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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...

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Devon's best U14 Netball team secures place at national finals

The Maynard School’s Under 14 Netball team is now officially ranked as one of the top netball teams in the country, following a fantastic performance at the Regional finals of the National Schools Competition on Saturday 21 January. In an action packed tournament, they beat some major competition to book their spot at the national finals to be held in Welwyn Garden City in March.

Representing Devon as the County Champions, the team won against rival netball heavyweights including Millfield, Cheltenham Ladies College, Royal High School (Bath) and Talbot Heath to finish top of their...

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Students SHOUT about dangers of carbon monoxide

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/31/2017 - 10:47pm

Project SHOUT is back for the second year running and is enlisting the help of students across the UK to take part in the brand new University Challenge competition.

Carbon monoxide which is also known as the silent killer, takes the lives of around fifty people in the UK every year due to leaks from boilers, cookers, fires and other fuel burning appliances.

Project SHOUT University Challenge is asking students to creatively depict the dangers of carbon monoxide and how they can protect themselves with a simple and affordable CO alarm through a range of creative mediums. As...

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Reigning Maynard Champions at top of their game

Authored by rachaelboard
Posted: Tue, 01/31/2017 - 12:17pm

The consistently brilliant National Champion titleholders from The Maynard School in Exeter continue to stamp their dominance with yet another victory in the NSEA Eventer’s Challenge at Bicton on Saturday 21 January.

With one team from the school already qualified for Hickstead in June, the pressure was on to get another through to the finals and the team of Tatiana Wharton, Grace Williams, Kitty Guinness and Ana Hepburn were determined not to disappoint.

“I know we keep saying it but it is always a wonderful surprise to win – we never come to these events with any...

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Equestrian team through to National Finals

Exeter School equestrian team has secured its place in the National Finals at Hickstead.

A team of four pupils from Exeter School came joint first in a National Schools Equestrian Association (NSEA) competition at Bicton Arena on Saturday 21 January, beating over 50 competitors.

The 90/95cm team, comprised of Olivia Eden, Celia Nowill, Emily Rix and Alice Bailey, now look forward to competing in the National Finals at Hickstead on the weekend of 28 May.

The NSEA competition at Bicton was open to all schools in Devon and Cornwall. The course was made up of show jumps...

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Meet the Exeter College students with offers to study at Oxford and Cambridge

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/25/2017 - 4:13pm

Thirteen Exeter College students are celebrating after being offered places at the world-leading universities of Cambridge and Oxford.

Seven students studying at Exeter College have won places at Cambridge and six at Oxford. The offers cover a range of subjects including Biochemistry, Maths, Engineering Sciences, History, Law, Philosophy, Spanish and Arabic, and Architecture.

Exeter College is a state funded, non-selective provider that places student ambition at the heart of its mission. Students at the college are supported with personalised support and guidance with...

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University hosts vibrant Chinese New Year celebrations

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/24/2017 - 3:05pm

Traditional dragon dancing, distinctive culinary delights, martial arts demonstrations and spectacular fireworks are just some of the colourful festivities planned to welcome in the Year of the Rooster at the University of Exeter.

More than 2,500 local residents, staff and students are expected to attend this year’s Chinese New Year celebrations on Saturday 11 February at the University’s Streatham Campus.

Organised by the Chinese Student Scholars Association (CSSA) and supported by the University, the Student’s Guild and Streetwise Fund, the event promises to be an...

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Eight Oxbridge offers for Exeter School

Exeter School is pleased to complete this year's Oxbridge admissions process with the announcement that eight pupils have been offered places, two unconditionally.

In the last six years, 35 pupils have received Oxbridge offers. Exeter School has an excellent record of success in placing pupils in a range of leading universities.

At Cambridge, Jack Alderman has an offer to read Human, Social, and Political Sciences (HSPS) and Juliet Everson to read Natural Sciences at St Catherine's; Bertie Broomfield to read Modern and Medieval Languages (Spanish and Russian) at Fitzwilliam...

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Six Oxbridge offers for Blundell’s pupils

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/18/2017 - 8:09am

Six Blundell’s pupils, who all live in Mid-Devon, are celebrating after being offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities.

Both Bertie Frankpitt and Toby Whitehead have offers for St Edmund Hall, Oxford – Bertie to read Earth Sciences and Toby for Biochemistry and he also has a choral scholarship. Harriet Nash has had an offer to read Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge, where she will be following her brother Edward to Gonville and Caius College.

Three post A level students have secured places: Euan Friend to University College, Oxford to read Earth Sciences...

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Exeter Chiefs and Exeter College celebrate winning partnership

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/04/2017 - 4:41pm

The wining partnership between Exeter Chiefs and Exeter College has been celebrated, after Exeter College’s U18 team recently won the AASE League for the first time.

Exeter College won the AASE League Championship Final at high-profile venue Allianz Park, London.

The outstanding victory comes after the launch of the Exeter Chiefs Rugby Academy at Exeter College in 2016. The partnership between Exeter Chiefs and Exeter College provides aspiring rugby players the chance to nurture not only their rugby talent, but also to gain first-class education and training with the Aviva...

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University students pessimistic about securing their dream job

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/02/2017 - 4:07pm

Gen Z students are starting university pessimistic about their employment prospects, with only 20% believing they will secure their dream job, according to a study conducted by EY across the UK. The figure drops to 10% as students’ progress into the second and third year of their degree.

The study surveyed nearly 1,400 university students on their attitudes to university and the world of work, including universities such as Bristol, Bournemouth, Exeter and Bath, as well as the University of the West of England.

The survey revealed that despite the rising costs of tuition,...

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