter Georgina ‘Gorgs’ Geikie who represented Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Gorgs grew up on the edge of Dartmoor and, inspired by the success of local heroes Kate Allenby and Steph Cook at the Sydney Olympics, initially took up modern pentathlon. She made the English Commonwealth Games Team in Melbourne 2006, winning bronze medals in 2006 and 2010 as well as competing at the London Olympics. Gorgs, who works for British Shooting, was keen to encourage...

Exeter School F1 in Schools team awarded national prize

Exeter School is celebrating winning a prestigious national award at the F1 in Schools Final.

Exeter School's most successful F1 in Schools team, Vulcan, competed in the Development Class National Final at Silverstone on 29 March, where they were awarded the Innovative Thinking Award.

The F1 in Schools competition challenges pupils aged 9-19 to build, test and race a model car they have designed from scratch on a multitude of industry standard computer programs.

After seven weeks of preparation following the regional final in February, the team of Year 10 pupils...

Jack Sadler Award presented to Head of Exeter School's RAF Section

An Exeter School Royal Air Force cadet has been awarded the Jack Sadler Award for outstanding contribution to the Combined Cadet Force Contingent (CCF).

Flt Sgt Finley Haddican of the RAF Section was presented with the brass trophy of an artillery shell case and an engraved medal by Contingent Commander, Commander Dr Geoff Chapman Royal Navy, during a CCF parade on Friday 17 March.

The Jack Sadler Award is made annually in memory of former pupil and trooper Jack Sadler who was tragically killed in Afghanistan.

Commander Chapman said: "Jack was a popular and...

Survey reveals people's views on international students

In relation to the UK government’s immigration policy, only 26% of adults in the South West think of international students as immigrants. The findings were revealed in a new poll conducted by ComRes for Universities UK. The survey found that 63% of adults in South West of England think international students have a positive impact on the local economies of the towns and cities in which they study. 61% of those surveyed believe that international students also have a valuable social and cultural impact on university towns and cities in the South West region. 71% of those surveyed in the...

Exeter medicine students visit Cuba for insight into international health delivery

Medicine students at the University of Exeter Medical School have travelled to Cuba to get an insight into how the country delivers high quality healthcare on a tight budget.

The Year 3 students, based at the Medical School’s Exeter and Truro campuses, travelled to the Caribbean island to discover how the Communist country’s health outcomes are among the best in the world, despite operating on a much lower budget. The trip also involved students from the University of South Florida.

Dr Nicki Saulsbury, Academic Director of International Education at the University of Exeter...

Student Life

What Makes the School Leavers Experience So Important for Students Today

Rainbow flags flying with Pride at University of Exeter

Blundell's students complete Ten Tors Challenge

14 medical offers for Exeter School

New Steinway grand piano for Exeter School - on loan for musicians in and out of school

Exeter School represents Devon in Young Enterprise competition

Exeter School hosts British Shooting Target Sprint

Exeter School F1 in Schools team awarded national prize

Jack Sadler Award presented to Head of Exeter School's RAF Section

Survey reveals people's views on international students

Exeter medicine students visit Cuba for insight into international health delivery

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