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Classroom resources launched for LGBT+ History Month

The University of Exeter will mark LGBT+ History Month in the UK with a series of events and the launch of free classroom resources for secondary schools and museums that highlight the achievements of LGBT+ individuals working in maths and science.

The teaching resources were announced in November and are now free to access and download to mark LGBT+ History Month in February.

The resources pack includes slides, posters, postcards, videos and class activities, produced in collaboration with LGBT+ education charity Schools OUT to support the usualisation of LGBTQ+...

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Maths learning takes off at Exeter Airport

Year 5 pupils from Exeter Junior School visited Exeter Airport to investigate maths in the world around them and develop their skills of independent questioning and reflection.

Prior to the visit, pupils collaborated to devise interesting mathematical questions that they could solve by consulting airport staff and conducting independent research using sources such as leaflets and the airport website.

During their time at the airport, pupils were enthralled by their tour around a working hangar. They particularly enjoyed examining the inner workings of an engine, under the...

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Triple Success for Exeter Cathedral School Siblings

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Posted: Sat, 02/04/2017 - 10:30am

A trio of siblings from Exeter Cathedral School has each been awarded a place in the prestigious National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain.

The Daniel-Greenhalgh siblings - Esme (y7), Theo (y6) and Sabina (y5) - have all won a place in various sections of the elite GB orchestra for children. Esme and Sabina are both violinists, and Theo plays the trombone, and the three of them also sing together as Choristers in Exeter Cathedral Choir. The trio have an older sister who was also a pupil at ECS and a cathedral chorister, and they say that they are delighted to have been given...

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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

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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

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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

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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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