Exeter’s Engineering students can be forever proud as the future carriers of the torch of Britain’s manufacturing heritage – for without engineers, Britain’s future to compete on the World’s stage will remain bleak.
To be frank, it is a luxury to study some less intellectually challenging subject but a real endurance and test of conviction to study engineering. The subject takes no prisoners and Exeter University certainly sets a very high standard in academic achievement. Nevertheless, engineering is about implementation and solving real problems: boldly stepping up to the plate...
Private sector activity in the South West rose at the fastest pace for a year in June, according to the latest PMI® survey data.
That followed a slowdown in growth over the previous two months, and the latest expansion placed the South West among the fastest growing UK regions. That said, growth in total activity was partly accounted for by falling backlogs, as new business growth picked up only slightly during the month. Cost pressures remained historically weak, while jobs were created at a strong pace.
The seasonally adjusted Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking South West...
A celebration of over 300 years of service to children in Devon by 12 headteachers has been held by the county’s schools chiefs.
The leader of Devon County Council, John Hart, and the Cabinet Member for Schools, James McInnes, Chief Executive Phil Norrey and Head of Education and Learning, Sue Clarke, hosted the celebration for heads who left their schools during the current academic year after a lifetime of service.
Most were retiring but others were going on to work in other areas.
In all they have spent 324 years educating children across the county.
The recently launched Dartmoor Conservation Garden in Princetown is hosting a free talk and workshop Butterfly Conservation on Dartmoor on Friday 17 July between 12 – 3pm.
Jenny Plackett, from the ‘Two Moors Threatened Butterfly Project’ will talk about the work being done on a landscape scale across Dartmoor (and Exmoor), which aims to reverse the declines in three important UK threatened butterfly species: the Marsh Fritillary, High Brown Fritillary and Heath Fritillary.
Simon Phelps of ‘All the Moor Butterflies’ will then run a practical butterfly identification workshop...
Musical Programme - The Perks Ensemble (Oscar Perks, Elliott Perks and Reinoud Ford:
Mozart Divertimento for String Trio in E flat major K 563; Francaix String Trio (1933); Beethoven String Trio in C minor Op 9 No 3
Bridport: Francaix and Beethoven
Thursday 3 September 2015 7.30pm, St Stephen's, High Street (opposite Marks & Spencer), Exeter. Box Office: 01392 667080. Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3LS. Tickets: £15. Concessions for students and children. Town car parks - Interval drinks. Disabled access
A Devon car dealership has enjoyed a stunning re-design after its new owners adopted Nissan’s innovative and exciting 21st-century showroom concept.
Barnstaple Nissan, in Pottington Business Park, now boasts one of the region’s most cutting-edge car sales environments, with technology and creature comforts combined to enhance the overall customer experience.
The concept, which was developed in the UK for roll-out globally, replaces the traditional sales-focused showroom. It centres around a comfortable and stylish area where customers can enjoy a freshly brewed coffee while...
An Exeter School pupil got curious about Copper and won a national competition.
Middle Fifth pupil Mollie Tettenborn entered the Copper Education Competition, entitled Curious About Copper, and took first prize.
Fifteen-year-old Mollie designed a poster for the Electronics and Communication category which the judges felt was extremely well designed and presented.
They stated that the detailed scientific information on this poster showed a good understanding of the chemistry of copper. The poster also looked at interesting and contained relevant current and future...
The recently launched Dartmoor Conservation Garden in Princetown is hosting a free talk and workshop Butterfly Conservation on Dartmoor on Friday 17 July between 12 – 3pm.
Jenny Plackett, from the ‘Two Moors Threatened Butterfly Project’ will talk about the work being done on a landscape scale across Dartmoor (and Exmoor), which aims to reverse the declines in three important UK threatened butterfly species: the Marsh Fritillary, High Brown Fritillary and Heath Fritillary.
Simon Phelps of ‘All the Moor Butterflies’ will then run a practical butterfly identification workshop...
Some 80 members of the South West Group of the National Service (Royal Air Force) Association and their guests gathered for a celebratory buffet at the White Ensign Club in Exeter in early June on the occasion of the Group’s tenth anniversary.
The local Group was established in 2005 with a nucleus of twelve members, while today over one hundred RAF National Service veterans are “on the books”. Nationally the organisation can boast a membership of over 2400.
The Group was recently represented by eleven members at the Armed Forces Day parade in Exeter.
A group of high achieving sixth form students from Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, have graduated from a national project which aims to raise aspirations and the confidence of young people to pursue a career in law.
Twenty six students from the region participated in the University of Exeter strand of the Pathways to Law programme. They received a certificate of achievement on Wednesday 1 July at a celebratory event to herald their success in completing the programme. All of these exceptionally bright students are from state schools or colleges and most will be the first generation...
